Former Austin biz editor, columnist dies
Michele Kay, the business editor at the Austin American-Statesman from 1989 to 1991 who was also a business columnist and business reporter at the paper, died Wednesday from brain cancer. Chuck Lindell of the American-Statesman writes, “‘She was a good reporter — tough as nails, without fear or favor,’ said Austin political consultant Bill Miller, […]
Pennsylvania biz reporter dies
Jeff McCready, a longtime business reporter at the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat in Pennsylvania, died Sunday at the age of 68 from lung cancer. Arlene Johns of the paper writes, “McCready was a general assignment reporter until settling into the labor and industry beat. He took each assignment seriously and always did his best to produce fair […]
Remembering Sandy Sanchez
Donna Tuttle, the projects coordinator at the San Antonio Business Journal, remembers her colleague, special projects editor Sandra Lowe Sanchez, who died Tuesday after suffering from cancer. Tuttle writes, “Her career and legacy at the Business Journal touched many lives. She was a passionate professional, a kindhearted friend and colleague, a proud mother and wife, […]
San Antonio biz journalist Sanchez dies
Sandra Lowe Sanchez, the special report editor for the San Antonio Business Journal, passed away from complications due to cancer early Tuesday morning, Jan. 25. A story on its site states, “Sandra, or Sandy as we called her in the newsroom, was a long-time journalist, beginning her career in the Boston area in 1984 where […]
Former WSJ "Business and Race" columnist dies
Leon Wynter, who wrote the “Business and Race” column for The Wall Street Journal from 1989 to 1999, died on Tuesday due to brain cancer. He was 57. Richard Prince writes, “Wynter was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008 and had been undergoing treatment at the National Institutes of Health on the outskirts of Washington, […]
Woman who became biz reporter at age 65 dies
Jean Morgan, who took a job as a business reporter of the Daytona Beach News-Journal in Florida when she was 65, died Friday in Michigan at the age of 85. Andrew Gant of the News-Journal writes, “Morgan, the knowledgeable ‘newsroom dictionary’ who brought flowers into the office each week, died Friday in Waterford, Mich., where […]
Many benefitted from McNichol's reporting
Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger in Newark writes about Bloomberg News reporter Dunstan McNichol, who died suddenly at his home Tuesday at the age of 54. Nutt writes, “Readers may not remember the byline, but anyone who drives a car, has a child in school or ever needed workman’s compensation, still reaps the benefits […]
Turpin, pioneer of real estate reporting, dies at 91
Dick Turpin, one of the pioneers of real estate journalism, died last week at age 91, reports Dick Barnes, the former real estate editor of the Los Angeles Times. Barnes writes, “He was a kind, gentle man, and he had lived a long, full life, a life of service — to his country, to his […]
First female on NYT biz desk dies at 100
Clare M. Reckert, the first female financial reporter at the New York Times, died last week at the age of 100. Reckert had worked on the business desk for 44 years until retiring in 1981. Jack O’Dwyer writes, “She was the first female financial writer at the NYT and for many years used the byline […]
Former West Virginia biz editor dies
Edward Peeks, the former business editor at the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, died Sunday at the age of 90. A story on the paper’s site states, “Peeks was a reporter and editor for the Gazette from July 1963 to October 1985. When he retired, he was the newspaper’s business/labor editor. “In 1992, Peeks joined […]
