Arth, business weekly pioneer, has died
Marvin Arth, a journalist who was one of the leaders of the emerging weekly business newspaper trend in the early 1980s, has died, according to multiple sources. Arth, who once won a Walter Matthau look-alike contest, had been living in Kansas City. Arth had worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Times in the […]
Brooks, former UPI biz editor, has died
Dorothea Brooks, who was financial editor for United Press International from 1969 to 1987 and the first woman to hold a top spot in business news, has died, according to an announcement on the New York Financial Writers’ Association website. She was 90. Said longtime NYFWA member Myron Kandel upon learning about Dottie’s death: “Dottie […]
Remembering Debra Sherman of Reuters
Bob Goldsborough writes for the Chicago Tribune about Reuters reporter Debra Sherman, who died in April from cancer. Goldsborough writes, “In 1992, Ms. Sherman shifted to Bloomberg News and continued to cover Chicago’s financial markets. Two years later, she joined Reuters, where she covered general corporate news and the U.S. derivative markets. “She transferred to […]
Verity, longtime Businessweek and computer journalist, is dead
John Verity, the former information management editor at BusinessWeek who wrote the acclaimed Nov. 14, 1994, cover story “Doing Business on the Internet,” died this weekend after a long bout with colon cancer. Verity had been writing about computers since 1976, with a special interest in the social and cultural impact of computers and of […]
Reuters health care reporter Sherman dies of lung cancer
Debra Sherman, a Reuters reporter for more than two decades who covered the health care industry, died Tuesday from lung cancer. Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler writes, “Deb’s signature mix of humor and moxie made her a fierce reporter and wonderful friend to so many of her colleagues around the world. She covered healthcare […]
Remembering Julie Rannazzisi of Marketwatch
Jon Friedman, a former colleague, remembers Marketwatch’s Julie Rannazzisi, who died 10 years ago Thursday. Friedman writes, “We worked together for four-and-a-half years at MarketWatch.com, the financial website, before she succumbed. She sat at the desk right across from mine. She was excellent company, cheerful, pragmatic and always willing to share in a bit of […]
WSJ seeks obituary writer
The Wall Street Journal seeks a curious reporter with an elegant pen and an appreciation of the human spirit to chronicle what Steve Jobs called “the single best invention of life:” death. We are looking for an obituary writer. The ideal candidate understands how to capture the lives of CEOs and celebrities, investors and inventors, […]
Business journalist Gersten has died
Alan Gersten, a longtime business journalist who had been working for Reuters for the past eight years, died March 17 from leukemia. Gersten was also maritime editor of the Journal of Commerce and business editor of the Rocky Mountain News from 1979 to 1985. At Reuters, he was a Latin America correspondent. It was at […]
McGovern, founder of ComputerWorld, dies at 76
Patrick McGovern, who founded International Data Corp. in 1964 and pretty much gave birth to the IT press industry with the launch of Computerworld three years later, died on Wednesday, reports Barb Darrow of GigaOm.com Darrow writes, “Many tech reporters and editors (including this one) got their start writing for an IDG publication — NetworkWorld, […]
St. Louis TV biz editor has died
Bruce Barnhart, who worked as the business editor and reporter for KSDK Channel 5 in St. Louis from 1987 to 2004, has died at the age of 54. Mike Bush of KSDK writes, “For the better part of two decades, Barnhart was the financial advisor for the bi-state area, as NewsChannel 5’s Money Matters correspondent. […]
