Obit

Ed Anderson, 67

LONGTIME REPORTER for The Times-Picayune Ed Anderson, 67, who was undergoing treatment for a blood disorder and cancer, died Thursday, May 28.

Anderson began work at The Times-Picayune in 1969 as a general assignment reporter. He later served as an assistant night city editor and night city editor between 1971 and 1974. He built his journalistic credentials by covering the administration of six governors and more than three decades of the Legislature, which he began in 1980. He left the Times-Picayune in 2012 and joined the Legislative Auditor’s Office in January 2013 where he edited reports. But his journalistic career began as early as high school.

Anderson was respected for his relentless and tireless coverage of state government. He had a reputation for asking hard questions. Jim Amoss, editor of NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune described him as “a natural as a journalist—deeply curious, tireless and conscientious in his reporting.” (NOLA.com, “Ed Anderson, longtime Times-Picayune political reporter, dead at 67,” May 28, 2015)

His long career’s list of achievements includes a number of first-place awards in journalism contests of the Press Club of New Orleans; Associated Press Managing Editors of Louisiana and Mississippi; and the Louisiana Press Association. His reporting was part of The Times-Picayune’s work honored with Pulitzer Prizes for Meritorious Public Service and Breaking News in 2006. He was also honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Press Club of New Orleans, of which he was a former president. (WWL-TV Channel 4, “Veteran Louisiana journalist Ed Anderson dies at 67,” May 29, 2015)

Anderson is survived by his companion of 20 years, Karen Rowley, and by his brother Craig.

Seth Hamblin, 46

WALL STREET Journal (WSJ) journalist Seth Hamblin died Sunday, May 31, after suffering a heart attack while running a 5K race in Morristown, N.J. He was 46.

Hamblin joined WSJ in 2007 and rose to become the graphics chief in 2010. He was named deputy global visual editor last year. Prior to the WSJ, Hamblin also worked at The Washington Post as a contributing writer, eventually rising in the ranks as national graphics editor in 2000. (sethhamblin.net)

The WSJ credits Hamblin for expanding the use of information graphics and interactive multimedia and advanced visual storytelling “at a time when news outlets accustomed to print are continually adapting to an increasingly digital and mobile readership.” (WSJ, “WSJ Visuals Deputy Seth Hamblin dies at 46,”June 1, 2015)

Hamblin was “[k]nown for his energy, optimism, and wide grin.” He is survived by his wife, Tanya Prescott, and family, parents Kay and J. Basil Hamblin and his brother Colin. #