Behr, former BusinessWeek and NY Times staffer, dies at 84
Soma Golden Behr, who worked at BusinessWeek as chief economics correspondent and then the business desk of the New York Times, died Sunday at the age of 84. Trip Gabriel of the Times reports, “Hired by The Times as an economics reporter in 1973 after 11 years at Business Week, Ms. Golden Behr was often one […]
Remembering the quintessential business editor
Jeff McDonald of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes about its former business editor, Don Bauder, who died recently at the age of 88. McDonald writes, “Craig D. Rose, the former Union-Tribune technology and utilities reporter hired by Bauder in 1987, said his old editor was renowned across the newsroom for standing by his reporters and keeping meticulous […]
Jacobs, first WSJ small biz columnist, dies at 86
By Bill Power Sanford Lee Jacobs, The Wall Street Journal’s first small-business columnist, died on June 16 in Pittsboro, N.C. He was 86. In 1980, when the Journal expanded its news coverage and divided into two sections, Small Business was one of the five new second-section columns to be introduced. The columns covered areas of […]
Bauder, longtime San Diego biz journalist, dies at 88
Don Bauder, a business journalist for BusinessWeek and the San Diego Union-Tribune for decades, died Friday at the age of 88. A story in the Times of San Diego states, “His first job was with Illinois Bell Telephone, but he soon moved to the Chicago Bureau of Business Week magazine, and two years later became its […]
Kirchner, former editor of PC Magazine, dies at 72
Jake Kirchner, former editor in chief of PC Magazine, died last week at the age of 72 from kidney cancer. An obituary states, “Jake had an illustrious career in journalism, first in Washington, D.C. and then in New York City. He began his career as a correspondent on Capitol Hill in the 1970s, and then […]
Mulligan, biz journalist in LA and Providence, dies at 73
Thomas Mulligan, the former financial editor of the Providence News and deputy business editor of the Los Angeles Times, died Monday at the age of 73. An obituary states, “After his start at the AP and the Middlesex News, Tom joined the Providence Journal, where he met Irene, whom he married in 1978. Their children, […]
MSNBC’s Ruhle gives tribute to biz journalist White
MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle ended her show “The 11th Hour” on Tuesday with a tribute to business journalist Ben White, who died Saturday after a brief illness: The last thing before we go tonight, remembering our dear friend, Ben White, a frequent guest on this show and my 9 a.m. show. Long time CNBC contributor Ben […]
Politico’s Harris on the death of Ben White
Politico Global editor in chief John Harris wrote the following about business journalist Ben White, who died this weekend at the age of 52: Team, As many of you heard this afternoon, we learned today that our friend and former colleague Ben White died on Saturday due to complications from ongoing heart issues. This is crushing news, and […]
Longtime biz journalist White has died
Ben White, a longtime business journalist, died Saturday after a brief illness. His most recent job was at The Messenger as its chief Wall Street correspondent. The website closed earlier this year. Before that, he was Politico Pro’s chief economic correspondent and author of the “Morning Money” column covering the nexus of finance and public […]
Martin, longtime NC biz journalist, dies at 80
Journalist Edward Martin died May 29 after more than six decades of writing award-winning stories that explored the work and lives of North Carolinians in vivid detail. He was 80. Business North Carolina editor in chief David Mildenberg writes, “After a stint as a freelance writer for national healthcare publications, he joined Business North Carolina magazine in 2001. He was the […]
