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Israeli strike in southern Lebanon kills journalist, wounds several others
An Israeli artillery strike hits a group of reporters from several outlets who were clearly marked as press. more
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Reuters videographer killed in southern Lebanon
A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday. more
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Dolores Sanchez, trailblazing L.A. community newspaper publisher, dies at 87
Dolores Sanchez, a longtime community leader who was the publisher of a chain of bilingual newspapers that provided a critical voice for residents in the predominantly Latino communities on Los Angeles’ Eastside and neighboring cities, has died. She was 87. more
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Ed Fancher, a founder of The Village Voice, is dead at 100
A psychologist, he started the alternative weekly with Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer in 1955. “We were crazy enough to think it would succeed,” he said. more
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Foxboro's Jack Authelet dies at age 90
Foxboro’s Jack Authelet, whose passion for local history and civic boosterism was exceeded only by his commitment to community journalism, died Sept. 18 at Life Care Center in Attleboro, eight days shy of his 91st birthday. more
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B. I. Moody III
Crowley businessman, philanthropist B.I. Moody III dies
Braxton “B.I.” Moody III, a longtime business and community leader in Crowley, Acadia Parish and Acadiana — and the namesake of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s college of business — died Sept. 13 at the age of 97. more
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lucy Morgan seen here in the 1980s, multi-tasking. (Tampa Bay Times)
Lucy Morgan, Pulitzer-winning force of Florida journalism, dies at 82
The Tampa Bay Times’ longtime Tallahassee bureau chief investigated corruption in Tampa Bay and beyond. more
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When two Secret Service agents asked then-Longboat Observer Executive Editor Lisa Walsh to back off reporting on the 9/11 terrorists, she politely declined. "We're reporters. That's what we do," she said. (File Photo | Longboat Observer)
Observer Media Group executive editor, co-owner Lisa Walsh dies at 69
Lisa Walsh was a pillar in the Sarasota-Manatee community; a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter; and the backbone of one of the most successful media companies in Florida. more
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Peter C. Newman, 94, journalist and scourge of Canada’s powerful, dies
A historian as well, Peter C. Newman challenged, with a muckraker’s spirit, the political and corporate establishment of a country he adopted after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. more
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Max Gomez, longtime TV medical reporter, dies at 72
Known as Dr. Max (he was not a medical doctor. but had a Ph.D. in neuroscience), he reported on health and science with an easygoing gravitas. more
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Don Browne, former Telemundo president, dies at 80
Don Browne, the former president of the Telemundo Communications Group who led the broadcaster’s big push into original content, died Aug. 30 at his home in Miami Beach. He was 80. more
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Jim Currow, CEO of Currow Weeks & Associates, has died
A beautiful tribute to Jim Currow, CEO of Currow Weeks & Associates, was posted this morning by his friend and business partner, Everton Weeks, on LinkedIn.  more
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G. Ogden Nutting
Longtime publisher Ogden Nutting dies at 87
G. Ogden Nutting, who for nearly three decades served as president and publisher of Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ogden Newspapers Inc., died Friday, August 25, at age 87. more
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Walter Dear
Walt Dear, former owner and publisher of Henderson Gleaner, died at age 91
Walter Moore Dear II, a dedicated newspaperman who loved music, books, travel, philanthropy, dogs and cats — and, most of all, people — died at the age of 91 of a stroke and dementia. more
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Sally Hampton McMullin
Sally Hampton McMullin, wife of former president of the Inland Press Association, dies
Sally Hampton McMullin passed away peacefully in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Aug. 17, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Norman McMullin, a past president of the Inland Press Association. more
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David Anable
Longtime ICFJ President David Anable passes away
The board and staff of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) mourn the death of longtime President David Anable, who expertly led the organization through a period of profound media transition from 1997 to 2004.  more
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Paul Brodeur in 2011. He worked at The New Yorker for more than three decades and wrote several books. (Gretchen Ertl | The New York Times)
Paul Brodeur, reporter who exposed the hazards of asbestos, dies at 92
In his long career at The New Yorker, he specialized in writing about asbestos and other threats to people’s health, including chlorofluorocarbons. more
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A memorial for Joan Meyer, who began working at The Marion County Record in the 1960s, outside the newspaper’s offices in Marion, Kansas. (John Hanna / The Associated Press)
Joan Meyer, longtime editor of a besieged newspaper, dies at 98
She collapsed a day after the police raided her home and the offices of The Marion County Record, a weekly paper in Kansas. more
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Herbert J. Siegel
Herbert J. Siegel, investor in major media deals, dies at 95
As head of Chris-Craft Industries, he played a role in the Time-Warner merger and sold 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch. more
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Robert Giles
Robert Giles, former editor of The Detroit News, dies at 90
Robert Giles, 90, a former editor and publisher of The Detroit News, died Monday, Aug. 7, after battling metastatic melanoma. more
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