obituary writer
Life summary author
An obituary writer composes published notices of deaths, typically for newspapers or other media.
The work ranges from brief announcements to substantial biographical essays celebrating or summarizing a life.
Some obituary writers specialize in preparing advance obituaries of notable figures before they die: The paper keeps obituaries ready for aging celebrities.
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- death noticePublished announcement of dying
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- local paperRegional news publication
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
journalist · news desk · memorial · tribute · in memoriam · deceased · legacy · biographer · morgue · deadline · obit · remembrance · chronicler · archives · byline · editor · necrology · funeral
- newspaper jobsreporter, editor, journalist, columnist, photographer
- press writersjournalist, reporter, columnist, correspondent, editor
- funeral workersundertaker, mortician, embalmer, funeral director, funeral home owner
- newspaper worldcolumnists, front page, byline, newsprint, broadsheet
- news jobsjournalist, reporter, correspondent, news anchor, news editor
- columnistscolumnist, syndicated columnist, political columnist, advice columnist, fashion columnist