Mike Pride, whose love of language, gift for leadership and devotion to journalism lifted the Concord Monitor to national prominence during his quarter century as editor, died Monday in the company of his family in Florida. He was 76 and succumbed to.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Mike Pride, who cultivated excellence in journalism as a New Hampshire newspaper editor and later rewarded it as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes , has died. He was 76.
The former editor of the Concord Monitor created a paper where local news coverage was valued for its human impact, where small-town stories were seen as important and fascinating, and where reporters knew they would hear a critique of their work from neighbors at the grocery store.