Daniel J Warner

Birth date: Aug 16, 1936 Death date: Apr 25, 2025

Daniel J. Warner, a truth-seeker, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, husband, father, and mentor to numerous award-winning journalists, died of cancer April 25 at Larsen Health Center in Fort Myers, Florida. He was 88. His passion fo Read Obituary

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Steve Maas

45w ago

Dan was a key mentor in my career, hiring me as first Sunday and then daily editor at the Eagle-Tribune. He gave me an on-the-job master's degree in journalism. He honed my news sense and gave me confidence to perform jobs that I had't thought I could do. He was demanding and critical, but also generous with praise. After a paper came out, I lived in trepidation of a tearsheet with "let's talk" on it, but nothing gave me a lift like one that said atta a boy. All of us wanted to our best for him, and he brought the best out of so many.

Arthur Hagopian

47w ago

Dan was one of those bigger-than-life personalities. He would shout your name from his office door and you never knew what was going to happen next. The sense of foreboding was both terrifying and exciting. And then at other times, like Christmas, he'd do incredibly silly and human things, like putting on a Santa hat and reading "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" to the newsroom staff during the office party. Wishing peace for Dan and his family.

Sherry Wood

48w ago

Dan had a healthy ego, but he always put the team first. It was that attitude that won The Eagle-Tribune a Pulitzer in 1988. I took this lesson from him and expanded it during 21 years at the NH Union Leader in Manchester. Dan was always in my head, mostly in a good way. Asking “What would Dan Warner do?“ got me through many a sticky situation on deadline.

Kathy Sciacca

48w ago

Dan Warner's legacy can be found in the many ways he made "the world a better place for having lived in it," as Edward Bok famously said. To highlight a few: The Field of Dreams playground in Salem,N.H. The Ayer Mill Clock Tower in Lawrence. The Greater Lawrence Boating Program. And of course, The Thousand Points of Light, embracing the words of then-President George Bush. And as the late Al White once told Chris Young, yes, everyone has a great mother story. Chris was assigned the task of writing many of the Points of Light, about good people doing great things in the Community around us. The reporters who embraced his vision and helped create these wonderful tributes and improvements to our world. Dan was a teacher and tough task master who helped us become the best version of ourselves. He taught us seminars on how to be better at our jobs. This was the Dan Warner school of journalism to me. He was tough, yes, but a very compassionate leader. And I was fortunate to have been part of his team. RIP. -30-

Andrea Holbrook

48w ago

Mindy and Danny, my condolences. I just was saying two weeks ago I needed to channel your dad when facing a certain situation. Would not be where I am without what I learned from him as a reporter and copy editor at The Eagle-Tribune. As a new idealistic copy editor, I remember arguing with him over what I thought was a loaded word or phrase in some of the Willie Horton stories. He always won. He lived and breathed journalism.

Kathie Ragsdale

48w ago

in honor of Daniel.

An era ended with Dan's passing.
He was a demanding and instructive editor, a behind-the-scenes servant to those in need, and a good friend.
The world is smaller now.

A lit white pillar candle with a soft glow beside a delicate white lily with green leaves on a pale beige background.

Amy Marquiss

48w ago

Dan and Janet were great friends. They shared their home in Maine with me and I would house set for them and keep Max, Molly and Rewrite. I worked for them at Mt. Blue Publishing for several years until they sold it. They are both greatly missed.

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