John M. Geddes is an American journalist and one of two managing editors of The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, along with Dean Baquet

Dean Baquet

Dean P. Baquet is an American journalist, who on June 2, 2011 was named to become managing editor for news operations of The New York Times effective September 6....

. Geddes serves as managing editor for news operations, with responsibilities including production, budgeting and staffing. He and Abramson were appointed to their positions by executive editor Bill Keller

Bill Keller

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 to succeed former managing editor Gerald M. Boyd

Gerald M. Boyd

Gerald Michael Boyd 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....

. Boyd stepped down on June 5, 2003, along with the paper's former executive editor, Howell Raines

Howell Raines

Howell Hiram Raines was Executive Editor of The New York Times from 2001 until he left in 2003 in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal. He is the father of Jeff Raines, one of the founding members of the rock band Galactic...

, in the wake of the Jayson Blair

Jayson Blair

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 scandal.

Geddes joined The Times in 1994 as its business editor and became deputy managing editor in 1997. Prior to joining The Times, he was chief executive of BIS Strategic Decisions, a market research company that was acquired by his previous employer, Friday Holdings, an investment partnership.

From 1976 to 1993, Geddes worked in various capacities in the newspaper industry. At The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

, for which he worked for 13 years, his assignments included bureau chief in Bonn, deputy managing editor and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal/Europe, and assistant managing editor and national editor for the parent paper in New York. He was also a reporter for The A.P.-Dow Jones News Service and for The Ansonia Evening Sentinel in Connecticut.

External links

• "2 Are Appointed at The Times To Managing Editor Positions," by Jacques Steinberg, The New York Times, August 1, 2003