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

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

I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.

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

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

What I hold dear is well-known to all of my colleagues. And, really, The Times is the kind of place, the greatest journalism doesn't just pop forth from our heads. It's, you know, a group of people, and the great ideas bubble up from the reporters to their editors and get to us.

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.