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Jill Abramson
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 19
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New York City
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The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.
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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. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.
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I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.
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What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.
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Print is still responsible for a significant portion of the revenues that, you know, pay for the work of the newsroom. But, you know, digital is very important. And part of the thrill of having this job now is I get to lead us through what is both a thrilling and very challenging transition from a print world to a digital world.
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Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.
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The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.
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You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.
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It's a little dangerous to be a badass.
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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.
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I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.
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I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.
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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.
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Women are damn resilient.
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We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.
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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.
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When we first started, we would message all the time, ... He would log on, and mostly we would just message back and forth at the beginning of the relationship. Now, we use the computer, phones, letters, airlines - everything.
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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.
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I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.
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