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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 student newspaper, the Gateway.

“At the Bismarck paper, she also was managing editor of Business Watch magazine. Her work gained her the Associated Press Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, which included two months working with the AP in Berlin.

“She received numerous other awards in Nebraska and North Dakota.”

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