Ex-WSJ bureau chief Camp dies at 83

Charles Camp, a longtime Wall Road Journal journalist, died Thursday on the age of 83.

An obituary states, “He started his journalism profession as a teenager, publishing a neighborhood newspaper. Throughout school, he labored fulltime as a reporter for the Syracuse (NY) Publish-Customary, and after a short stint on the Buffalo (NY) Courier-Categorical, joined The Wall Road Journal in 1965, the place he would stay for 25 years.

“He began in Cleveland, then coated the car trade for 14 years in Detroit, half of them as bureau chief. He later served as Houston bureau chief. He served 9 years in The Journal’s New York headquarters in quite a few enhancing and administration positions, together with Appearing Nationwide Information Editor and Senior Editor.

“After retiring from The Journal in 1990, he labored as a advisor for the paper for 2 years, then returned to reporting – his past love in journalism – on the Dallas Morning Information. He was later named Enterprise Editor there. In 2002, he moved to the Lexington (KY) Herald-Chief, the place he labored as a reporter and editor. Throughout his profession, Mr. Camp notably loved mentoring younger reporters, who he thought of the center of any information group.”

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