Blair, Jayson

1978 - Born on the 23rd of March in Columbia, Maryland.

1996 - 1997 - He was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Diamondback.

1998 - He became a summer intern at The New York Times.

1999 - In November, he became an "intermediate reporter."

2000 - His editors were rebuking him for the high error rate in his articles.

2001 - He was made a full-time staff reporter.

2002 - He was promoted to the national desk.

2003 - On 28th of April, he received a call from Times national editor Jim Roberts.

       - He traveled to Texas and interviewed the woman in his article.

       - He was unable to provide proof and resigned from The Times on 2nd of May.