Heaster, former KC Star biz editor, dies
Jerry Heaster, a former business editor of the Kansas City Star and former president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, died on Wednesday. Diane Stafford of the Star writes, “‘We have lost a great journalist and a wonderful friend,’ said Steve Shirk, managing editor of The Star. ‘He loved his dialogue with […]
South Carolina biz journalist dies at 39
Sam Gresock, a former business journalist for The State in Columbia, S.C., died this weekend of a heart attack. He was 39. John Monk of The State writes, “‘I always admired Sam and thought he was a very good journalist,’ said former State executive business editor and columnist Grant Jackson. “‘He was dedicated to reporting […]
Former Sun-Times biz reporter Moore dies
Patricia Moore, a former business reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, died July 6 from Alzheimer’s. Maureen O’Donnell of the Sun-Times writes, “She stayed until the paper folded in 1978, moving on to the Sun-Times, where she worked until the mid-1990s as a real estate writer and business reporter. “‘She knew all of those people, like […]
Reno, former Newsday biz columnist, dies at 72
Robert Reno, who wrote a column for Newsday’s business section until retiring in 2003, died at the age of 72. He was the brother of former attorney general Janet Reno. An Associated Press story states, “Another sister, Maggy Hurchalla, says her brother died Saturday at the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center […]
WSJ reporter Ybarra dies in fall at Yosemite
Michael J. Ybarra, an extreme-sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal‘s Leisure & Arts page, died this weekend on a recreational climb of the Sawtooth Ridge, a rugged area near Yosemite National Park. He was 45. Larry Gordon of the Los Angeles Times writes, “In a statement, the Wall Street Journal described Ybarra as ‘an […]
Remembering Randi Weinstein’s passion for business journalism
Don Henninger, the publisher of the Phoenix Business Journal, writes about the paper’s managing editor, Randi Weinstein, who died last week at the age of 40. Henninger writes, “She had been with the paper for the past 12 years, and was our managing editor for the past six. Three words will forever come to mind […]
Phoenix Biz Journal ME dies at 40
Randi Weinstein, the managing editor of the Phoenix Business Journal, died Monday in her sleep. She was 40. A story on the paper’s website states, “She was born in New York state and raised in Kansas. She graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, where she was a […]
Crashing the corner office
Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network remembered legendary business journalist Dan Dorfman on the air Monday. Dorfman died this weekend at the age of 80. To read what Cavuto said instead of watching the video, go here. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
What Dorfman meant to biz journalism
Doug Kass of TheStreet.com writes Sunday about the influence of Dan Dorfman, a longtime business journalist who died Saturday, on the industry. Kass writes, “Today’s business commentators — and an entire network, CNBC — owe Dan a lot, too. He paved their way and provided a template, in the early days, of ‘hard-hitting’ and ‘market-moving’ […]
Longtime biz journalist Dorfman dies
Business journalist Dan Doerfman, who worked at places such as The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Money magazine, the New York Daily News and USA Today and who had controversial relationships with sources, died Friday. He was 80. David Wilson of Bloomberg News writes, “Dorfman began swaying share prices regularly at the Wall Street Journal, where […]
