Gerald M. Boyd

Gerald M. Boyd
Born	Gerald Michael Boyd (1950-10-03)October 3, 1950 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died	November 23, 2006(2006-11-23) (aged 56) New York, New York, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer.
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Newspaper Editor, Journalism Consultant & Lecturer
Known for	First African-American managing editor of the New York Times
Spouse	Robin Stone
Children	1 son, Zachary

Gerald Michael Boyd (October 3, 1950 – November 23, 2006) was an American journalist. He was the first African-American metropolitan editor and managing editor at The New York Times and received a Nieman Fellowship.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Boyd won a full scholarship to the University of Missouri, with a guaranteed job to follow at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He attended the university and graduated in 1973.

After joining the New York Times, Boyd led coverage that won three Pulitzer Prizes:

• The 1993 World Trade Center bombing
• A series on poor children
• Race relations in the United States

Boyd also shared the leadership of The Times following the September 11, 2001 attacks, coverage that earned seven Pulitzer prizes. In 2002 he won National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year award.

Boyd and executive editor Howell Raines resigned in June 2003 in the wake of the Jayson Blair controversy surrounding plagiarism and fabrication. He was succeeded by co-managing editors Jill Abramson and John M. Geddes.

After resigning, Boyd worked as a consultant and kept an office at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Boyd died in Manhattan of complications from lung cancer.

External links

• Barringer, Felicity (November 24, 2006), "Gerald M. Boyd, Who Broke Barriers as an Editor at The Times, Dies at 56". The New York Times.
• "Gerald M. Boyd." Who's Who Among African Americans, 16th ed. Gale Group, 2003. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K1645541403
• Long, Colleen (November 24, 2006), "Ex-NY Times managing editor dies at 56". Associated Press via Yahoo.com.]
• Appearances on C-SPAN