Deirdre Sykes O’Neil, a driving force in New Jersey journalism who guided generations of reporters and editors through the newsroom of The Record (Bergen, New Jersey) with unwavering standards and a comforting personal touch, died Thursday, Dec. 29. She was 68.
Sykes, who had battled cancer for a decade, faced that challenge with the same fierce determination and positive attitude she brought to the newsroom every day for 30 years.
