Bill Keller
Bill Keller
Bill Kelleris an American journalist. He is a writer for The New York Times, where he was executive editor from July 2003 until September 2011. He announced on June 2, 2011, that he would step down from the position to become a full-time writer. Jill Abramson replaced him as executive editor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth18 January 1949
CountryUnited States of America
thinking names done
I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.
media distraction social
The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.
thinking crowds fabulous
I think Twitter is a fabulous tool. Crowd-sourcing by Twitter is useful in getting early warnings.
camaraderie illusory faux
There is something decidedly faux about the camaraderie of Facebook, something illusory about the connectedness of Twitter.
self organization want
You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.
play calling cash
Buying an aggregator and calling it a content play is a little like a company's announcing plans to improve its cash position by hiring a counterfeiter.
war simple israel
Maybe we're all a little too desperate these days for a simple formula to explain how our safe world came unhinged. That, as much as anything, may explain one of the more enduring conspiracy theories of the moment, the notion that we are about to send a quarter of a million American soldiers to war for the sake of Israel.
interesting tools use
Twitter and Facebook are brilliant- tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.
discipline challenges important
One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.
nice media rings
Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.
thinking treasure privacy
Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it's also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy.
feelings want internet
My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question.