As of Nov. 27, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 57 journalists and media workers were among the more than 15,000 killed since the war began on Oct. 7 — with over 14,000 Palestinian deaths in Gaza and the West Bank and 1,200 deaths in Israel. The deadliest day of the war for journalist deaths was its first day, Oct. 7, with six journalists killed; the second-deadliest day occurred on Nov. 18, with five killed.
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Staff | Committee to Protect Journalists
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11/27/23
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With a sharp eye for trends, a soft spot for reporters and a fondness for the untold story, Bill Pinella was a guiding force behind the Press Democrat’s sports coverage for nearly two decades.
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Lowell Cohn | The Press Democrat
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11/21/23
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As of Nov. 21, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 53 journalists and media workers were among the more than 14,000 killed since the war began on Oct. 7 — with over 13,000 Palestinian deaths in Gaza and the West Bank and 1,200 deaths in Israel. The second-deadliest day for journalist deaths occurred on Nov. 18, with five killed; the deadliest day of the war was its first day, Oct. 7, with 6 journalists killed.
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Staff | Committee to Protect Journalists
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11/21/23
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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.
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Ronald Blum | The Associated Press
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11/16/23
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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.
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Glenn E. Rice | The Kansas City Star
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11/15/23
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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.
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Staff | Committee to Protect Journalists
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11/14/23
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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.
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Daniel C. Sneider | NPR
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11/10/23
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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.
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Michael S. Rosenwald | The Washington Post
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11/10/23
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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.
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Sherry Kughn | The Anniston Star
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11/6/23
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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.
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Sam Roberts | The New York Times
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11/6/23
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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.
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Alex Traub | The New York Times
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10/22/23
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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.
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Aron Heller | The Associated Press
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10/19/23
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An Israeli artillery strike hits a group of reporters from several outlets who were clearly marked as press.
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Staff | Al Jazeera
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10/13/23
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A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday.
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Staff | Reuters
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10/13/23
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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.
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Robert J. Lopez & Thomas Curwen | LA Times CURWEN
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10/10/23
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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.
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Richard Sandomir | The New York Times
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9/29/23
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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.
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Jeff Peterson | The Foxboro Reporter
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9/24/23
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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.
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Staff | Louisiana State Newspapers
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9/21/23
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The Tampa Bay Times’ longtime Tallahassee bureau chief investigated corruption in Tampa Bay and beyond.
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Jay Cridlin | Tampa Bay Times | Poynter
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9/21/23
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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.
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Kat Wingert and Mark Gordon | Longboat Observer
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9/19/23
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