POWER OR ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS

EACH OF THOMAS L. CHAPPLE, BARBARA W. WALL AND TODD A. MAYMAN, SIGNING SINGLY,

THE UNDERSIGNED'S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director of Gannett Co., Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,

5 and 144 in accordance with the Securities laws of the United States and the

rules thereunder;



(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and timely

file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and

any stock exchange or other authority where such filing is required; and



(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such

form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may

approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do it personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to

be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 25th day of June, 2003.



/s/ Louis D. Boccardi			WITNESS:  /s/ Joan M. Boccardi
Louis D. Boccardi