Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
Jayson Thomas Blairis an American journalist formerly with The New York Times. He resigned from the newspaper in May 2003 in the wake of the discovery of plagiarism and fabrication in his stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth17 May 1984
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful minorities kind
I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a certain kind of rage that bubbles up in many Americans, particularly, but not limited to, women, blacks, and other minorities.
blow feels unfortunate
I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society.
clients vulnerable process
I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.
race roles cases
It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.
wall thinking people
I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists.
college men black
I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.
race roles action
I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.
believe race demon
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.
brilliant action catch-me
If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?
people stories want
When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.