New York Times names Bill Keller as executive editor

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

NEW YORK -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Keller was named executive editor of The New York Times on Monday, saying he hoped to "quickly put the wounds behind us" from the scandal involving reporter Jayson Blair.

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