“Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don't have Internet access.”

“As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.”

“As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.”

“Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the expensive, and often dangerous, work of on-the-ground reporting.”

“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.”

“I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasn't necessarily intending to read.”

“I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.”

“I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.”

“I don't keep up with Twitter all day long.”

“I don't pretend I know everything.”

“I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.”

“I have to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don't mind.”

“I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.”

“I think about the question of perspective in reporting all the time, and since I spent 20 years of my career in Washington as both a reporter and an editor I'm keenly aware that a newspaper should not be dominated by stories in which the only voices and perspective come from those in power.”

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

“I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.”

“I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.”

“I'm a huge dog nut - giant, giant.”

“In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.”

“I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.”

“Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.”

“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.”

“The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn't true.”

“The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.”

“With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was in the days of Walter Cronkite.”

“You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.”