Robert A. Dubill, an award-winning executive editor with Gannett News Service and a unique and forceful leader at USA TODAY since its inception in 1982, died Friday, Aug. 23, from complications after a fall. He was 88.
With a keen eye for accuracy and an unyielding advocacy for reporters, Dubill was a fierce defender of journalism as not just a profession but as a calling. He was a go-to mentor for staff members as USA TODAY, in a daring attempt to remake the newspaper industry with color, shorter stories, and dynamic visuals, struggled at first to find its way among skeptical critics.
