Terry R. Taylor, who in two trailblazing decades as the first female sports editor of The Associated Press transformed the news agency’s emphasis into multilayered coverage of rigorous reporting, entertaining enterprise and edgy analysis, has died. She was 71. more

Helen T. Gray, a former faith and religion editor at The Kansas City Star whose journalistic career spanned over four decades, died Saturday, Nov. 11, following an illness. more

As of Nov. 14, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 42 journalists and media workers were among the more than 12,000 killed since the war began on Oct. 7 — with over 11,000 Palestinian deaths in Gaza and the West Bank and 1,200 deaths in Israel. more

Mike Shuster, an award-winning foreign and diplomatic correspondent for National Public Radio, died Monday, Nov. 6. During more than three decades as a reporter and an editor, his work spanned the world and made him an eyewitness to some of the most momentous events in modern history. more

Philip Meyer, a journalist who introduced computers to newsrooms in the late 1960s as a powerful tool for mining reams of data, inspiring generations of reporters to fuse social science methods with classic reporting to produce revelatory journalism, died Nov. 4 at his home in Carrboro, N.C. He was 93. more

Long before she assumed the title and duties of publisher and chairman of Consolidated Publishing in January of 2018, Josephine Ayers had been a strong influence throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s to promote the arts in Calhoun County, in Alabama and around the world. more

His tiny California newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its exposé of Synanon, a renowned drug rehabilitation program that had turned into a violent operation. more

He brought an all-embracing enthusiasm to about 4,000 articles for The New York Times on modern dance, tap, ballet and practically every other genre. more

Yaniv Zohar, a former Associated Press videojournalist and beloved colleague who covered conflicts and major news in his native country for three decades, was killed in his home during Hamas’ bloody cross-border rampage on Oct. 7 along with his wife and two daughters. He was 54. more

An Israeli artillery strike hits a group of reporters from several outlets who were clearly marked as press. more

A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday. more

As head of Chris-Craft Industries, he played a role in the Time-Warner merger and sold 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch. more

Brent Renaud, an award-winning American filmmaker and journalist, was killed in Ukraine on Sunday while reporting in a suburb of the capital, Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. more

As a skilled, noted sculptor who produced layered bronze pieces, Bob Wick stood out in the media industry, which is not brimming with fine artists. Wick, co-owner of Arizona-based Wick Communications, also made a mark as an environmentalist, championing causes in his adopted state of Arizona. more

Rex Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, died Jan. 6 at age 52, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Numerous industry insiders communicated to E&P about their admiration of Rust’s dynamic presence as well as his Christian faith. more

Carol Herman, an award-winning journalist and editor with The Washington Times for over two decades, has died. She was 69. Known for her precise editorial skills and uncommon cultural insight, she … more

Last week, we lost a leader, a sparkplug and a dear friend. Christine Moore spent the last 20 years of her life working for Pamplin Media Group. For much of that time, including right up until her … more