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Jill Abramson is an American journalist known for being the first female executive editor of The New York Times from 2011 to 2014.
She graduated from Harvard University in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in history and literature. Ms. Abramson's career includes roles as an investigative reporter for The American Lawyer, editor-in-chief of Legal Times, and a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered the White House.
In 1997, she joined The New York Times eventually becoming its Washington D.C. bureau chief. She was appointed managing editor in 2003 and later executive editor in 2011.
Ms. Abramson was dismissed from her editor-in-chief role in 2014.
She has authored several books, including 'Where They Are Now,' 'Strange Justice,' 'The Puppy Diaries,' and 'Merchants of Truth,' the latter of which faced plagiarism accusations.
Abramson has taught at Princeton, Yale, and Harvard Universities and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.
Currently, Ms. Abramson leads The Burnes Center’s Initiative on Investigative Solutions Journalism at Northeastern University.
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