May 19

Jill Abramson: I’m Not Removing My New York Times Tattoo

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Jill Abramson made her first public appearance Monday morning since her ouster as executive editor of The New York Times, delivering the commencement address at Wake Forest University.

Ms. Abramson spoke about her dismissal mostly in broad terms, offering themes about overcoming adversity and apologizing for the small media circus that followed her to Wake Forest’s North Carolina campus. It was a potential distraction from the actual graduation, she said.

Her most specific reference to the Times came as she recounted a question that one student had asked earlier about whether she plans to remove the New York Times “T” symbol she recently tattooed on her shoulder. “Not a chance,” she said.

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