By: Joe Strupp One year after being forced to resign from The New York Times in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal, former managing editor Gerald Boyd has lost another coveted post -- his spot on the board of directors for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Boyd had to give up the two-year position he won in April 2003 because rules require each director to hold a "directing editor" position at a newspaper, said ASNE spokesman Kevin Wilcox. He added that Boyd had a year from the date he left the Times to find a similar position, which he has not.
"He was simply no longer eligible, that is all," Wilcox said. Boyd, who is writing a syndicated column and serving as a consultant for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, could not be reached for comment Thursday.
The board appointed Sharon Rosenhause, managing editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (
Click for QuikCap) in Fort Lauderdale, to complete Boyd's remaining 11-month term on the board. Wilcox said Rosenhause had the next-highest vote total in the most recent board election, which occurred during last month's ASNE conference in Washington.
Rosenhause has been a member of ASNE since 1994. She joined the Sun-Sentinel in March 2001, after eight years as managing editor/news of the San Francisco Examiner.
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