Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson
Jill Ellen Abramson is an American author and journalist best known as the former executive editor of The New York Times. Abramson held that position from September 2011 to May 2014. She was the first female executive editor in the paper's 160-year history. Abramson joined the New York Times in 1997, working as the Washington bureau chief and managing editor before being named as executive editor. She previously worked for The Wall Street Journal as an investigative reporter and a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth19 March 1954
CountryUnited States of America
You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of,
I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasnt necessarily intending to read.
As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.
People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.
I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.
Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.
I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.
The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.
The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.
I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.
It's a little dangerous to be a badass.
I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.
The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.