John M. Geddes

Who is John M. Geddes?

John M. Geddes is an American journalist who served as one of two managing editors of The New York Times. He was appointed to that post in 2003, and left it in 2013.

Geddes served as managing editor for news operations, with responsibilities including production, budgeting and staffing. He and Jill Abramson were appointed to their positions by then-executive editor Bill Keller to succeed former managing editor Gerald M. Boyd. Boyd stepped down on June 5, 2003, along with the paper's former executive editor, Howell Raines, in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal.