Gerald M Boyd was the first black managing editor at the New York Times. During his 20-year tenure with the Times, he served various roles, including White House correspondent. Prior to his work at the Times, he had a career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A Neiman Fellow at Harvard, he was a board member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and was named the Journalist of the Year by the National Associated of Black Journalists. Robin D Stone is a former deputy editor of Health magazine; a former executive editor of Essence magazine; and the founding editor-in-chief of www.essence.com. She has written articles for the Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, and the New York Times. She lives in New York City.