Computerworld senior reporter Mearian has died
Computerworld senior reporter Lucas Mearian passed away suddenly last week. Ken Mingis and Sharon Machlis of Computerworld write, “After a nearly 10-year stint in the US Marine Corps and an early career in newspaper journalism, first as daily newspaper reporter and briefly as editor-in-chief at a local weekly paper, Lucas came to Computerworld in June 2000. He immediately began digging […]
Power, longtime BusinessWeek journalist, has died
Chris Power, a longtime journalist at BusinessWeek magazine, died Monday night. Power had been assistant managing editor for international coverage. Based in New York, Power was responsible for overseeing international coverage in BusinessWeek’s global print edition, managing and collaborating with both print and online editors. “Chris was one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever known […]
OC Biz Journal reporter Rohit dies of heart attack
Parimal M. Rohit, a reporter who covered real estate for the Orange County Business Journal, died Tuesday from a heart attack. A story on its website states, “‘Parimal’s death was sudden and a shock to all on our staff,’ said Peter J. Brennan, Editor in Chief of the Business Journal. ‘He is missed by everyone […]
Mitchell, former Dallas News biz reporter, dies at 71
Jim Mitchell, a business reporter for the Dallas Morning News form 1984 to 1998 before he moved to its editorial board, died Tuesday from prostate cancer at the age of 71. Cheryl Hall of the Morning News writes, “Mitchell’s second job out of college was with The Dallas Morning News. “‘Jim was on the vanguard of […]
Phillips, who covered transportation, dies at 83
Donald Phillips, who covered the transportation industry for nearly 20 years at The Washington Post and then the International Herald-Tribune, died Sept. 23 at the age of 83. Kevin Keefe of Trains.com writes, “Phillips gained national prominence as a transportation writer when he joined the Washington Post in 1986, working there 19 years. After leaving the Post he spent nearly […]
How Clements broke through jargon and empty verbiage
Jason Zweig of The Wall Street Journal writes about the paper’s former personal finance columnist, Jonathan Clements, who died last Sunday at the age of 62. Zweig writes, “When Jonathan started writing for the Journal, those claims weren’t just common. They were treated as gospel, chanted into the ears of every investor by the entire financial industry. “Jonathan […]
How Clements started writing his WSJ personal finance column
Former Wall Street Journal personal finance columnist Jonathan Clements, who died Sunday, wrote a farewell message on his Humble Dollar website. Clements wrote, “Still, in 1994, Managing Editor Paul Steiger said he’d consider a few columnists for the Journal’s news pages. At age 31, and with some trepidation, I put up my hand. Thus was born the Getting Going column, […]
Clements, longtime WSJ personal finance columnist, dies at 62
Jonathan Clements, a longtime personal finance columnist at The Wall Street Journal, died Sunday at the age of 62 from cancer. Jason Zweig of The Journal writes, “Clements, 62 years old, died in Philadelphia on Sunday, about a year-and-a-half after being diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer. Between 1994 and 2008, he wrote 1,009 […]
DC biz reporter Clabaugh dies at 63
WTOP business reporter Jeff Clabaugh, who delivered money news to the D.C. region for three decades, has died at 63. Jessica Kronzer of WTOP reports, “Following a yearlong battle with cancer, Clabaugh died Thursday night in his home, with his long-term partner, Russ Rader, at his side. “A master of consumer business news, Clabaugh gave reports […]
Crain’s Chicago founding editor Metzger dies at 74
Mark Metzger, a founding editor at Crain’s Chicago Business, died Aug. 30 at the age of 74. Metzger spent 12 years as a journalist, including stints as a prize-winning daily newspaper reporter and as an Associated Press newsman. At Crain Communications in Chicago, he was a founding editor of Crain’s Chicago Business, one of the […]
