“Don’t Be Asleep at the Switch”: Margaret Sullivan Has a Message for Journalists Heading Into 2024

It was the point in the evening for audience questions. Molly Jong-Fast, interviewing her good friend and fellow journalist Margaret Sullivan, was scrolling through her phone. Earlier, Jong-Fast had instructed those tuning into the discussion to tweet her after learning Cooper Union hadn’t built in a Q&A component to the event. Now, reading a question someone had posed on Twitter, she said, “The New York Times has become a much stronger newsroom in the last 10 years: 2,000 journalists, talent, more of a global focus, many, many more bureaus—” “Who is this?” Sullivan interrupted, with a kind of skeptical smile…. Read Full Article