On June 5, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. accepted the resignations of Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd, the two top editors at The New York Times. Former Executive Editor Joseph Lelyveld took over for an interim period that ended on July 31.

The Times broke the news at a 10:30 a.m. staff meeting in the New York newsroom on Thursday. Romenesko had ongoing updates. Here's the first item he posted that day (originally published at 10:41 a.m.; updated at 11:31 a.m.) about the resignations.

The resignations and the turmoil that provoked them have renewed focus on a variety of issues in newsrooms around the country. Poynter is building a resource guide aimed at helping newsrooms wrestling with some of those issues: "Getting it Right -- The Poynter Guide to Accuracy". In addition, Poynter held a conference to address many of these issues in mid-July. Read more about the results.

Romenesko

Items on:
• Howell Raines
• Gerald Boyd
• Rick Bragg
• Jayson Blair
• The New York Times

Leadership

Dear Bill (Again)
Gregory Favre writes to Bill Keller about the Siegal Report. (7/31/03)

Dear Bill: Letter to a new Editor
Gregory Favre writes to Bill Keller about his new position as Executive Editor of the NYT. (7/14/03)

Raines Developed a Visual Legacy
Kenny Irby spoke with Howell Raines about his impact on visual journalism at the NYT. (6/6/03)

Mirror of the Times
James W. Carey describes the sociopathic side of Jayson Blair. (6/6/03)

Howell Raines: Gone Fishin'
Roy Peter Clark talks about working with Raines at the St. Pete Times and beyond. (6/5/03)

Hard Times
Jill Geisler on the risks of leadership. (6/5/03)

What Needs to be Done?
Gregory Favre on questions for newsroom leaders to ask. (6/5/03)

Ethics

Getting it Right
Kelly McBride and Keith Woods offer some tools for tightening the loose mechanisms of journalism. (6/6/03)

Doing it Right
Bob Steele describes a mini-case study of how one reporter treated him as a source. (6/6/03)

Engaging the Diversity Issue
Bob Steele on why the Times diversity program is not to blame, but should not be ignored. (6/6/03)

Business Values

Credibility: Currency of the Business 
Howard Finberg looks at how journalism affects finances. (6/5/03)

Education

A Teaching Moment
Chris Martin and Evelyn Hsu explore how to teach the next generation of journalists what they can learn from The New York Times situation. (6/6/03)

On the Record
Poynter adminstration, faculty, and columnists speak with the media about The New York Times.

Jim Naughton, President:
Chicago Tribune (6/6/03)
Philadelphia Inquirer (6/6/03)
Associated Press via Mercury News (6/6/03)
Hartford Courant (6/6/03)
American Journalism Review (6/6/03)
"Morning Edition" on NPR (6/6/03)

Bob Steele, Ethics Group Leader:
Boston Herald (6/6/03)
(San Jose) Mercury News (6/6/03)
L.A. Times (6/6/03)
"Up to the Minute" on CBS (6/5/03)
"Here and Now" on NPR (6/5/03)

Kelly McBride
Toronto Star (6/6/03)
The Wall Street Journal article (6/6/03)
Editor & Publisher (6/5/03)

Jim Romenesko, Columnst:
Los Angeles Times (6/7/03)

Geneva Overholser, Journalism Junction columnist:
WashingtonPost.com chat (6/6/03)
American Journalism Review (6/6/03)
NewsHour (6/5/03)

Links
• New York Times Correcting the Record archive
• All Poynter Online items on Jayson Blair
• Raines bio on NYT Co. website
• Ken Auletta on his New Yorker piece about The Times and Raines
• Boyd's speech at the St. Louis National Writers Workshop
• Raines talks about 'the writing life'
• Charlie Rose interviews Raines about his career (bottom item)
• Raines speech to NABJ as editor-designate
• International Herald Tribune begins news era with NYT