What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

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

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

The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

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 whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.