Jerry Ceppos Obituary

Jerry Ceppos was an American journalist, news executive and educator. He was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Ceppos’s first time-time professional position was at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, where he was reporter, assistant city editor, and night city editor between 1969 and 1972.

In July 2011, Ceppos became dean and William B Dickinson Distinguished Professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. He repeated his display of the the First Amendment and moved the curriculum towards online media.

Ceppos was consultant with Leading Edge Associates, a management consulting firm in San Jose from 2006 to 2009. In 2007, he was Fellow in media Ethics at Santa Clara University.

Ceppos died on July 29, 2022 at the age of 75. The cause of his death is still unknown.