Father Greeley’s outpouring of sociological research, contemporary theology, sexually frank novels and newspaper columns challenged reigning assumptions about American Catholicism.
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Mr. Johnson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, television commentator and author who spent most of his career at The Washington Post and won wide acclaim for his coverage of the capital.
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Mr. Venturi won the 1964 United States Open, nearly collapsing from heat exhaustion. He later became a chief golf analyst for CBS Sports, where he worked for 35 years.
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Among other topics, Mr. Miles, who specialized in unearthing lost material about forgotten subjects, made films about the history of Harlem and a black regiment that fought in World War I.
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Mr. Love was in Iran in 1953 when the C.I.A. plotted against the government, and he also reported on the Suez Canal crisis of 1956.
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Mr. Abelson was an editor and a columnist at Barron’s magazine who delivered sharp and influential commentary on the stock markets.
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Ms. Thom, who was renowned for her sharp pen, was a former executive editor at Ms. magazine.
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Mr. Neuharth’s business model, characterized by stripped-down costs and generous margins, reshaped the industry, tilting the balance between profits and public service.
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Mr. Summerall was a place-kicker who later went on to a career in broadcasting, forming a famous team with John Madden.
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Isaacs was one of the Chipmunks, a group of young reporters, mainly in New York, who brought irreverence and daring to sports coverage beginning in the early 1960s.
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Ms. Langsdorf drew the Doomsday Clock for the June 1947 cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists as a way to evoke the potential devastation of nuclear weapons.
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Mr. Phillips, associated with The Times for more than 20 years, wrote a 1965 exposé of a man in Queens with an Orthodox Jewish background who was a senior Ku Klux Klan official.
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Mr. Workman was known for working closely with authors and editors, and it was his knack for marketing that helped propel books like “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.”
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Mr. Schmeck covered medical research for The New York Times, where he worked for more than 30 years.
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Mr. Isaacs was part of a group of young reporters known as the Chipmunks, who brought irreverence and daring to sports coverage beginning in the early 1960s.
Roger Ebert cared deeply about the human emotions and aspirations that movies represented, and was happy to share those feelings with just about anybody.
Roger Ebert, the popular film critic and television co-host, could lift or sink the fortunes of a movie along with his partner, Gene Siskel.
Mrs. Henson, the former wife of Jim Henson, was influential in the creation of the popular television puppet program.
Mr. Ginsburg’s career took a startling turn in 1998, when he went to Washington to represent Monica Lewinsky during the scandal over her relationship with President Bill Clinton.
Mr. Williams, who founded the music magazine Crawdaddy when he was a freshman at Swarthmore College, is considered by many to be rock journalism’s founding father.
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