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William R. Neikirk
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Neikirk in 2015
BornJanuary 6, 1938
DiedAugust 27, 2020(2020-08-27) (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Kentucky (BA)
OccupationJournalist
SpouseRuth Ann (Clary) Neikirk
Children2 sons, John and Greg (Paul), and a daughter, Christa

William Robert Neikirk (January 6, 1938 – August 27, 2020)[1] was an American journalist, editor, and author. He spent 48 years as a reporter and served as White House correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during the Clinton administration.

Early life and education

Neikirk was born on January 6, 1938, in Irvine, Kentucky, to parents Lewis Byron Neikirk and Nancy Elizabeth (Green) Neikirk. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Kentucky in 1960.

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Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine is a home rule-class city in Estill County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. Its population was 2,715 at the time of the 2010 census.

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years, depending on the country and institution.Degree attainment typically takes four years in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, China, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States and Zambia. Degree attainment typically takes three years in Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Caribbean, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the Canadian province of Quebec, the United Kingdom and most of the European Union. In Bangladesh, three-year BA (associates) courses are also available.

Journalism

Journalism

Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation, the methods of gathering information, and the organizing literary styles.

University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities and the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 30,545 students as of fall 2019.

Career

Neikirk began his career in 1959, as a part-time sports reporter for the Lexington Herald.[2] He would join the Associated Press in 1961, working first in Louisville, Kentucky, then Lexington, and then in Frankfort as state capital correspondent. He would then move to AP's Baton Rouge, Louisiana, bureau in 1966 to cover civil rights and regional issues.[1][3] Neikirk was transferred to the AP Washington bureau in 1969 to cover U.S. economic policy.[4] Neikirk joined the Chicago Tribune Washington bureau in 1974 to cover U.S. and international economics, serving two stints as White House correspondent. He returned to Chicago in 1988, to serve as associate managing editor for financial news.[4] Neikirk was the Chief Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune from 1998 to 2008.

Neikirk appeared frequently on CNN, C-SPAN, and other nationally televised public affairs programs.[5] He wrote nationally syndicated column on economics for the Chicago Tribune, 1980–1994.[4] and served as news editor of the Chicago Tribune Washington bureau, from 1983 to 1988. He retired from the Chicago Tribune in 2008.

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Associated Press

Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography. It is also known for publishing the widely used AP Stylebook.

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 59th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 28th-largest city. The city is also known as "Horse Capital of the World". It is within the state's Bluegrass region. Notable locations in the city include the Kentucky Horse Park, The Red Mile and Keeneland race courses, Rupp Arena, Central Bank Center, Transylvania University, the University of Kentucky, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Headquarters.

Frankfort, Kentucky

Frankfort, Kentucky

Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population was 28,602 at the 2020 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal city of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Franklin and Anderson counties.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties in other states. Since 2020, it has been the second-largest city in Louisiana after New Orleans; Baton Rouge is the 18th-most-populous state capital. According to the 2020 United States census, the city-proper had a population of 227,470; its consolidated population was 456,781 in 2020. The city is the center of the Greater Baton Rouge area—Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area—with a population of 870,569 as of 2020, up from 802,484 in 2010. Baton Rouge is the fourth most populous city proper in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States.

CNN

CNN

CNN is a multinational news channel and website headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

C-SPAN

C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises proceedings of the United States federal government and other public affairs programming. C-SPAN is a private, nonprofit organization funded by its cable and satellite affiliates. It does not have advertisements on any of its networks or radio stations, nor does it solicit donations or pledges. The network operates independently; the cable industry and the U.S. Congress have no control over its programming content.

Death

Neikirk died from COVID-19 and dementia at his home in Arlington, Virginia, on August 27, 2020, at age 82, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia.[1][6]

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COVID-19

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dementia

Dementia

Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affects a person's ability to function and carry out everyday activities. Aside from memory impairment and a disruption in thought patterns, the most common symptoms include emotional problems, difficulties with language, and decreased motivation. The symptoms may be described as occurring in a continuum over several stages. Consciousness is not affected. Dementia ultimately has a significant effect on the individual, caregivers, and on social relationships in general. A diagnosis of dementia requires the observation of a change from a person's usual mental functioning and a greater cognitive decline than what is caused by normal aging.

Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C.. The county is coextensive with the U.S. Census Bureau's census-designated place of Arlington. Arlington County is the second-largest city in the Washington metropolitan area, although it does not have the legal designation of an independent city or incorporated town under Virginia state law.

COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia

COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia

The COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first confirmed case was reported on March 7, 2020, in Fort Belvoir, and the first suspected case arrived in Virginia on February 23, 2020, which was a man who had recently traveled to Egypt. In response to the spread of COVID-19, the state mandated a stay at home order from March 18, 2020, until May 12, 2020, when the state began a four-phased reopening plan that lasted through July 1, 2020. From May 31, 2020, until May 28, 2021, the state enforced a mask mandate, being one of the first states in the nation to enforce a statewide mask mandate. The state remained relatively stagnant in COVID-19 cases through November 2020, until there was a large surge in COVID-19 cases during the winter of 2020–21, as part of a nationwide surge in cases. Cases gradually subsided to summer and fall 2020 numbers by March 2021, with numbers falling to early pandemic numbers by June 2021.

Awards

  • Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award, 1978.[7]
  • John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business Writing, 1979, for series, "The Changing American Worker," in the Chicago Tribune.[7]
  • Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism, for series, "The Changing American Worker," in the Chicago Tribune.[8]
  • Runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for series on the impact of world trade, 1979.[9]
  • Amos Tuck Graduate School of Business award for business writing, Dartmouth College, 1980.
  • Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, 1982, for series on Rearming America, Chicago Tribune.[10]
  • Merriman Smith Memorial Award for presidential reporting, 1995.
  • Inducted into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, 1998.[11]
  • Named a distinguished alumnus, University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media, 2018.[12]

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Memberships

Works

  • Neikirk, William (Fall 1991). "Needed Commitment - More Resources Are Required to Tell the Economic Story in a Dramatic and Readable Way" (PDF). Nieman Reports. XLV (3): 3–5. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  • Neikirk, William (February 21, 1993). "New Industrial Revolution Hits U.S. Big Business". Chicago Tribune.
  • Garfield Schwartz, Gail; Neikirk, William (1983). The Work Revolution: How High-Tech Is Sweeping Away Old Jobs and Industries and Creating New Ones in New Places. New York: Rawson Associates. ISBN 9780892562510. OCLC 1029389109.
  • Neikirk, William (1987). Volcker: A Portrait of the Money Man. New York: Congdon & Weed. ISBN 9780865531789. OCLC 17233251.
  • Neikirk, William (2015). The Copperhead Club. Arlington, Virginia: William Neikirk. ISBN 9780996962407.

Source: "William Neikirk", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 9th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Neikirk.

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References
  1. ^ a b c Goldsborough, Bob (August 30, 2020). "Remembered as a 'journalistic whirling dervish,' former Tribune correspondent William R. Neikirk dies at 82". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "School of Journalism and Media : William R. Neikirk". ci.uky.edu.
  3. ^ Barnes, Bart (August 31, 2020). "William Neikirk, White House and economics writer for Chicago Tribune, dies at 82 of coronavirus". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "New Tribune Business Editors". Chicago Tribune. January 31, 1991.
  5. ^ "William Neikirk | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  6. ^ Neikirk, Mark (September 10, 2020). "I used to think COVID-19 happened but to others. Then it hit my family". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "John Hancock Awards for Excellence in Business Writing". AHBJ. April 1, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "2 at Tribune win Loeb award". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 132, no. 143. May 23, 1979. p. 6 Section 4. Retrieved February 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Debate on Exposes Held Up a Pulitzer". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
  10. ^ "Raymond Clapper, Other Journalism Prizes Are Awarded". Washington Post. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "School of Journalism and Media : Journalism Hall of Fame Membership". University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information: Journalism and Media.
  12. ^ "UK School of Journalism and Media Lunch with our Stars". www.ukalumni.net.
  13. ^ "Cheney Yuks It Up With the Press". POLITICO.
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