Jill Abramson
Appearances
3 Takeaways
Top Takeaways of 2024 (#232)
Everything. Everything has changed. Digital journalism has changed everything. It's no longer just professional journalists who cover the news and analyze it and write about it. It's any citizen who wants to go online and express what they know or their viewpoint. That, in many ways, has been a healthy thing.
3 Takeaways
Top Takeaways of 2024 (#232)
The unhealthy aspect of the digital revolution has been the complete destruction and upending of what was the old revenue model, which was advertising. And so the news-gathering muscle of journalism has withered horribly during the course of my career. City councils, county councils, State houses, they're all going uncovered. That's a big danger to democracy.
3 Takeaways
Top Takeaways of 2024 (#232)
That's why I care about it, not because my colleagues have lost their jobs.