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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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In columns and notably “The New York Times Book of Wine,” he introduced Americans to European and premium domestic varieties in the 1970s and ’80s.
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Clay Risen | The New York Times
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6/4/24
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Newly assigned to cover the Reagan White House, Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds knew the most important part of the job was to keep watch on the president “at all times.” He did that for 28 years. But there was never a day like March 30, 1981. That was when Edmonds, who died May 31 in Virginia at age 77, took a series of images for the ages.
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Staff | The Associated Press
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6/3/24
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A self-described activist-journalist, he was for many years the national affairs correspondent for the community-focused Pacifica network.
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Trip Gabriel | The New York Times
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6/3/24
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Larry Bensky, who brought an activist’s level of devotion and a historian’s attention to detail to the work of radio journalism, died May 19 in Berkeley. He was 87.
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Lisa M. Krieger | The Mercury News
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5/23/24
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He wrote about world affairs for Time magazine and worked at the State Department before becoming a senior editor at The New York Times in 1967.
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Robert D. McFadden | The New York Times
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5/21/24
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Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58.
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Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez and Kaanita Iyer | CNN
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5/19/24
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Rex Murphy, a Canadian newspaper, radio and television commentator who delighted his country’s conservatives with sharp attacks on environmentalists, liberal politicians and what he called their “woke politics,” died on May 9 in Toronto. He was 77.
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Adam Nossiter | The New York Times
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5/19/24
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He helped direct The Philadelphia Inquirer’s ascent to be Philadelphia’s dominant newspaper in the late 1980s and was known as a stabilizing force during turbulent times. A former colleague called him “my most important mentor and the best boss I ever had.”
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Gary Miles | The Philadelphia Inquirer
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5/14/24
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