Dow Jones/WSJ reporter dies of leukemia
Maya Jackson Randall, a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal in Washington, has died of leukemia. Randall covered financial and consumer issues. She had also worked at Money magazine and at McGraw-Hill Cos. as an assistant editor. The leukemia was apparently very aggressive. Randall had been tweeting as recently as December, […]
Saylor, former LA Times biz journalist, dies at 58
Mark Saylor, a former Los Angeles Times editor who oversaw a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles on corruption in the entertainment industry, died Friday of cancer. He was 58. Rebecca Trounson of The Times writes, “In 1998, as entertainment editor for The Times’ business section, Saylor worked with reporters Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik […]
Former Oregonian biz editor dies at 102
Mel Blais, the business editor for The Oregonian in Portland during the 1950s, died Friday at the age of 102. A story on The Oregonian website states, “‘Mel’ Blais was born Feb. 13, 1911, on a farm near Eugene. He graduated from Eugene High School in 1928 and from the University of Oregon in 1932 […]
Former WSJ AME Hinson dies
Dan Hinson, an assistant managing editor at The Wall Street Journal who retired in 1997, died on Monday. In an email to the staff on Tuesday, deputy managing editor Jim Pensiero writes, “Dan retired in 1997 after working for Dow Jones and the Journal for 42 years. He was one of the key people responsible […]
Parrish, former LA Times biz reporter, dies at 67
Michael Parrish, a former Los Angeles Times business reporter, died recently from liver failure at the age of 67. A story on its website states, “After moving to the Business section to report on the environment, Parrish was in Alaska on an unrelated assignment when the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in 1989, according to […]
Business columnist dies at 80
Marilyn Grein, who wrote the Saddleback Valley News’ Business Watch column for 16 years, died Saturday at the age of 80. Brooke Edwards Staggs of The Orange County Register writes, “A Detroit native, Grein had made her way to Orange County and was working as a receptionist when the Orange County Register bought Saddleback Valley […]
Triplett, Bloomberg journalist and NLGJA president, dies
Michael Triplett, a Bloomberg journalist and president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, died earlier this month from cancer. He was 48. Adam Bernstein of The Washington Post writes, “At his death, Mr. Triplett was an assistant managing editor for the Daily Tax Report at Bloomberg BNA. “He had spent about 12 years […]
Littell, who helped FT and Marketwatch.com start Euro news site, dies
Andrew Littell, who in 2000 helped the Financial Times and MarketWatch.com start a business-news website, has died. He was 44. Laurence Arnold of Bloomberg News writes, “In 2000, as head of corporate finance for the Financial Times Group Ltd., Littell helped create Financial Times MarketWatch.com Ltd., a joint venture with MarketWatch.com that established a real-time news […]
Former biz journal publisher, ACBJ exec dies
George Guthinger, who was publisher of The Business Review in Albany for nine years before becoming an executive with American City Business Journals, died last week. He was 70. A story on the Business Review website states, “He had an 18-year career with General Electric Broadcasting before becoming publisher of what was then known as […]
Pulitzer-winning biz journalist Wehrwein dies
Austin C. Wehrwein, a business reporter who brought home a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting to The Milwaukee Journal, died earlier this week at the age of 92. Amy Rabideau Silversof the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes, “Wehrwein won the prize for international reporting, writing a 25-part series called ‘Canada’s New Century.’ Wehrwein died of natural causes […]
