After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.

There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays.

I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.

I actually do think the history is so epic that it actually kind of writes itself.

People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world.