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'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.
The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.
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.
I've pretty much stopped using a laptop because I'm not line-editing a lot of things anymore.
As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.
I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'
I don't keep up with Twitter all day long.
My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.
I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.
Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the expensive, and often dangerous, work of on-the-ground reporting.
Secrets don't stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.
I'm a huge dog nut - giant, giant.
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.