Texas-based journalist Asher passes away
The following excerpt was sent out from the Valley Morning Star: Nearly 18 years ago, Ed Asher returned to the Valley Morning Star after working for the Albuquerque Tribune, becoming a national award-winning writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist, following a stint as a reporter with the Houston Chronicle. At the Star, he took a job […]
CoStar copy editor Cole dies at 46
Patricia Cole, a copy editor at real estate news service CoStar Group, died Friday at the age of 46. Bill Chappell of NPR writes, “Patricia had a knack for writing strong headlines, which won her first place in a 2012 national contest. She then became a judge for headline competitions run by ACES: The Society for […]
BBC veteran Motson passes away
The following excerpt was sent out from the BBC: Legendary commentator John Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year career with the BBC, has died aged 77. Motson covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for BBC Sport before retiring from the organisation in 2018. Popularly known as ‘Motty’, he had […]
Former Boston TV station reporter Shields passes away
The following was sent out from WHDH: Longtime WBZ-TV reporter Bill Shields died Friday night at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer. Shields reported for WBZ for more than 41 years before retiring in September of 2021. He leaves behind his wife and their three sons, Raphael, Justin and Tyler. News of […]
Veteran Memphis journalist Dees passes away
The following was sent out from localmemphis.com: A longtime journalist and member of the Memphis community has died, ABC24 learned Thursday afternoon. Tom Dees, who worked as a broadcast journalist for WHBQ in Memphis since 1995, died Thursday morning, days before what would have been his 58th birthday on Saturday. “Tom was always a bright […]
Fashion journalist Alexander passes away
New Zealand-born British journalist Hilary Alexander passed away on Feb. 5, her 77th birthday. Alexander was the fashion director of the Daily Telegraph for 26 years. She became the honorary president of the Graduate Fashion Foundation in 2019. She was named the British Fashion Awards’ journalist of the year twice, in 1997 and 2003. Business of […]
Veteran AP reporter Gillispie passes away
The following excerpt was sent out from The Associated Press’ John Seewer: Mark Gillispie, a veteran journalist who wrote about many of Ohio’s biggest stories and characters during a four-decade career primarily with The Associated Press and The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has died. He was 63. Gillispie, who was diagnosed with cancer last fall, […]
Navasky, leader of The Nation magazine, dies at 90
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ Joseph Berger: Victor S. Navasky, a witty and contrarian journalist who for 27 years as either editor or publisher commanded the long-running left-leaning magazine The Nation, and who also wrote the book “Naming Names,” a breakthrough chronicle of the Hollywood blacklisting era, died on […]
Sanford, longtime WSJ staffer who wrote his own obituary, has died
David Sanford, who in 1995 told his Wall Street Journal colleagues that he would die from AIDS in the next year but who retired from the paper in 2015, died earlier this month. He had been at the paper for 35 years. In 1997, Sanford and Michael Waldholz of The Journal won a Pulitzer Prize for […]
Wichita Biz Journal editor Roy dies at 61
Bill Roy, the Wichita Business Journal’s editor since 2003, died Sunday morning at his home of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 61. Managing editor Kirk Seminoff writes, “Roy was inducted into the Kansas Press Association Hall of Fame in 2022, a nod to his versatility as a journalist and his leadership for two decades at […]
