JOURNALISTS 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, produced widespread respect with no lasting enmity.
After Mr Komarow died at 61 from brain cancer, tributes focused on the preternatural calm, intellectual range, high standards, low volume and cockeyed grin that secured his stature in all four newsrooms where he played a pivotal role. The last was CQ, part of The Economist Group, 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...Continue reading
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