Jay was named the Sports Editor of the Times Free Press in 2003 and started with the newspaper in May 2002 as the Deputy Sports Editor.
He was born and raised in Smyrna, Ga., and graduated from Auburn University before starting his newspaper career in 1997 with the Newnan (Ga.) Times Herald. Stops in Clayton and Henry counties in Georgia and two years as the Sports Editor of the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal preceded Jay’s move to Chattanooga.
He has won local, state, regional and national awards as a writer, designer and section editor and was part of a TFP team that won a 2011 APSE award.
Jay and his wife Kathleen were married in 2004 and have a son, Lee born in 2007, and a daughter, Madeline Ray born in 2010.
Contact Jay at (423) 757-6273 or jgreeson@timesfreepress.com.
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We're going to try to go fast today, and please remember Friday's mailbag — we got spots open. You ask, we'll answer, no big whoop.
We're going to go fast today — to paraphrase our man Eazy E, let's go all quick, our style as a juvenile, ran with a gang, slang in the meanwhile.
Gang, it's been an excellent week that has been filled with high-quality conversations. Take a bow.
We have a soft spot for a slew sports-related things.
Too much to get to today to waste time with small talk and introductions.
OK, we're off and running into June. We're staring at the U.S. Open, and hold on to your hats, but we're something like eight weeks from the start of high school football in Tennessee.
Guys, there’s a bunch to get to after a busy weekend.
Gang, the time keeps flying, and it was another strong week.
