Selwyn Feinstein, 76, Wall Street Journal Reporter

By Special to the Sun
April 17, 2008

Selwyn Feinstein, a former editor, reporter, and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, died yesterday at Calvary Hospital in Bronx, N.Y. The resident of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., was 76 years old. He had battled pancreatic cancer for the past year, his family said.

Feinstein's journalism career began in 1955 when he was the night bureau manager for the United Press in Pittsburgh, Pa.

He later held reporting and editing roles at Tide magazine and Printer's Ink before joining the Journal in 1962. During Feinstein's 28-year career at the Journal, he covered a variety of topics in financial and international news.

He was a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong in the late 1960s, covering the Vietnam War. Later, as assistant foreign editor, he directed the Journal's foreign news coverage. For several years he was a Page 1 columnist, writing the weekly Labor Letter. He retired from the Journal in 1990.

Born November 5, 1931, in Queens, Feinstein was a 1952 graduate of Queens College. He earned a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University and served in the U.S. Army.

In retirement, Feinstein pursued his passions of sailing and travel with his wife of 53 years, Eve Gellerman Feinstein, who survives him.

He is also survived by two sons, Jeffrey and Robert, and three grandchildren.