Jill Abramson Quotes (37 quotes)

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„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.'“
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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.“
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„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.“
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„I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.“
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„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.“
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„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.“
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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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„There's a way to do networking that isn't overly brown-nosing.“
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„The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.“
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„The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.“
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„Secrets don't stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.“
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„I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.“
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„I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'“
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„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.“
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„I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.“
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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 to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don't mind.“
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„I don't pretend I know everything.“
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„I don't keep up with Twitter all day long.“
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„I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.“
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Jill Abramson
Author born: March 19, 1954
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Editor

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