Economics journalist Greider passes away

Reporter, editor and author, William Greider died on Wednesday at his home in Washington at the age of 83. Greider examined the United States, its politics and its position in the world through an economic lens for four decades for The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, The Nation and other media outlets, reports the New York Times.

According to his son Cameron, the cause of death was complications of congestive heart failure.

William Greider served as a national correspondent, an assistant managing editor for national news and a columnist for 15 years at The Post. Then he joined Rolling Stone as a columnist and national affairs editor.

In 1999, Greider joined The Nation as the national affairs correspondent and was also a correspondent for six “Frontline” documentaries on PBS, including “Return to Beirut,” which won an Emmy in 1985.

Additionally, he wrote numerous books with his most influential piece of writing being an essay in The Atlantic in 1981 titled “The Education of David Stockman.”

A renowned personality, Greider started his newspaper career at The Wheaton Daily Journal in Illinois, where he met his future wife, Linda Furry who survives him along with their two children, Cameron and Katharine.