Gene Roberts is an American journalist and instructor in journalism. Roberts was executive editor of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" from 1973 to 1991 and managing editor of "The New York Times" from 1994 to 1997. Although famously a man of few spoken words, Roberts is widely viewed by his peers as among the most influential of late 20th Century journalists. Wikipedia
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