The former executive editor spoke publicly of her dismissal for the first time, at Wake Forest University’s commencement. She said she would still be involved in journalism, “the work I revere.”
The lack of decorum in Jill Abramson’s dismissal from The Times was stunning, David Carr writes.
Mark Thompson, the company’s chief executive, reasserted the paper’s position that compensation issues played no role in the departure of Jill Abramson.
Senior editors met with employees to reiterate that Jill Abramson’s departure did not reflect sexism and was not about pay disparity, but about a style of leadership.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr., The New York Times’s publisher, denied that a disparity in Jill Abramson’s pay compared with predecessors figured in her being replaced.
Richard L. Berke, Politico’s new executive editor, said that he admired how it “started from scratch and became a journalistic powerhouse” and that he hoped to help it reach to “even greater heights.”
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Matt Purdy, the investigations editor, was named an assistant managing editor, and Marc Lacey, a deputy foreign editor, became an associate managing editor.
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Alison Mitchell, the weekend editor of The Times, was named national editor to replace Sam Sifton, who will work on online projects.
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