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Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and academic. 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 March 2016, she was hired as a political columnist for Guardian US . In 2019, she received widespread criticism from journalists after her book Merchants Of Truth was found to contain plagiarized passages and numerous factual errors. In 2012, she was ranked number five on the Forbes list of most powerful women . She was also named as one of the 500 most powerful people in the world by Foreign Policy .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954) is the news managing editor of The New York Times . She has held the post since August 2003.
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Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954) 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 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 .Forbes most powerful women RUTH EGLASH (August 28, 2012).
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Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954) 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 March 2016, she was hired as a political columnist for Guardian US .In 2019, she received widespread criticism from journalists after her book Merchants Of Truth was found to contain plagiarized passages and numerous factual errors, though Abramson's book was praised for its accuracy by Donald Trump . 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 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Former executive editor of The New York Times Jill Ellen Abramson (born March 19, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and academic. 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 March 2016, she was hired as a political columnist for Guardian US . In 2019, she received widespread criticism from journalists after her book Merchants Of Truth was found to contain plagiarized passages and numerous factual errors. In 2012, she was ranked number five on the Forbes list of most powerful women . She was also named as one of the 500 most powerful people in the world by Foreign Policy .
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news managing editor of the new york times
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american author
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