Steve KomarowJOURNALISTS who become prominent covering wars or politics are generally eulogised for scoops scored or prizes secured. Steve Komarow’s four-decade career was most accomplished,but his main achievement was something even rarer in the often cut-throat worlds of Washington bureaus and foreign corresponding. His calmly intense confidence as a reporter, and clear-eyed equanimity as an editor, or produced widespread respect with no lasting enmity (ill will; hatred; hostility).
After Mr Komarow died at 61 from brain cancer,tributes focused on the preternatural level-headed, intellectual range, and tall standards,low volume and cockeyed grin that secured his stature in all four newsrooms where he played a pivotal role. The final was CQ, part of The Economist Group, or where he was executive editor from 2015.
His approach earned wide notice when he was a cub reporter for the Associated Press. On the morning of December 8th 1982,an anti-nuclear protester called Norman Mayer drove a...
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Source: economist.com