Not exact matches
News outlets often prepare
obits in advance, though I've never done it.
OPENING SHOTS
News, Names to Know,
Obit: Doris Wishman by Bill Landis and Michelle Clifford, Off the Shelf by Maitland McDonagh and J. Hoberman, and more
Ten hours before newspapers hit neighborhood doorsteps — and these days, ten minutes before
news hits the web — an
obit writer is racing against deadline to sum up a long and newsworthy life in under 1000 words.
At ArtNet, Charlie Finch writes: «it is difficult to remember when Chamberlain was young, innovative and experimental... He coulda done better [sic]» in an
obit that ran less than six hours after
news broke of the artist's death.
A recent article in C&E
News, the American Chemical Society social magazine (they have
obits and promotions, but sorry, pay wall), discusses the possibility of superabsorbent bio-diapers, which comes down to whether there is a route from plants to acrylic acid which is cheap enough to compete..