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Hoyt Purvis, former journalism professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is shown in this 2003 file photo. Hoyt died Friday, May 26, at age 83. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Lori McElroy)

University of Arkansas professor Hoyt Purvis dies

Hoyt Purvis died on Friday, May 26, after an illness, said his wife Marion Purvis. He was 83. more

Bill Bowden | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 6/2/23

Radio journalist shot and killed in the Philippines

In the early hours of May 31, two assailants on a motorcycle shot and killed radio journalist Cris Bundoquin on the C5 Road in the city of Calapan, in Oriental Mindoro province, according to multiple news reports. more

Staff | Committee to Protect Journalists | 5/31/23

John Widdison, a former top editor at the Telegram & Gazette, dies at 84

John Widdison, a former executive managing editor of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, May 23, at the age of 84. more

Dan Kennedy | Media Nation | 5/26/23

James Don 'JD' Swartz died May 25 at the age of 87

On Wednesday, May 25, James Don “JD” Swartz passed away peacefully at Franklin Woods Hospital. He was born August 5, 1935, to Don and Maude Jane Barnett Swartz. He lived a beautiful life of 87 years. more

Obituary | Johnson City Press | 5/26/23

Longtime Wichita Business Journal reporter Daniel McCoy dies at 45

The Wichita Business Journal family is mourning the death of longtime colleague Daniel McCoy. more

Kirk Seminoff | Wichita Business Journal | 5/16/23

Lesotho journalist Ralikonelo Joki killed after radio show

Lesotho authorities must launch a credible investigation into the killing of journalist Ralikonelo "Leqhashasha" Joki and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. more

Staff | Committee to Protect Journalists | 5/16/23

Hodding Carter III, president, CEO and trustee of the John S. and James L Knight Foundation, answers a question during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2003. Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who updated Americans on the Iran hostage crisis as U.S. State Department spokesman and won awards for his televised documentaries, has died. His daughter, Catherine Carter Sullivan, confirmed that he died Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as U.S. State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries, has died. He was 88. more

Staff | The Associated Press | 5/15/23

Spare Change News co-founder James Shearer dies at 64

James Shearer, who co-founded Spare Change News some 30 years ago, has died at the age of 64. more

Dan Kennedy | Media Nation | 5/15/23

John “Johnny” Bender, a retired newspaper editor, poet and past board president of the Inlandia Institute, is seen March 7, 2012. He died at age 64 on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (File photo by Michael Leone, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

John Bender, former editor at The Press-Enterprise, dies at 64

Known for his wit and crazy antics, the retired journalist wrote poetry, played jazz bass and rode motorcycles. more

Sarah Hofmann | The Press-Enterprise | 5/15/23

Journalist working for AFP news agency killed in Ukraine

French international news agency Agence France-Presse says its Ukraine video coordinator was killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. more

Staff | The Associated Press | 5/10/23

Mike Pride presides at the 2016 Pulitzer Prize ceremony. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)

Remembering Mike Pride

Former Pulitzer Prize Board Co-Chair and Administrator Mike Pride died Monday, April 24, in Florida from complications of a longstanding blood disorder. He was 76. more

Staff | The Pulitzer Prizes | 4/25/23

Martin Singerman, former publisher of the New York Post, dies at 96

Martin Singerman, the son of a Bronx clothing salesman whose storied career led him to become publisher of The New York Post, has died at the age of 96, his family said. more

Ariel Zilber | New York Post | 4/14/23

Veteran media beat reporter Jack Feuer dies at 71

Jack Feuer was most recently editorial director at UCLA. His stints as a reporter and editor included MediaPost, Adweek and Inside Media magazine. more

Tanya Gazdik | MediaPost | 4/10/23

Former Tennessee Press, Executive Director Carol Goss Daniels dies at 59

On April 8, Carol Goss Daniels passed away at her home at age 59 after an eight-year battle with colon cancer. more

Staff | Tennessee Press Association | 4/10/23

Ann McGowan works from her home in Pittsfield in the mid-1960s. She was a correspondent for the Morning Sentinel at the time, covering the Pittsfield area. McGowan would go on to hold several positions at the newspaper, including managing editor in the 1990s. She was inducted in 2012 into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame.

Ann McGowan, former Morning Sentinel managing editor, dies at 87

Ann McGowan, a former managing editor at the Morning Sentinel and member of the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. McGowan died of complications from dementia after falling at her … more

Zara Norman | Morning Sentinel | 4/5/23

Hickory Daily Record loses patient, kind coworker to cancer; Circulation Director Brian Carroll dead at 49

The Hickory (North Carolina) Daily Record lost a member of its work family this week. more

Eric Millsaps | Hickory Daily Record | 3/14/23

Former Richmond Times-Dispatch, News Leader editor Ed Kelleher dies at 79

The family plans to hold a private celebration of life for Mr. Kelleher later this year. more

Michael Martz | Richmond Times-Dispatch | 3/3/23

Journalist, SCPA Past President Bill Kinney Jr. dies

Veteran journalist, historian, and civic leader, William Light “Bill” Kinney Jr., 89, of Bennettsville, South Carolina, died peacefully at his family antebellum home, Magnolia, under the loving care of his daughter, Elisabeth Kinney McNiel, Sunday night, Feb. 19. more

Obituary | William L. Kinney Jr. | 2/23/23

Boone Newsmedia founder and chairman dies

James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. (BNI), died Monday, Feb. 13, at UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness. He was 87. more

Press Release | Boone Newsmedia, Inc. | 2/15/23

Jeff Nesmith, Pulitzer winning journalist, dies at 82

The love of a good story and the ability to tell one in a convincing and attention-grabbing way was central to Jeff Nesmith’s life, both personally and professionally. more

Mark Woolsey | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 2/13/23

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