Jill Abramson

Jill Abramson (2012)

Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954 in New York City ) is an American journalist and was editor-in-chief of the New York Times from September 2011 to May 2014 . She was the first woman in this position.

life and career

Abramson studied history and literature at Harvard University , graduating in 1976 with a bachelor's degree . While still a student, she began working as an editor at Harvard Independent and then worked for Time Magazine from 1973 to 1976 . After graduating, Abramson worked as a reporter for the American Lawyer for almost ten years . In 1986 she became editor-in-chief of the Legal Times . In 1988 she moved to the Wall Street Journal , where she was a correspondent in Washington, DC. In 1997, she became a capital correspondent for the New York Times and also headed the newspaper's Washington office. In September 2011 she became editor-in-chief of the paper and managed it until May 2014. Her dismissal was justified by the fact that she could not work with the editorial team and was responsible for a difficult working atmosphere. It was then discussed whether this accusation was linked to a sexist attitude because leadership behavior that would be considered normal for a man was rejected for her as a woman.

She also taught journalism at Yale University and Princeton University . After her release from the Times, she accepted a position as a lecturer in creative writing at Harvard University .

In connection with the publication of her book Merchants of Truth , Abramson was accused of serious errors and plagiarism allegations in February 2019 .

Abramson is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society . She lives in New York with her husband and the couple have two grown children.

Awards

• 1992: National Press Club Award

Works (selection)

• (with Jane Mayer): Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas. New York: Houghton Mifflin , 1994. ISBN 978-0-395-63318-2
• (with Bill Keller ): Obama: The Historic Journey . Callaway-New York Times 2009, ISBN 978-1-5944-8893-1 .
  • Obama - Hope for the World . Introduction by Bill Keller. Translated from the English by Katrin Harlaß and Hannes Riffel, Fackelträger, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7716-4428-4 .
• Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts . Simon & Schuster , New York, February 2019, ISBN 978-1-5011-2320-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jill Abramson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography ( January 17, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) on the New York Times Company website from 2012.
• Jill Abramson in the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Isabell Hülsen : The Iron Lady . In: Der Spiegel . No. 2 , 2012, p. 130-132 ( Online - Jan. 9, 2012 ).
• New York Times personnel change: Editorial deadline for Editor-in-Chief Abramson , Spiegel Online , May 15, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Everything you wanted to know about Jill Abramson , Adweek, June 6, 2011
2. ↑ New York Times press release of May 14, 2014
3. ↑ Spiegel online: Exchefin the "New York Times": Jill Abramson is a lecturer at Harvard , June 13, 2014
4. ^ "NYT": allegations of plagiarism against ex-editor-in-chief , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on February 7, 2019
5. ↑ Ex-editor-in-chief of the "NY Times": Plagiarism allegations against Jill Abramson , spiegel.de, published and accessed on February 7, 2019
6. ↑ Membership list ( Memento from May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 219 kB) of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
7. ^ Member History: Jill Abramson. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 4, 2018 (English, with short biography). 
8. ↑ Edith Hollenstein: Successful women. ( Memento from June 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Interview in: persoenlich.com from June 2, 2012
9. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung March 14, 2019, p. 25: Torn walls