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" 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. "

Jill Abramson

Days

Television

Cable

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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 am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle. "

" Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more. "

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

" Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the expensive, and often dangerous, work of on-the-ground reporting. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" There's a way to do networking that isn't overly brown-nosing. "

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

Jill Abramson

Mother

Sister

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

" 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. "

Jill Abramson

Political

News

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I don't pretend I know everything. "

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

Jill Abramson

Twitter

Long