New York Times
"No excuses for missing deadlines," said
Ann Scales. "No excuses for sloppy writing. No excuses for grammatical errors or misspelled words. No excuses because you happen to be born black and poor." Among the more than 375 people at the service for former NYT managing editor
Gerald Boyd were three former Times executive editors --
Max Frankel,
Joseph Lelyveld and
Howell Raines.
