The New York Times has reported that Jill Abramson, currently the paper’s managing editor, will succeed Bill Keller as executive editor on September 6. Keller will become a full time writer for the Times.Abramson has served as managing editor for the paper since 2003. She arrived at the Times from The Wall Street Journal in 1997, and in 2000 she was named Washington bureau chief. Abramson said stepping into the top job at the paper was like “ascending to Valhalla.”
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