Karen Blumenthal, a journalist and author who spent 25 years as an editor, bureau chief and columnist at The Wall Street Journal, died Monday in Dallas following a heart attack. She was 61.
Ms. Blumenthal served as the Journal’s Dallas bureau chief for eight years, overseeing a dozen reporters covering eight states. In that position she edited a story on the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that was part of a package that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for breaking-news reporting. She wrote a WSJ column on personal finance for five…
