Andrea Rojas quotes from Supergirl

Andrea Rojas

When Ms. Danvers won the Pulitzer, readership tanked. It gives a certain kind of impression that the paper is pedantic; it's heavy, it's dull, like homework.

Kara

That's insane.

Andrea

No, Kara, what's insane is branding a company in a way that causes people to click away from the site.

Kara

The news is not about clicks.

Andrea

Everything is about clicks. From Fortune 500 companies selling their wares to a new mom posting her child's birthday, today the measure of worth is on a click. To survive, CatCo needs to pivot. Attention spans have plummeted along with revenues. Readers want watercooler news that's just fun to read and just as easy to digest.

James

That, um... I'm pretty sure I can speak for everybody in the room when I say that if that is the kind of content that you wanna create here, we will walk. This is not what we signed up for.

Kara

You can't just take over a storied news outlet and turn it into a... a pandering clickbait tabloid.

Andrea

Actually, I can.

Kara

And here's where you threaten me if I quit, you'll block me from the whole profession.

Andrea

Correct.

Kara

Mm-hmm.

Andrea

And I'm not gonna fire you.

Kara

Well, I'm not leaving journalism, so if I stay here, you should get used to the fact that I will be reporting what I want and writing it the way I want to. I will try to be shorter, because I am flexible. But I will fight you every time on every story to make sure it is told the way it deserves to be told. I will not tolerate being re-written by him, and I will not allow my voice to be silenced.

Andrea

I never had any intention of silencing you, Kara. I'm glad we worked that out.

Andrea

What's next on the docket? Any celebrity divorces? Disgraced influencers? Show me the clicks.

I've got this week's medical examiner's report, and I thought we could run a story on recent deaths.

Andrea

People love to read about death. It reminds them that they're alive, and it gives them the pleasure of schadenfreude. I like it.

[shows pictures on screen] 20-year-old Uber driver, hit by a car.

Andrea

If the person is boring, then cause of death is boring. Wow me! Show me some sparkly death.

You've really outdone yourself with those contact lenses. I hear they are as omnipresent as one of our plagues or floods.

Andrea

That was you yesterday?

Leviathan is everywhere. And now a problem has come up. We need you to fix it. It's Rip Roar.

Lena

What would Rose Dawson do?

Andrea

You jump, I jump, right?

Andrea

Every time I look at you, I'm reminded of all the horrible things I've done.

Lena

Funny, every time I look at you all I remember is pain.