New York Times: Jill Abramson becomes first female editor-in-chief
Jill Abramson will become the first female editor-in-chief of the U.S. daily newspaper The New York Times. She will take over from Bill Keller in early September, who has announced his resignation after eight years at the helm of the editorial department.
Abramson joined the New York daily in 1997 after working for the Wall Street Journal for ten years, according to SDA. She headed the Washington bureau of The New York Times and was appointed managing editor by Keller in 2003.
Keller plans to continue working for The New York Times after stepping down as editor-in-chief. He will write in the future as an editor for the New York Times Magazine as well as the Sunday edition of the daily newspaper, the paper announced on Thursday.
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