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
I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.
There's a way to do networking that isn't overly brown-nosing.
Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don't have Internet access.
The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.
I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.
You can verify that in news meetings I sometimes say, 'This is skewed too far to the left,' or 'The mix of stories seems overweeningly appealing to a reader with a certain set of sensibilities, and it shouldn't.'