Obituaries
Doug Nye spent 35 years with South Carolina's The State and the Columbia Record, serving first as a sports writer, then editor.
James Silbar was essential in acquiring newspapers in Swartz Creek, Flushing and Flint Township, completing the family’s string of four community newspapers in Genesee County, Mich.
During her three decades as Utah's Green Sheet co-publisher, Bette Cornwell became the first newspaperwoman to receive the National Newspaper Association’s Emma McKinney award. The Utah Press Association also gave her its "Master Editor and Publisher" award.
Frank Wood, former publisher of The De Pere (Wis.) Journal and several other newspapers in Northeastern Wisconsin as well as a longtime professor at St. Norbert College, died May 27. He was 82.
Ford's journalism career included stints as managing editor of KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, assistant news director of KDFW-TV in Dallas, assistant city editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, wire editor of the Idaho Post-Register in Idaho Falls and general assignment reporter for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City.
When Gregory Lewis joined the Sun Sentinel 10 years ago as a reporter covering the African-American community, he introduced himself to the politicians, business people and civic leaders who make news in South Florida.
Thom Greer, a pioneering journalist who rose from covering the suburbs to being one of the first black editors of a major daily newspaper, died March 27 of cancer. He was 69.
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