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
Jill Abramson quotes about
We talked about this a lot during my half-hour visit with her. She is receiving a torrent of supporting mail, and the letters help sustain her as well. Times colleagues are begging to go, and there is a long waiting list.
What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.
We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant,
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.
The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.
It's a little dangerous to be a badass.
The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.
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.
You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of,
If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.
The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.
Women are damn resilient.
When we first started, we would message all the time, ... He would log on, and mostly we would just message back and forth at the beginning of the relationship. Now, we use the computer, phones, letters, airlines - everything.