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Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, died Sunday, Aug. 18. He was 88.
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Julie Carr Smyth | TVNewsCheck
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8/19/24
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Former NPR CEO John Lansing, who oversaw the organization through the pandemic before stepping down in the spring, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, at age 67.
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Angela Fu | Poynter
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8/19/24
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Award-winning journalist Michael Aron has passed away at the age of 78. Known for a majority of his career as a trusted reporter of New Jersey politics, Aron was a fixture in the Trenton press corps and respected by those representatives he scrutinized on both sides of the aisle.
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Staff | The WNET Group
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8/16/24
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Even if you were only half-listening to the radio, you always knew when NPR correspondent Ina Jaffe was on the air. Ina's rich alto voice made you listen — whether she was reporting on politics, a high profile criminal trial, or, toward the end of her career, describing the advances in aging for a beat she created because she saw the need for it.
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Karen Grigsby Bates | NPR
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8/6/24
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Kathy Willens, a pathbreaking photojournalist who helped cement women’s place behind the lens everywhere from the Super Bowl to war-torn Somalia during her nearly 45-year career at The Associated Press, died Tuesday. She was 74.
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Jennifer Peltz | The Associated Press
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7/25/24
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He brought to his writing a sharp sense of humor, honed in stand-up comedy clubs, and never pulled punches even though he was an unabashed Democrat.
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Sam Roberts | The New YorK Times
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7/23/24
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Former FOX Business host Lou Dobbs has died at the age of 78.
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David Rutz | Fox News
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7/19/24
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Veteran personality Maria Garcia, who had aired in Miami, New York and the Long Island area, died on Friday, July 12, at the age of 52.
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Staff | Radio Online
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7/18/24
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Rubén Rosario — who moved to Minnesota in 1991 and worked at the Pioneer Press for almost 30 years — died Wednesday morning (July 10) at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis, from complications related to multiple myeloma. He was 70.
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Mary Divine | Pioneer Press
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7/12/24
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The first woman to serve as the paper’s national editor, she focused on issues of race, class and poverty, drawing prizes, and rose to the newsroom’s top echelon.
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Trip Gabriel | The New York Times
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7/1/24
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Mervin Aubespin, one of The Courier Journal's first Black reporters, who dedicated his life to documenting local Black history, has died.
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Rachel Smith | Louisville Courier Journal
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6/27/24
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Hailed as a pioneer of D.I.Y. programming, he oversaw groundbreaking how-to shows on public television in the days before HGTV and YouTube.
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Alex Williams | The New York Times
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6/27/24
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Jamie Kellner, who made his name as the only exec ever to create two broadcast networks — Fox and The WB (both of which also achieved profitability under his watch), died June 21 at his home in Montecito, California.
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Michael Schneider | Variety
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6/24/24
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After a career as a satellite dish installer, he found success with RFD-TV, a 24-hour cable channel aimed at farmers and ranchers.
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Trip Gabriel | The New York Times
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6/14/24
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David Freedman, who served as general manager of New Orleans radio station WWOZ from 1992 to 2016, has passed away at the age of 80.
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Staff | WWOZ
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6/13/24
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Veteran political correspondent Howard Fineman, who spent three decades covering the corridors of power in Washington for Newsweek before he became an analyst for MSNBC and other outlets, died from pancreatic cancer, his wife announced.
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Corky Siemaszko | NBC News
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6/13/24
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Christophe Deloire, who negotiated to free imprisoned journalists around the world and offered refuge to reporters under threat as the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, died June 8. He was 53.
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Staff | The Associated Press
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6/10/24
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Reporting from more than 80 countries, he combined close observation with sharp conclusions that pointed the finger at misdeeds or abuse of power. He was an author as well.
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Adam Nossiter | The New York Times
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6/7/24
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POLITICO Global editor in chief John Harris wrote the following about business journalist Ben White, who died this weekend at the age of 52.
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Chris Roush | Talking Biz News
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6/5/24
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By making entertainment as well as education part of its mission, he gave the world “Great Performances” and other enduring programs.
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Sam Roberts | The New York Times
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6/4/24
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