New York Times reporter Jayson Blair shocked many with his admission of plagiarism and faked reports. Further investigation has raised questions about the culture of the New York Times and lead to the resignation of editor Howell Raines and managing editor Gerald Boyd on June 5. Here is collection of articles and commentaries on the story. The stories are divided into sections: The Jayson Blair Fiasco: May 2 - June 4
Raines and Boyd Resign: June 5 - July 13
Beginning the Bill Keller Era: July 14 and after
Note: Some of the articles below are no longer available for free, but can be accessed usually for a fee or by using a database such as LexisNexis. Return to the Daily Briefing Beginning the Bill Keller Era: July 14 and After "Boyd: Race was no factor with Blair"
Lonnae O'Neal Parker and Darryl Fears, Washington Post, August 8, 2003 "Boyd says he wasn't Blair's mentor"
Warren Woodberry Jr. and Clem Richardson, New York Daily News, August 8, 2003 "2 are appointed at The Times to managing editor positions"
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, August 1, 2003 "Times names Jill Abramson as news managing editor"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, August 1, 2003 "Abramson, Geddes named 'NY Times' managing editors"
Shawn Moynihan, Editor and Publisher, August 1, 2003 "Times editor to select reader representative"
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, July 31, 2003 "N.Y. Times to appoint ombudsman"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, July 31, 2003 "'Times' to name a 'reader representative'"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, July 31, 2003 "Times makes post-Blair changes"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, July 31, 2003 "Excerpts from Times' internal review"
Associated Press, July 31, 2003 "'Times' panel could push for ombudsman"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, July 30, 2003 Bill Keller: "The quiet American"
Alan Rusbridger, Guardian, July 28, 2003 "The Un-Howell"
Michael Wolff, New York, July 28, 2003 "Post-Blair, newspapers need ombudsmen"
Nat Hentoff, Editor and Publisher, July 22, 2003 "After Blair fiasco, Times considers ombudded journalism"
Howard Kurtz, Washignton Post, July 21, 2003 "King calm Keller takes over Times, quiets kvetchers"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, July 16, 2003 "Newsroom favorite Bill Keller named Times's top editor"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, July 15, 2003 "Bill Keller, columnist, is selected as The Times's executive editor"
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, July 15, 2003 "Stories at odds in N.Y."
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2003 "Keller named 'Times' editor"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, July 15, 2003 "Bill Keller to head 'Times'"
David Folkenflik, Baltimore Sun, July 15, 2003 "Keller won the job, but lost a bet"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, July 15, 2003 "Keller tapped as executive editor of NY Times"
Mark Jurkowitz Boston Globe, July 15, 2003 "Keller is new boss at Times"
Paul D. Colford, New York Daily News, July 15, 2003 "Dear Bill: Letter to a new editor"
Gregory Favre, PoynterOnline, July 14, 2003 "Sulzberger not second-guessing himself"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, July 14, 2003 Raines and Boyd Resign: June 5 - July 13 "Sulzberger shops, will pick editor before mid-July"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, July 2, 2003 "Times editor hunt a work in progress"
Paul Colford, New York Daily News, June 24, 2003 "Tumult in the newsroom"
Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, June 23, 2003 "'I Shared a Byline With Rick Bragg'"
Glynn Wilson, Editor and Publisher, June 23, 2003 "Times wish-list may be one short"
Paul Colford, New York Daily News, June 20, 2003 "An old helmsman steadies the Times"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, June 18, 2003 "Lelyveld using farewell tour to retool times"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, June 18, 2003 "The glossies: The birth of Frankenblair"
Simon Dumenco, Folio, June 18, 2003 "The counterswing: As we turn away from all things Rainesian, let's not lose brightness and dash"
William Powers, Atlantic Online, June 17, 2003 "Pinch, power, and the paper"
Michael Wolff, New York, June 16, 2003 "The Blair affair fuels a 70-year-old scandal"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2003 "Some papers ask, 'Has our work been up to snuff?'"
David Shaw, Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2003 "15 minutes became 5 weeks"
Frank Rich, New York Times, June 15, 2003 "Corrections to articles by Jayson Blair"
New York Times, June 13, 2003 "'NY Times' finds more bogus Blair reports"
Associated Press, June 13, 2003 "More Blair faults at Times"
Paul D. Colford, New York Daily News, June 13, 2003 "Steven Brill weighs in"
Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 2003 "NY Times claims more Blair fraud James T. Madore"
James Madore, Newsday, June 13, 2003 "Pinch, power, and the paper"
Michael Wolff, New York, June 16, 2003 "Read all about it"
Seth Mnookin, Newsweek, June 16, 2003 "What publisher of the New York Times should do next"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant, June 12, 2003 "Hard Times: Journalism's credibility problem"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, June 11, 2003 "Since the Jayson Blair scandal, more readers are becoming watchdogs"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, June 11, 2003 "The perils of press arrogance"
David Broder, Washington Post, June 11, 2003 "Sulzberger Jr. vows to right Times' course"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, June 11, 2003 "Coup de Times: Dictators don't belong in the newsroom"
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, June 11, 2003 "For bloggers, NYT story was fit to print"
Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review, June 10, 2003 "The Howell Doctrine"
Ken Auletta, New Yorker, June 10, 2002 "Clinton stands up for Times editor"
Paul D. Colford, New York Daily News, June 10, 2003 "Times scandal hurts diversity"
Martin C. Evans, Newsday, June 10, 2003 "Lessons from the Blair affair"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, June 9, 2003 "Howell Raines's tenure: It left a nasty mark"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, June 9, 2003 "More uncertainty ahead at 'Times'"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, June 9, 2003 "Questions about Raines raised before"
Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher, June 9, 2003 "Breaking news: Times to go"
Lori Robertson, American Journalism Review, June 9, 2003 "‘Times’ Boyd: bigger loss in Jayson Blair debacle"
Ron Wynn, Nashville City Paper, June 9, 2003 "Managing journalists: A tough course"
Michael Getler, Washington Post, June 8, 2003 "Lies are no longer damned lies: Americans reduced to expecting deceit"
Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2003 "Times scandal is what it is"
Paul Vitello, Newsday, June 8, 2003 "From scandal, readers might win"
Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times, June 8, 2003 "Good journalism all comes down to ethics"
Charles Bierbauer, Columbia State, June 8, 2003 "PR and the Press"
Mandy Grunwald, Washington Post, June 8, 2003 "An editor intoxicated by power"
David Shaw, Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2003 "Lelyveld's return calms newsroom in turmoil"
Michael Powell, Washington Post, June 7, 2003 "Times's 2 top editors resign after furor on writer's fraud"
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, June 6, 2003 "Two top N.Y. Times editors quit"
Michael Powell, Washington Post, June 6, 2003 "Raines' farewell remarks to 'NY Times' staff"
Assoicated Press, June 5, 2003 "Sulzberger's memo to 'NY Times' staff"
Assoicated Press, June 5, 2003 "Times editor's tough style left him few staff allies"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, June 6, 2003 "Times Co. tallies damage to brand done by scandal"
Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, June 6, 2003 "New York Times' top two editors resign after scandal"
Josh Getlin, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2003 "Information superhighway carried Raines to his exit"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2003 "At 'Times': 'This is a day that breaks my heart'"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, June 6, 2003 "Former executive editor named to top job during transition"
James Barron, New York Times, June 6, 2003 "'A cataclysmic event' for American journalism"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, June 6, 2003 "Experts: Times must restore credibility"
Associated Press, June 6, 2003 "Autocratic leadership works — until it fails"
Del Jones, USA Today, June 6, 2003 "Two top editors resign at Times in Blair fallout"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, June 6, 2003 "Gray Lady's troubles shake many circles; Newsrooms to boardrooms feel impact"
Marc Sandalow, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2003 "Turmoil at The Times"
James Madore, Newsday, June 6, 2003 "Times is paper of wreckage"
Paul D. Colford, New York Daily News, June 6, 2003 "O'Reilly slams Raines, others go easy"
David Hinckley, New York Daily News, June 6, 2003 "Blair: I owe 'a million apologies'"
Daryl Khan and Rocco Parascandola, Newsday, June 6, 2003 "Howell's End"
Jack Shafer, Slate, June 6, 2003 "NYT's Sulzberger cracks down, finally"
Jon Friedman, CBS MarketWatch, June 6, 2003 "When it Raines, it pours?"
Donald Luskin, New Republic, June 6, 2003 "New York Times resignations signal industry turmoil"
Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor, June 6, 2003 [top] The Jayson Blair Fiasco: May 2 - June 4 "Tough Times in D.C., too"
Paul D. Colford, New York Daily News, June 4, 2003 "Baby, Will Raines Fall?"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, June 4, 2003 "Sooner or later, the beleaguered Howell Raines will take a bullet for his paper"
Jack Shafer, Slate, June 4, 2003 "Bylines, datelines and fault lines at the N.Y. Times"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, June 2, 2003 "What Jayson Blair stole from me, and why I couldn't ignore it"
Macarena Hernandez, Washington Post, June 1, 2003 "The Blair frying pan, Bragg fire and beyond"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2003 "Freelance flap spurs reflection at Times"
James T. Madure, Newsday, May 30, 2003 "Troubled Times"
Michael Wolff, New York, May 26, 2003 "New York Times defends its reporting methods"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 30, 2003 "Mirror of the Times"
James W. Carey, The Nation, May 29, 2003 "Embattled reporter content with legacy"
Jim Auchmutey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 30, 2003 "Affirmative action didn't fail, Jayson Blair did"
Tony Insolia, Newsday, May 30, 2003 "Rick Bragg quits at New York Times"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 29, 2003 "Jayson revolt: 43d St. petition by Times tyros"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, May 29, 2003 "New York Times reporter Bragg resigns"
Tara Burghart, Associated Press, May 28, 2003 "Nothing to Bragg about"
Howard Altman, Philadelphia Citypaper, May 29, 2003 "A product of fat-cat journalism"
Rowland Nethaway, Detroit Free Press, May 29, 2003 "Chatterbox exonerates New York Times!"
Timothy Noah, Slate, May 29, 2003 "Be yourself and be better than Blair"
Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, May 28, 2003 "Blair follows the 'rules'"
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, May 28, 2003 "Press takes a hard look within"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, May 28, 2003 "Reporter 'puzzled' over his suspension"
Harry Berkowitz, Newsday, May 28, 2003 "Rick Bragg's lousy alibi"
Jack Shafer, Slate, May 27, 2003 "A wink and a smile"
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2003 "Rick Bragg's 'Dateline Toe-Touch'"
Jack Shafer, Slate, May 23, 2003 "Suspended N.Y. Times reporter says he'll quit"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post , May 27, 2003 "Blair incident underscores national dysfunction"
Dori J. Maynard, San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2003 "Truth or Blair: the anonymous source issue"
Joe Strupp, Editor & Publisher, May 27, 2003 "News at the brink"
Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, May 23, 2003 "Another newsroom hurdle?"
Reed Johnson and J. Michael Kennedy, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2003 "Tough challenges ahead for Times"
Paul Colford, New York Daily News, May 23, 2003 "Target of opportunity"
Richard Blow, TomPaine.com, May 23, 2003 "We journalists need your help to stay honest"
Fannie Flono, Charlotte Observer, May 23, 2003 "'Of course I knew it was wrong:'" Blair and the Globe
Don Aucoin and Bella English, Boston Globe, May 22, 2003 "The 'Times' addiction to anonymous sources"
Editor and Publisher, May 22, 2003 "Times to rely more on editors"
Paul Colford, New York Daily News, May 22, 2003 "The New York Times names committee to investigate Jayson Blair scandal"
Associated Press, May 22, 2003 "Sympathy for the New York Times"
Michael Kinsley, Slate, May 22, 2003 "Jayson Blair talks: ‘So Jayson Blair could live, the journalist had to die’"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, May 21, 2003 "Unrepentant Blair taunts 'idiot' editors"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 21, 2003 "Ripples of Blair affair widely felt"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2003 "Blair admits laughing over scandal"
James Madore, Newsday, May 21, 2003 "The Gray Lady lives"
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, May 21, 2003 "Blair's act wouldn't play at small-town paper"
Kara Snow, Editor and Publisher, May 21, 2003 "Blair fallout impacts newspapers across U.S."
Mark Fitzgerald, Editor and Publisher, May 20, 2003 "Blair saga still overhangs Times"
Paul Colford, New York Daily News, May 20, 2003 "Poll: Readers write off errors"
James T. Madore, Newsday, May 20, 2003 "The Jayson Blair affair"
Rem Rieder, American Journalism Review, May 20, 2003 "Subjects seem unfazed by a reporter's misdeeds"
Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2003 "L'Affaire Blair"
Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker, May 19, 2003 "After Jayson Blair, a diverse array of questions"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 19, 2003 "Old Gray Lady slips on banana peel"
Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 2003 "Troubled Times"
Michael Wolff, New York, May 26, 2003 "Times bomb"
Seth Mnookin, Newsweek, May 19, 2003 "Truth, lies and subtext"
Bob Herbert, New York Times, May 18, 2003 "Missteps on the trail of deceit"
E.R. Shipp, Washington Post, May 18, 2003 "Good times, bad times"
Michael Getler, Washington Post, May 18, 2003 "Is there really no defense against lying journalists?"
David Shaw, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2003 "Memo to Times: Leadership style can be blinding"
David Greising, Chicago Tribune, May 18, 2003 "Jayson Blair proves that it's not easy being green"
Joshunda Sanders, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 2003 "Times probe focuses on earlier work by reporter"
James Madore, Newsday, May 18, 2003 "Editor caught up in Blair storm"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2003 "Blair doctored my work, writer says"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 16, 2003 "Times checks work of other reporters after new questions"
Tribune News Service, May 16, 2003 "Times must come clean"
Brian McGrory, Boston Globe, May 16, 2003 "Staff trust eluding Raines"
Paul D. Colford, NY Daily News, May 16, 2003 "Scrutiny of more Times scribes"
James T. Madore, Newsday, May 16, 2003 "What on earth were they thinking?
N.Y. Times' explanation of reporter fiasco falls short"
Jon Friedman, CBS Marketwatch, May 16, 2003 "Prosecutor Seeks Information on Resigned Times Reporter"
Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, May 15, 2003 "Editor of Times Tells Staff He Accepts Blame for Fraud"
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, May 15, 2003 "Past Holds Little Explanation for The Meteoric Fall Of Jayson Blair"
Paul Farhi, Washington Post, May 15, 2003 "N.Y. Times Apologizes to Staffers"
Associated Press, May 15, 2003 "AP Corrects Sniper Shootings Story"
Associated Press, May 15, 2003 "Don't Blame Diversity"
Terry M. McNeal, Washington Post, May 15, 2003 "To the Editors: How Could This Happen?"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 15, 2003 "As N.Y. Times Struggles With Scandal, Editor Insists He'll Stay"
Josh Getlin, Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2003 "Two Cases, Two Races"
Norah Vincent, Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2003 "'Times' execs address Blair scandal"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, May 15, 2003 "The Disciplines of Journalism"
Don Wyliff, Chicago Tribune, May 15, 2003 "Times chief says he's not quitting "
Paul D. Colford, Kerry Burke, and Tracy Connor, NY Daily News, May 15, 2003 "The forbidden truth about Jayson Blair"
Eric Boehlert, Salon, May 15, 2003 "The Times on Boil: Was Blair's Crime Worth Hysteria?"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, May 15, 2003 "Assessing Blame At The Times"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant, May 15, 2003 "Media Cred in Toilet with Blair, iLoo Debacles"
Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review, May 15, 2003 "Times and Again"
Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley, National Review, May 15, 2003 "New York Times looks inward as its probe continues"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2003 "The Times on boil: Was Blair's crime worth hysteria?"
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, May 14, 2003 "All the wrong moves: A fraud grows on West 43rd Street"
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, May 14, 2003 "Newsrooms consider policies, post Blair"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, May 13, 2003 "Boyd says some at 'NY Times' are scared"
Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, May 13, 2003 "Bad news Blair saga at Times"
Paul D. Colford, New York Daily News, May 13, 2003 "Times execs take blame for plagiarism"
Paul Madore, Newsday, May 13, 2003 "The Blair watch project"
Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher, May 12, 2003 "What the Times missed"
David Frum, New Republic, May 12, 2003 "A sweeping journalistic mea culpa"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2003 "Media weigh in on 'journalistic fraud'"
Peter Johnson, USA Today, May 12, 2003 "Times reporter who resigned leaves long trail of deception"
New York Times, May 11, 2003 "More reporting by Times writer called suspect"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 8, 2003 "Response to scandals validates credibility"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2003 "Off the Record:" Jayson Blair
Sridhar Pappu, New York Observer, May 7, 2003 "Raines: Reporter had been warned about errors"
Lucia Moses, Editor and Publisher, May 5, 2003 "Reporter resigns over copied story"
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, May 2, 2003 "Times reporter resigns after questions on article"
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, May 2, 2003 [top] |
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