Jill Abramson Quotes

With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was in the days of Walter Cronkite.

Secrets don't stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.

The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.

You can verify that in news meetings I sometimes say, 'This is skewed too far to the left,' or 'The mix of stories seems overweeningly appealing to a reader with a certain set of sensibilities, and it shouldn't.'

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn't true.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.

Women are damn resilient.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don't have Internet access.

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant,

I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.

Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

I don't keep up with Twitter all day long.

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

I'm a huge dog nut - giant, giant.

I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasn't necessarily intending to read.

As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.

The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.

I've pretty much stopped using a laptop because I'm not line-editing a lot of things anymore.

I don't pretend I know everything.

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.