Ms. Sullivan was editor and vice president of The Buffalo News before being named as Times public editor in September 2012. She was the first woman to serve as the editor and as the managing editor of The News, after working as a reporter and columnist there. As editor, Ms. Sullivan focused the paper’s reporting on poverty, economic development and inequities in public education, and established its first investigative team.

Jeff Jarvis writes the BuzzMachine blog. He is a former TV critic for TV Guide and People, and helped create Entertainment Weekly.