I think our primary function is to create the strongest, deepest, most interesting news report there is in the world.And whether it's on the front page of the newspaper or leading the home page doesn't really matter. We reach a huge audience on the Web. And really, you know, the journalists, whether they are reporters or editors or Web producers or multimedia specialists, we're all creating, you know, the journalism that is the bedrock of our news report. And that's true for the newspaper, the Web, our apps, and you name it.

It's a little dangerous to be a badass.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

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

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.