NYT Executive Editor Jill Abramson: There's a 'Skeptical Relationship' Between Reporters and PRs

Jill Abramson offers a few words about pitching stories to "The New York Times."

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The New Yorker Festival has wrapped up for this year, bringing to a close the three-day festival that included talks with writer Edwidge Danticat, actress Toni Collette, and singer Paul Simon. We got our ticket to hear Jill Abramson speak with New Yorker writer Ken Auletta about being executive editor of The New York Times.

There were a lot of topics covered, but right at the end, there was a question, clearly from a publicist, about the newspaper’s interaction with public relations people.

“It’s

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