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Avila served as an ABC News senior correspondent and a “20/20” correspondent. more
He also served as president of The Washington Post and led a trade organization for airline companies. more
A correspondent for Reuters, he became a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution. more
Ed Moloney, an authoritative chronicler of the Troubles in Northern Ireland through relentless reporting and deep sourcing on both sides of the bloody sectarian strife that engulfed that small region of the United Kingdom for 30 years, died on Oct. 17 in Manhattan. He was 77. more
He became a stalwart of Philadelphia’s rock airwaves after moving from California, broadcasting a live show for more than 40 years. more
While serving as the paper’s general manager, he played a central role in the 1975 pressmen’s strike. He was “the crucial person in every respect,” said former publisher Don Graham. more
A veteran journalist, he covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and provided the pool report on the ceremony aboard Air Force One. more
David Rau, 76, owner of Six Rivers Media LLC, died Oct. 18 after fighting Alzheimer’s for more than two years. more
Michael Days, a pillar of Philadelphia journalism who championed young Black journalists and was beloved among reporters who worked for him at the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer, died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 72 in Trenton. more
She started as the magazine’s glamorous receptionist and became one of its more singular writers. In one of her last articles, she memorialized her time (and lovers) there. more
Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died. She was 87. more
At The New York Times and then ARTnews, which he bought, he brought an investigative edge to stories about artwork looted by the Germans during World War II and the Soviets afterward. more
The veteran journalist died at 78 on Sunday, Oct. 5 more
Overcoming poverty and prejudice, she was the first Black woman to be hired as a television reporter in the region and later became a popular anchor. more
She interviewed world leaders for The Washington Post’s Opinions section, maintaining a longtime connection to the paper that was once run by her mother, Katharine Graham. more
Douglas “Doug” Manship Jr., a former publisher of The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) and grandson of the founder of the newspaper's publishing company, died Wednesday (Sept. 17) at 82. more
Marilyn Hagerty, lifelong newspaperwoman, longtime Grand Forks (North Dakota) Herald columnist and nationally famous food critic, has died. more
Bruce DuMont, longtime broadcaster and founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, has died at the age of 81. more
Ned White served as publisher of The Daily Times in Salisbury, Maryland, from 1979-1997. more
As a longtime correspondent for CBS News Radio, he kept meticulous records of presidential activities, from vacation days to teleprompter use. more
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