Jill Abramson
American author, journalist
Jill Abramson is an American author and journalist. She is 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 deputy bureau chief.
In 2012, she was ranked number five on Forbes list of most powerful women. She was also named as one of the 500 most powerful people in the world by Foreign Policy.
In March 2016, she was hired as a political columnist for Guardian US.
In addition to her current position as a senior lecturer in Harvard’s English Department, Ms. Abramson has taught at both Princeton and Yale, where she led undergraduate writing seminars for five years. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
Abramson was hosted by The Common Good in 2014: Political Journalism with Jill Abramson - July 15, 2014.
Twitter: @JillAbramson
