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 […]
Former Variety editor Caranicas dies at 80
Peter Caranicas, a Variety editor for 16 years who was respected for his expertise in production and technology, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 80. Pat Saperstein of Variety reports, “Caranicas covered film and TV production, the birth of cable and satellite TV and much more over his long career as […]
Hayes, editor at Financial Times, dies at 68
John Hayes, a stalwart of the Financial Times’ sub-editing desk, has died at the age of 68 after a short battle with cancer. Suzanne Blumsom of the FT writes, “A senior FT editor said that he was a consummate professional who had ‘saved me many, many times in spotting errors and fixing errant copy. A model […]
Szymanski, longtime biz journalist in Tampa, dies at 63
David Szymanski, a business journalist in the Tampa Bay area dating back to the 1980s, died Tuesday at the age of 63 from cancer. Szmanski spent 13 years at the Tampa Tribune as a business reporter and an assistant business editor. He left in 1998 to join the Tampa Bay Business Journal as editor. He […]
Energy journalist Gibbons dies at 68
By Emily Flitter and Chris Reese Robert Gibbons, a journalist known for his reports on the energy industry and his adventures in rock ‘n’ roll, which included touring Europe with the band the Velvet Underground, died on April 20. He was 68. The cause was lung cancer, according to his wife, Lisa Del Greco. In […]
Coast, former biz editor at Press-Enterprise, dies at 64
Mark Coast, the former business editor of The Press-Enterprise in California, died April 28 at the age of 64 from cancer. Sarah Hofmann writes, “He joined the newspaper as the assistant metro editor of the southwest Riverside County bureau, based in Temecula. He later became the deputy metro editor, working from the paper’s downtown Riverside […]
Oden, former WSJ editor in Washington, dies at 85
Henry Oden, a former editor for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, died April 15 at the age of 85. An obituary states, “After graduating from Southern Methodist University, he began his 35-year journalism career at The Wall Street Journal, bringing precision, insight, and integrity to his editing, influencing the perspectives of countless readers. An […]
Remembering how WSJ’s Panagoulias cared for people
The recent death of Wall Street Journal alumnus Cathy Panagoulias, a former deputy managing editor who was a fierce advocate for young staffers, has elicited a number of anecdotes on social media. Cathy’s greatest skill, the one that separates true leaders from workaday managers, is that she was as vicious to the people above her as […]
