Remembering John McCalla, editor of Washington Business Journal
The Washington Business Journal has an editorial about its former editor John McCalla, who died last week at age 38. Here is a portion of the editorial: “We all saw a piece of John here on our editorial page. He chronicled his anger over the city’s on-again, off-again (and, he thought, facist) ban on cigarette […]
Former Seattle real estate, aerospace reporter Lane dies
Polly Lane, who covered commercial real estate and the aerospace industry for the Seattle Times, died Tuesday at the age of 70 after suffering from cancer, according to a story in the Times. She had retired from the paper in 2000. Reporter Marsha King wrote, “As the story goes, Boeing executives got so accustomed to […]
PC World editor killed in California
Rex Farrance, the senior technical editor for PC World, was found shot dead in his California home, according to an Associated Press story. The story stated that Farrance, 59, was shot Tuesday night. The story said, “‘We have substantial reason to believe that the victim and his wife were involved in the possession and, potentially, […]
Washington Biz Journal editor dies unexpectedly
John McCalla, editor of Washington Business Journal, has died, according to a story posted on the paper’s web site. He was 38. A cause of death was not immediately available. The story stated, “McCalla become editor in September, replacing longtime editor Beth Hunt. McCalla had served as managing editor of the paper since November 2001. “Publisher Alex […]
Maine biz journalist dies at 58
Carroll Astbury, who worked as a business writer and a business editor for the Bangor Daily News, died unexpectedly. He was 58. Bill Trotter, a reporter at the Daily News, wrote, “Astbury grew up in the Blue Hill area and later lived in Orrington. He worked for the paper in numerous capacities during his career, […]
Former Reno biz editor dies
Ed Shur, who in April left his position as the business editor of the Reno Gazette-Journal to become editor of two Ohio papers, died at the age of 54, according an Associated Press story. The AP story stated that Shur, executive editor of The (Fremont) News-Messenger and the Port Clinton News Herald, “was found dead […]
Review-Journal columnist, editor dies at 60
Rod Smith, the Review-Journal’s Gaming Wire editor whose varied 30-year career took him into the fields of economics, politics and business journalism, died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, according to a story on the Las Vegas’ paper’s web site. Smith, 60, had been the newspaper’s award-winning lead reporter on the gaming industry since […]
Broadcasting & Cable biz editor Higgins dies
John Higgins, the business editor of industry publication Broadcasting & Cable, died of a heart attack Monday, according to a story on its web site. He was 45. Higgins, who joined B&C in 1997 after working at Multichannel News, was known as a talented and tough-as-nails reporter. He was renowned in the media industry he […]
Former NYT retail reporter Barmash dies at 84
Isadore Barmash, a New York Times retail reporter from 1965 to 1991 whose byline was well-known, died Thursday. He was 84. Barmash, according to an obituary in the New York Times, continued to write even after he retired from the paper. Robert McFadden wrote, “In the genteelly cutthroat world of retail merchandising, where greed, secrets, […]
Bernice Kanner, 57, wrote about advertising and marketing
Bernice Kanner, a former reporter for The New York Times and The Daily News who was also editor of WomensBiz.US, died Oct. 24, according to a story in the Times. She was 57. Dennis Hevesi wrote, “Ms. Kanner also wrote first-person features for New York magazine, based on experiences like working as a cab driver […]
