Obituaries

Robert D. McFadden | New York Times | 1/14/2013
Eugene C. Patterson spent 41 years as a reporter, editor and news executive and won the 1967 Pulitzer for editorial columns.
Cassandra Spratling | Detroit Free Press | 1/11/2013
Hugh Grannum became known for photographs that captured the heart and soul of Detroit and its people.
Margalit Fox | New York Times | 1/9/2013
Harvey Shapiro was associated with The Times from 1957 until his retirement in 1995.
John F. Burns | New York Times | 1/9/2013
William Rees-Mogg was 38 when he was named editor of The Times in 1967, making him the youngest ever to hold the job.
Michael Schwirtz | New York Times | 1/8/2013
Richard Ben Cramer  worked at The Baltimore Sun before joining The Philadelphia Inquirer in the 1970s, where he was a Middle East correspondent from 1977 to 1984. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his reporting there.
Gerry Hadden | The World | 1/8/2013

Enrique Meneses made a name for himself by spending four months with Fidel Castro and Cuban rebels during the revolution in 1957 and 1958.

Scott Gillespie | Star Tribune | 1/7/2013
Larry Oakes wrote hundreds of those everyday stories during his 30-year career as a reporter with the Duluth News Tribune and the Star Tribune.
Todd Venezia | New York Post | 1/1/2013
Peter Faris started as the Post's editorial manager before becoming the paper’s executive vice president.
Jeffrey Collins | Associated Press | 12/31/2012
Jim Davenport joined the AP's South Carolina bureau 13 years ago and he was the first reporter to tell the world in 2009 that Gov. Mark Sanford had been missing for a couple of days.
Shane Anthony | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 12/26/2012
Howard Etling started his career working for South St. Louis Neighborhood News, leading to his eventual role as a publisher for the Suburban Journals.
nabj.com | 12/20/2012
Ben Williams was the first African-American reporter at the San Francisco Examiner in 1962.
Associated Press | 12/17/2012
Jesse Hill Jr. and other civil rights leaders founded the Atlanta Inquirer, Atlanta's first black community newspaper in 1960.
Jessica Kokesh | Kearney Hub | 12/17/2012
Mildred Heath stayed active as a journalist until June 1, 2009, when the Beacon Observer was sold to new owners.
Andrew Beaujon | Poynter | 5/6/2013
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Alan D. Mutter | 5/8/2013