Gerald M. Boyd
Gerald Michael Boyd (October 3, 1950 – November 23, 2006) was an American journalist and editor. He was the first African-American metropolitan editor and managing editor at The New York Times, after joining the newspaper in 1983 in its Washington, D.C. bureau. A controversy in 2003 about the reporting of Jayson Blair forced both Boyd and the executive editor, Howell Raines, to resign that year.
Gerald M. Boyd | |
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| Born | Gerald Michael Boyd October 3, 1950 St. Louis, Missouri, US |
| Died | November 23, 2006 (aged 56) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, newspaper editor, journalism consultant, lecturer |
| Known for | Managing editor of The New York Times |
| Spouse | Robin Stone |
| Children | 1 |
Boyd started his journalism career in 1973 at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in his hometown city, after graduating from the University of Missouri. In 1977 he and a colleague, George Curry, founded the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists. In addition, they established a program to train black high school students in the business. Raines received a Nieman Fellowship in 1979.