Dean Baquet is executive editor of The New York Times.

"I always tried to question what is the difference between what is truly tradition and core, and what is merely habit. A lot of stuff we think are core, are just habits. The way we write newspaper stories, that’s not core, that’s habit. I think that’s the most important part about leading a place that’s going through dramatic change and even generational change. You’ve got to say, here’s what’s not going to change. This is core. This is who we are. Everything else is sort of up for grabs."

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Baquet’s archive at The New York Times

[03:15] "Tom Cotton: Send In the Troops" (The New York Times • June 2020)

[03:30] "A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists" (The New York Times • June 2020)

[10:00] The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind The New York Times (Jones, Tifft • Little, Brown • 1999)

[29:45] Dean Baquet’s 1988 Pulitzer Prize

[55:15] “Still Processing: The Day After” (The New York Times • November 2016)

[1:09:15] Longform Podcast #254: Maggie Haberman

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