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 […]
Panagoulias, former WSJ deputy ME, dies at 70
By Bill Power Cathy Panagoulias, a former Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor who was a fierce advocate for young staffers and had a key role in publishing the paper after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, died after a brief illness. She was 70. Among her roles, Panagoulias had been the journal’s national editor, running all […]
Harrigan, former Newsday biz reporter, dies at 78
Susan Harrigan, a former business reporter at Newsday, died on March 23 at the age of 78. Jennifer Fauci of Newsday writes, “From 1986 to 2011, Harrigan was a reporter for the business sections of New York Newsday and then Newsday. “Her husband recalled one particular story she wrote: ‘It was about a New York State […]
Austin biz journalist Hawkins dies at 57
Austin American-Statesman reporter Lori Hawkins, who chronicled business news for the publication for more than three decades, died Thursday after complications from a medical procedure. She was 57. Michael Barnes of the American-Statesman reports, “Hawkins’ byline appeared regularly in this newspaper for 30 years. Always ahead of the news curve, she documented the advance of high […]
