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It is with profound sadness that we share news of the passing of our beloved Elise Dione Finch Henriques.    more
He spent two decades guiding a popular newspaper Sunday supplement as its revenue and circulation grew, reaching nearly 40 million readers at one point. more
In a 47-year career at The New York Times, he covered Cold War diplomacy in Europe, famine in Africa and genocide in Southeast Asia and was also an author. more
In addition to working at The Washington Post, David Richards also had a stint as chief theater reviewer at The New York Times and wrote a biography of movie star Jean Seberg. more
Joe Murray died at his home Sunday, June 25, at the age of 82. Services will be at 2 p.m. July 5 at First Baptist Church. more
David Bohrman, a former veteran CNN producer and executive who pioneered the use of the “Magic Wall,” died Sunday, June 25, following complications after hip surgery, according to his family. He was 69. more
George Gedda, a workhorse veteran of The Associated Press whose coverage of the State Department and international relations spanned more than four decades and who played a major role in explaining U.S. foreign policy to the American public from Vietnam to Cuba, Afghanistan and Iraq, has died. He was 82. more
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers that detailed U.S. actions during the Vietnam war, died June 15 at his home in Kensington, California. He was 92. The cause, his family said in a statement, was pancreatic cancer. more
John C. Tompkins, 69, of Tucson, Arizona, passed on June 2. He grew up in a newspaper family and at the young age of 21 purchased The Rochelle (Illinois) News-Leader in 1975.  For the next 48 years, he grew News Media Corporation to over 75 publications spanning across nine states. more
He spent much of his career at the Miami Herald before a brief stint at The Washington Post. more
Hoyt Purvis died on Friday, May 26, after an illness, said his wife Marion Purvis. He was 83. more
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
John Widdison, a former executive managing editor of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, May 23, at the age of 84. more
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
The Wichita Business Journal family is mourning the death of longtime colleague Daniel McCoy. more
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
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
James Shearer, who co-founded Spare Change News some 30 years ago, has died at the age of 64. more
Known for his wit and crazy antics, the retired journalist wrote poetry, played jazz bass and rode motorcycles. more
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
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