Porcello, former Syracuse biz editor
Joseph Porcello, the business editor of the Herald-Journal newspaper in Syracuse, N.Y., from 1971 to 1986, died Sunday at the age of 89, according to a story in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Scott Rapp writes, “Porcello joined the now-defunct newspaper in March 1951 and served as business editor from 1971 until he retired in 1986. He […]
BusinessWeek tribute to former McGraw-Hill CEO: Misspelling his name
Former BusinessWeek writer Gary Weiss notes that the obituary on the former McGraw-Hill magazine’s Web site gets the name wrong of recently deceased McGraw-Hill CEO Harold McGraw. It’s not Howard. Weiss writes, “BW was not alone. Apparently nobody at the AP or its member papers (such as this one) noticed that his name is ‘Harold’ […]
Enderle, 78, helped promote business journalism education
Ray Enderle, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who later led a movement to improve business journalism education on college campuses, died March 16 at the age of 78, according to an obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Walter Naedele of the Inquirer writes, “Mr. Enderle was a member of the board of directors of the […]
SABEW remembers former board member Dave Morrow
Glenn Hall, the editor in chief at TheStreet.com, talks below about Dave Morrow, the former editor in chief of TheStreet.com, and his influence on business journalism. Morrow died last month from pancreatic cancer. He was 49. Morrow had joined the faculty of the University of Nevada-Reno in 2009 to teach business journalism. Morrow was remembered […]
Anderson, formerly Montreal Gazette biz editor
Hugh Anderson, the former business columnist and business editor of the Montreal Gazette, died Wednesday from cancer. He was 74. Jan Ravensbergen of the Gazette writes, “Of British working-class roots, Anderson joined The Gazette in May 1981, after finance-writing stints with the Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. He became The Gazette’s […]
Former journalists remember Byrne
Bob Goldsborough has an obituary in the Chicago Tribune Monday of Harlan Byrne, the former Wall Street Journal editor and Barron’s Midwest editor who died last week at the age of 89. Goldsborough writes, “He joined the Wall Street Journal in 1949 and worked in several bureaus before becoming assistant bureau manager in Chicago in […]
Remembering a colleague
Alan Abelson of Barron’s remembers Saturday his former colleague, Harlan Byrne, the Midwest editor of Barron’s who died earlier this week at the age of 89. Abelson writes, “From his Barron’s perch in the Windy City, Harlan cast an inquiring and knowing eye on a wide swath of Corporate America, especially those muscular companies that […]
Byrne, longtime Dow Jones journalist
Harlan Byrne, a longtime business journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal and for Barron’s for 56 years, died earlier this week in suburban Chicago. He was 89. Byrne was a graduate of the University of Missouri. An obituary notice in the Chicago Sun-Times states, “He joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter […]
More remembrances of Dave Morrow
Emerson Marcus of The Nevada Sagebrush, the student newspaper at the University of Nevada, has more stories about the impact of Dave Morrow, the former editor of TheStreet.com who became a business journalism professor at the school but died last week at the age of 49. Marcus writes, “His second calling – the classroom – […]
SABEW to honor Morrow
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, in cooperation with the family of the late David J. Morrow, will create a memorial fund in his name that will aid students and honor superior business journalism, society officials announced Thursday. Morrow, a SABEW board member, pioneer editor of TheStreet.com and the first Donald W. Reynolds […]
