Roy Reed

{{Short description|American journalist}}

{{about||the American lawyer and politician|Roy E. Reed}}

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| name = Roy Reed

| birth_name =

| birth_date = February 14, 1930

| birth_place = {{Nowrap|Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|10|1930|2|14}}

| death_place = {{Nowrap|Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.}}

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| nationality = American

| alma mater= University of Missouri (MA)

| employer = Arkansas Gazette and New York Times

| occupation = Journalist

| awards = Porter Prize (2009)

| spouse = Norma Pendleton

| parents = Roy Edward Reed and Ella Meredith Reed

}}

Roy Reed (February 14, 1930 – December 10, 2017) was an American journalist. He wrote about the Civil Rights Movement for The New York Times. He was the author of several books, including Looking for Hogeye (1986); a biography of Governor Orval Faubus, Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal (1997); and Beware of Limbo Dancers: A Correspondent's Adventures with the New York Times (2012). He also edited Looking Back at the Arkansas Gazette: An Oral History (2009). After leaving The New York Times in 1979, he taught in the Journalism Department of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, serving as chairman from 1981 to 1982. After his retirement, the Journalism Department established the Roy Reed Lecture Series in his honor.{{cite web |url=https://jdays.uark.edu/about-roy-reed/ |title=About Roy Reed |author= |website=J-Days |publisher=University of Arkansas |access-date=April 22, 2020}} Reed died of a stroke on December 10, 2017.{{cite news |title=Roy Reed, who covered civil rights for New York Times, dies at 87 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/roy-reed-who-covered-civil-rights-for-new-york-times-dies-at-87/2017/12/13/cec35a4a-e027-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html |url-access=limited |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 13, 2017 |accessdate=April 22, 2020}}