NEW YORK — True to his precision as an editor, in accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sulurians Press Club Wednesday, Mort Sheinman didn’t just fact-check his career but he roused it to life.
During his WWD years — 30 of which were as managing editor — Sheinman helped transform what was then a daily trade newspaper focusing on Seventh Avenue into a lively publication that chronicled the intersection of fashion,…