Ex-BusinessWeek editor Shepard fondly remembers Welles
Talking Biz News asked Steve Shepard, the editor of BusinessWeek from 1985 to 2005, for some thoughts about business journalist Chris Welles, who worked at BusinessWeek for 13 years and died this weekend. Here is what Shepard, now the dean at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, had to say: “Chris Welles was a genuinely […]
Welles, top business journalist, dies
Chris Welles, who ran the business journalism program at Columbia University and was also a top business journalist for publications such as BusinessWeek, died Saturday after an extended illness. Floyd Norris of the New York Times writes, “Chris ran the Bagehot program (now the Knight-Bagehot program) at Columbia University for many years. That program offers […]
King, Montreal Gazette biz reporter, dies at 51
Mike King, a business reporter at the Montreal Gazette, died Sunday at the age of 51 after suffering a brain aneurysm on Friday. Monique Muise of the Gazette writes, “He was known as a jack-of-all-trades; a flexible and prolific newsman who could pick up an idea and produce a clean, well-researched story every single day […]
Founder of Boston, Providence business journals dies
Robert C. Bergenheim, the former Boston Herald American publisher who co-founded the Boston Business Journal and Providence Business News, died on Saturday at the age of 86. William Hamilton and Ted Nesi of the Business News write that after being publisher of the Herald American, “Bergenheim then became vice president of legal affairs, human relations […]
Former Houston Chronicle biz editor dies
Tommy Thompson, a former oil reporter and business editor for the Houston Chronicle, died Saturday at the age of 90. Amanda Casanova of the Chronicle writes, “After covering sports for the now-closed Houston Press, Thompson joined the Chronicle as an oil reporter in 1966. He became the business editor one year later. “‘Tommy was a […]
Woody, retired Salt Lake biz editor
Robert Woody, the business editor of the Salt Lake Tribune from 1965 to 1990, died Wednesday at the age of 84, according to a story from the paper. Paul Rolly writes, “‘Bob was famous in the newsroom for calling out, ‘Take a number,’ whenever someone shouted that he was wanted on the phone,’ said Mike […]
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 […]
