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Jill Abramson is an American author born in March 1954. Her works span a variety of fields, including history, biography, and journalism.

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“We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.”

Humans Realizing Human Beings Resilient

Author:Jill Abramson

“Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.”

Way Years Sometimes Mother Wife Heard Criticism Males Complaining Worried Colleagues Reservations

Author:Jill Abramson

“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.”

Pieces Information Pages Photograph Newspapers Printed Irresistible Hooked Stumbling Serendipity

Author:Jill Abramson

“As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.”

Past Careers Events Mines Journalism Frustration Reporters Dissection Investigative Journalism

Author:Jill Abramson

“People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.”

People Found Parent Cities Cases Growing Up Growing Dog New York Assuming New York City

Author:Jill Abramson

“I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.”

Mother Sound Like Me Older Sister Big Sister

Author:Jill Abramson

“Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.”

Want Voice Authority

Author:Jill Abramson

“I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.”

Thinking Persons Standards Tough Reporters Tough Person

Author:Jill Abramson

“The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.”

Ideas Different Stories Taste Journalist Sensibility Different Tastes

Author:Jill Abramson

“The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.”

Powerful Opinion News Newspapers Advertising Printed Showcase

Author:Jill Abramson

“Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.”

Wells Children Stories Seems Difficult My Own Sensitive Enterprise Reporters Deadline Small Child

Author:Jill Abramson

“It's a little dangerous to be a badass.”

Littles Dangerous Badass

Author:Jill Abramson

“I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.”

Voice Millions Effects Blogs Immediacy

Author:Jill Abramson

“I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.”

Thinking Wells Has Beens Posts

Author:Jill Abramson

“The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.”

Whole Interesting Issues Subjects Style Management

Author:Jill Abramson

“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.”

Helping Laughing Truth Is Sense Of Humor Good Sense Ups & Downs Laugh At Yourself Good Sense Of Humor

Author:Jill Abramson

“What I hold dear is well-known to all of my colleagues. And, really, The Times is the kind of place, the greatest journalism doesn't just pop forth from our heads. It's, you know, a group of people, and the great ideas bubble up from the reporters to their editors and get to us.”

People Kind Dear Journalism Bubbles Great Idea

Author:Jill Abramson

“I think our primary function is to create the strongest, deepest, most interesting news report there is in the world.And whether it's on the front page of the newspaper or leading the home page doesn't really matter. We reach a huge audience on the Web. And really, you know, the journalists, whether they are reporters or editors or Web producers or multimedia specialists, we're all creating, you know, the journalism that is the bedrock of our news report. And that's true for the newspaper, the Web, our apps, and you name it.”

Thinking World Home Interesting Audience Producers Journalism Journalist Most Interesting

Author:Jill Abramson

“Print is still responsible for a significant portion of the revenues that, you know, pay for the work of the newsroom. But, you know, digital is very important. And part of the thrill of having this job now is I get to lead us through what is both a thrilling and very challenging transition from a print world to a digital world.”

World Important Challenges Responsible Significant Print

Author:Jill Abramson

“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.”

Firsts Use Technology Computer Messages Letters Phones Back And Forth Airline

Author:Jill Abramson

“You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.”

Knows Want Made Shows Happens Losing

Author:Jill Abramson

“If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.”

Ifs Said Absolutes Absolute Truth

Author:Jill Abramson

“What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.”

Knows Next Boat

Author:Jill Abramson

“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.”

House White Numbers Seven Criminals Scales Administration Journalist White House Investigation Leaks Secretive

Author:Jill Abramson

“You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.”

Thinking Knows Kind Dog Mood Faster Snaps Bad Mood

Author:Jill Abramson

“In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.”

Dog Amount Criticism Encouragement Praise Generous

Author:Jill Abramson

“Women are damn resilient.”

Damn Empowering Empowering Women Resilient

Author:Jill Abramson

About the Author

Born: March 19, 1954
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Quotes: 27

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