Dean Baquet

Dean Baquet talks about the changing journalism landscape, media in the age of Trump and the future of The New York Times.

Dean Baquet is the executive editor of the New York Times. He is the first African-American to hold the position. In 1988 Baquet won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of City Council corruption in Chicago. During his nearly 40-year career, Baquet has worked for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.

Jill Abramson

Jill Abramson was the top editor of The New York Times — the first woman ever to serve in that capacity in the paper’s 160-year history — from 2011 to 2014.

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