North Dakota business journalist dies
Crystal Reid Austin, a business reporter for the Bismarck Tribune in North Dakota, died Friday at the age of 29 from undetermined causes, six days after her wedding. Sue Story Truax of the Omaha World-Herald writes, “Reid Austin was a 2006 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she was editor of the […]
How Ray Shaw made an impression on one ACBJ reporter
Jennifer Nycz-Conner, a reporter at the Washington Business Journal, remembers one of the first times she met her boss, American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw, who died suddenly on Sunday. Nycz-Conner writes, “Our editor and friend John McCalla passed away very suddenly in 2007, and Ray and our former editor Beth Hunt found a […]
More remembrances of Ray Shaw
Two more editors of American City Business Journals papers have sent in their thoughts about Ray Shaw, the company’s chairman who died Sunday from complications related to a bee sting. Cindy Barth, the editor of the Orlando Business Journal: “When I first joined ACBJ as an intern, I had little knowledge about the company or […]
Editor: Shaw is the reason I stayed in business journalism
Sougata Mukherjee, the editor of the Triangle Business Journal, says that American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw is the reason why he has been in business journalism for 20 years. Shaw died Sunday morning. He had run American City for 20 years. Mukherjee says, “It was never what he said; for me it always […]
Former Dow Jones CEO remembers friend Shaw
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE I asked Warren Phillips, the chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co. from 1975 to 1990, for some thoughts about his former colleague, Ray Shaw, who died suddenly Sunday. Shaw was president and chief operating officer under Phillips, but he retired in 1989 and then built American City Business Journals […]
Remembering Ray Shaw
Ray Shaw, the chairman of American City Business Journals who died suddenly Sunday at the age of 75, reminded me of one of my grandfathers. He had a gruff exterior, but inside he was all heart. And he was the guiding person behind the success of one of the largest employers of business journalists in […]
ACBJ chairman Ray Shaw, 75
Jeff Drew of the Triangle Business Journal, one of the papers owned by American City Business Journals, has written an obituary about Ray Shaw, the company’s chairman who died Sunday morning. Drew writes, “In 1960, he began what would be a 29-year career at Dow Jones & Co., starting as a reporter at The Wall […]
ACBJ chairman Ray Shaw has died
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Whitney Shaw and Kirk Shaw, the sons of American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw, sent out the following message to the company’s employees today: “We come to you today with hearts filled with both sadness and gratitude. Our father, Ray Shaw, died early this morning from complications following a bee […]
Longtime Little Rock business columnist Donald dies
Leroy Donald, a business columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, died this weekend. He was 73. Evin Demirel of the paper writes, “Friends and co-workers lauded his recall of the histories of local businesses. “‘He was really good at going out and getting the small neighborhood news, in places like the Heights and Hillcrest,’ said Roger […]
Former Indy Star biz editor dies from cancer
Jerry Lyst, the business editor of the Indianapolis Star during the 1970s, died Sunday from pancreatic cancer. He was 76. Scott Thien of the paper writes, “‘He was a true gentleman and fine journalist who always was willing to listen,’ said Jane Lichtenberg, The Star’s coordinator of community conversations. ‘Even though the newspaper’s editorial pages […]
