The staff of The New York Times was, understandably, stunned when they were told that Jill Abramson was stepping down as executive editor of The New York Times.
Some Times staffers snapped pictures of managing editor Dean Baquet speaking on the leadership change:
Dean Baquet speaks to the newsroom pic.twitter.com/JGFEe4MSuB
— Natalie Kitroeff (@Nataliekitro) May 14, 2014
Dean Baquet speaking to the newsroom today after being named executive editor of The New York Times. pic.twitter.com/9al14OtJ2Z
— Lori Moore (@lorinyt) May 14, 2014
And here’s Dean Baquet in his first speech as the Times’s new executive editor pic.twitter.com/YvRuzYVvKW
— Michael de la Merced (@m_delamerced) May 14, 2014
First a black president and now a black exec editor for NYTimes. Dean Baquet taking over from Jill Abramson. pic.twitter.com/p7j5WcfDVu
— Channon Hodge (@chodger) May 14, 2014
Stunned newsroom. pic.twitter.com/dooXpAHJoR
— David Gelles (@dgelles) May 14, 2014
(Photo credit: Lori Moore)
Are those photos supposed to convey the sense that everybody is stunned? I see a lot of people standing - does that count?
Jill I beg of you, please. please, take David Brooks and Maureen Dowd with you. Brooks has been useless for year but Modo and her descent into Peggy Noonan like Post-Menopausal “celebrity curmudgeon” is truly embarrassing.
Looks just like the TPM newsroom without a nap room
Oddly enough, the stunned NY Times newsroom looks no different than the usual NY Times newsroom. Or perhaps that’s not so odd…
Stunning photographs.