A relentless critic in his writing
Mark Hicks of the Detroit News remembers Jerry Flint, the longtime auto industry writer at Forbes who died earlier this month at 79. Hicks writes, “After becoming a senior editor and retiring in 1996, Mr. Flint became a Forbes columnist, writing a column for the magazine and its website called Backseat Driver. “‘He loved the […]
Former Oakland Tribune biz editor, columnist dies
Cliff Pletschet, whose personal investment columns appeared in the Oakland Tribune and other Bay Area News Group newspapers for more than 30 years until this spring, died Sunday in Oakland. He was 80. A story on the Contra Costa Times site states, “Pletschet also served as business editor for the Oakland Tribune, but his real […]
Remembering auto writer Jerry Flint
Outgoing Forbes editor William Baldwin writes Monday about longtime Forbes auto writer Jerry Flint, who died this weekend at the age of 79 after suffering a stroke. Baldwin writes, “One of his notions was that journalists, at least the sort that ruled the newsrooms of big newspapers a few decades ago, were too full of […]
A balance of skepticism and curiosity
Paul Eisenstein of TheDetroitBureau.com writes about Forbes auto writer Jerry Flint, who died this weekend at the age of 79. Eisenstein writes, “What no one can dispute is Jerry Flint’s love of the car business, and his ability to connect with the industry’s men and women, from the lowliest line worker to the loftiest of […]
Flint of Forbes, dean of auto writers, dies at 79
Jerry Flint, who has covered the auto industry since 1958 and who had been at Forbes since 1979, died Saturday from a stroke at the age of 79. He had won a Loeb Award in 2003. His son, Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Flint, writes on Forbes.com, “After serving in the Army for three years […]
Krebsbach, U.S. Banker executive editor, dies at 52
Karen Krebsbach, who retired as executive editor and international editor of U.S. Banker in 2008, died earlier this month from breast cancer. She was 52. An American Banker story states, “She joined U.S. Banker in 2002 as international editor and was promoted to executive editor of the magazine in 2004. In 2005, she was recognized […]
Remembering a fallen biz reporter
Frank Miele, managing editor of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispel, Mont., writes Sunday about Erika Hoefer, the newspaper’s business reporter who died last week in a plane crash at the age of 27 along with another one of the paper’s reporters. Miele writes, “Erika arrived about two weeks later, and we promptly informed Melissa […]
Montana biz reporter dies in plane crash
Erika Hoefer, 27, and a business reporter for the newspaper in Kalispell, Mont., died in a plane crash that was sight-seeing in the state. Another reporter for the newspaper, and two others, also died in the plane crash. The wreckage was found Wednesday afternoon. Michael Jamison of the Missoulian writes, “Hoefer came from rural Wisconsin […]
Remembering Chris Welles
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday about Chris Welles, the well-known business journalist who died last week at 72. Friedman writes, “If Chris had had a chance to read this column — or any of the other stories that have appeared since his passing — I suspect that he would have reacted in two […]
Welles took on the oil industry
The New York Times has an obituary Wednesday of noted business journalist Chris Welles and recounts how he took on the oil industry in the 1970s. Dennis Hevesi writes, “His 1970 book, ‘The Elusive Bonanza,’ accused the oil industry of neglecting the development of America’s vast oil-shale reserves. It was an expansion of an article […]
