《纽约时报》第一位女主编意外下课之谜

    《纽约时报》(The New York Times)周三报道称，该报首位女性执行主编吉尔•艾布拉姆森即将出人意料地离开这家报纸。

    目前的编辑主任迪恩•巴奎特将接替她的职位，从而将成为《纽约时报》历史上首位非裔美国人执行主编。

    艾布拉姆森在一份声明中称，“我对自己在《纽约时报》的这段任期非常满意。我与世界上最优秀的新闻工作者一起完成了大量敢于直言的新闻。”

    一组资深编辑接到这个通知之后，整个编辑部当天在美国东部时间下午2:30左右获悉此事。

    艾布拉姆森于2011年9月接替比尔•凯勒，成为这份报纸历史上第一位女性执行主编。

    谈及巴奎特的任命时，《纽约时报》出版人小亚瑟•苏兹贝格说：

    “无论是在我们的编辑部，还是在别的什么地方，目前还没有哪位记者能够比迪恩•巴奎特更有资格肩负起执行主编的责任。他是一位杰出的记者，一位拥有无可挑剔的新闻判断力的编辑，他享有世界各地和整个组织的同事的信任和支持。”

    有消息称，苏兹贝格在宣布人事变更时还透露了更多的细节：

    “我之所以选择为我们的编辑部任命一位新领导者，是因为我相信新一届领导班子将改善编辑部在某些方面的管理水平。大家会明白，除了我想说的，这件事再无其他原因。编辑部的管理层出了问题，这就是核心所在。”

    《纽约时报》还报道说，艾布拉姆森曾经激怒过巴奎特，起因是她试图聘请《卫报》(The Guardian)编辑珍妮•吉布森出任与巴奎特平起平坐的联席编辑主任，而且事先没有跟他商量。由此引发的冲突最终把苏兹贝格也扯了进来。

    《纽约客》(The New Yorker)引述匿名消息源说，这个问题还涉及到艾布拉姆森的待遇问题。获悉前任比尔•凯勒的薪水和福利比自己高不少之后，艾布拉姆森提出了加薪的要求，此举进一步加深了她“做事鲁莽”的名声。此外，许多人都知道，由于艾布拉姆森与纽约时报公司CEO马克•汤普森冲突不断，苏兹贝格对她越来越失望。不过，这些解释目前还无法获得独立的核实。（财富中文网）

    译者：叶寒

    Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of The New York Times (NYT), is unexpectedly leaving the newspaper, The Times said Wednesday.

    The paper's current managing editor, Dean Baquet, will replace her, becoming the first African-American to fill the newspaper of record's top spot.

    In a statement, Abramson said, "I've loved my run at The Times. I got to work with the best journalists in the world doing so much stand-up journalism."

    After the announcement was made to a group of senior editors, the full newsroom was informed of the news at approximately 2:30pm ET.

    Abramson was the first female executive editor in the newspaper's history, replacing Bill Keller in September 2011.

    Speaking of Baquet's appointment, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., The New York Times' publisher, said:

    "There is no journalist in our newsroom or elsewhere better qualified to take on the responsibilities of executive editor at this time than Dean Baquet. He is an exceptional reporter and editor with impeccable news judgment who enjoys the confidence and support of his colleagues around the world and across the organization."

    In the Times, Sulzberger was quoted giving more details:

    "I chose to appoint a new leader for our newsroom because I believe that new leadership will improve some aspects of the management of the newsroom. You will understand that there is nothing more that I want to say about this. We had an issue with management in the newsroom. And that's what's at the heart of this issue."

    The Times also reported the following: Ms. Abramson had angered Baquet by trying to hire Janine Gibson, an editor from The Guardian, to become the paper's co-managing editor alongside Baquet without consulting him first. It created a conflict that eventually drew in Sulzberger.

    The New Yorker, quoting an anonymous source, said that the problem also involved Abramson learning that her predecessor Bill Keller, earned a higher salary and more benefits. She asked for a raise, which added to her reputation as being "pushy." Sulzberger was also noted as being increasingly frustrated with Abramson, as she clashed with Mark Thompson, the company's CEO. Those explanations, however, could not be independently verified.