Words matter. These are the best Jill Abramson Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.
In one’s relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
I’m a huge dog nut – giant, giant.
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.’
I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.
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.
The times I didn’t get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited – really crestfallen.
The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It’s on a scale never seen before.
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.
Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don’t have Internet access.
The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.
I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.
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.
As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.
Secrets don’t stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.
I have to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don’t mind.
I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.
I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.
I’ve pretty much stopped using a laptop because I’m not line-editing a lot of things anymore.
I think about the question of perspective in reporting all the time, and since I spent 20 years of my career in Washington as both a reporter and an editor I’m keenly aware that a newspaper should not be dominated by stories in which the only voices and perspective come from those in power.
