Gerald M. Boyd | |
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| Born | Gerald Michael Boyd October 3, 1950 |
| 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 |
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.
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.