Margaret Sullivan is the public editor of The New York Times.

“Jill Abramson said to me early on, ‘What will happen here is you’ll stick around and eventually you’ll alienate everybody, and then no one will be talking to you, and you’ll have to leave.’ I’m about three-quarters of the way there.”

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Show Notes:

@Sulliview

[5:00] "One Year Later, 11 Questions for Dean Baquet"(The New York Times • May 2015)

[6:00] The Public Editor's Journal

[7:00] "AnonyWatch" (The New York Times)

[9:00] "The Disconnect on Anonymous Sources" (The New York Times • Oct 2013)

[10:00] "Trend-spotting, With Wink at Mr. Peanut" (The New York Times • March 2014)

[11:00] "...Introducing The Monocle Meter" (The New York Times • Nov 2014)

[11:00] "Women Who Dye Their Armpit Hair" (Andrew Adam Newman • The New York Times • July 2015)

[14:00] "Tennis's Top Women Balance Body Image With Ambition" (Ben Rothenberg • The New York Times • July 2015)

[16:00] "Double Fault on Article about Serena Williams and Body Image?" (The New York Times • July 2015)

[21:00] "Post Ombudsman Will Be Replaced By Reader Representative" (Paul Farhi • The Washington Post • March 2013)

[24:00] "The Conflict and the Coverage" (The New York Times • Nov 2014)

[26:00] "Gender Questions Arise in Obituary of Rocket Scientist and Her Beef Stroganoff" (The New York Times • April 2013)

[29:00] "What Might Leadership Change Mean for Times Readers?" (The New York Times • May 2014)

[31:00] "Diversity, Strong Editing, and Moving Forward From the Shonda Rhimes Furor" (The New York Times • Sept 2014)

[33:00] "Facts, Truth...and May the Best Man Win" (The New York Times • Sept 2012)

[38:00] "Everything I Know About Journalism in 395 Words" (The New York Times • May 2015)

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