John M. Geddes is an American journalist who served as one of two managing editors of The New York Times.
He and Jill Abramson were selected to replace former managing editor Gerald M. Boyd, who resigned after copyright infringements by Jayson Blair were found.
[2] He currently serves as an Executive Advisory Board member for the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island.
[citation needed] During the late 1970s to early 1990s, Geddes primarily worked at The Wall Street Journal in editorial positions.
He also was hired by both the Ansonia Evening Sentinel and the A.P.-Dow Jones News Service as a reporter.