Allison Gilbert | |
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| Born |
New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Known for | Author of Listen, World!, Passed and Present |
| Spouse | Mark Weintraub |
| Children | Jake Weintraub, Lexi Weintraub |
| Website |
www |
Allison Gilbert is an American journalist and author. She is the author and co-author of five non-fiction books including the biography with Julia Scheeres of Elsie Robinson, Listen World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman. [1]
Career
TV news
Allison Gilbert started her career in TV news. At CNN, Gilbert produced TV segments and wrote stories for CNN.com. [2] Before CNN, she was a producer at WABC-TV and an investigative producer at WNBC-TV. [3]
Grief and resilience
Gilbert is the author of three books on grief and has written for or been featured in many publications including CNN, [4] The Washington Post, [5] Today, [6] and The Atlantic. [7]
September 11 attacks
Gilbert was a journalist covering the September 11 attacks and went on to co-edit Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11, a historical record of how broadcast journalists covered the attacks. [8] Gilbert is the official narrator of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum’s historical exhibition audio tour and her voice is introduced by Robert De Niro on the museum’s “Witnessing History” tour. [9] She is the co-executive producer of the documentary Reporting 9/11 and Why It Still Matters and host of the companion 20-part documentary series Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories, produced in collaboration with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and Wondrium for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. [10] These projects include interviews with journalists such as Savannah Guthrie, Maggie Haberman, Scott Pelley, Byron Pitts, Dana Bash, and Linda Wertheimer.
Publications
Books
- Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman with co-author Julia Scheeres ( Seal Press: September 2022)
- Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive (Seal Press: 2016)
- Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children ( Hyperion: 2011)
- Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents, edited by Christina Baker Kline (Seal Press: 2006)
- Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11, co-edited with Phil Hirshkorn, Melinda Murphy, Mitchell Stephens, and Robyn Walensky; ( Bonus Books: 2002)
Select essays and reporting
- The Grief Crisis Is Coming (April 2021) The New York Times [11]
- Why Looking at a Photo Can Ease Loneliness and Grief (November 2016) O, The Oprah Magazine [12]
- Journalist and Survivor: The Rules Blurred on 9/11 (May 2014) CNN.com [13]
Education
- Ethical Culture Fieldston School
- Georgetown University
References
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman by Julia Scheeres, Allison Gilbert". Publishers Weekly. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "We Were Choking on the Same Soot, We Were One With the Story". New Day CNN. May 25, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Oei, Lily (2002-04-22). "WNBC tops N.Y. Emmy race with 9 victories". Variety. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "CNN Sunday Morning". CNN. May 13, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Loudin, Amanda (July 15, 2017). "When her daughter died, she turned to exercise to quell her grief". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Zaslow, Alexandra (June 17, 2016). "How I'm keeping my dad's memory alive this Father's Day". Today. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Alter, Cathy (June 18, 2011). "What Happens When Parents Have No Parents?". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (2021-08-12). "'Reporting 9/11' Doc, Companion Series on Female Journalists Covering Terrorist Attacks Set at Wondrium (Exclusive)". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Audio Guide | National September 11 Memorial & Museum". www.911memorial.org. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Minutaglio, Rose; Feller, Madison (2021-09-01). "'I Wasn't Dressed for War:' Female Reporters on What It Was Like Covering 9/11". ELLE. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Gilbert, Allison (April 12, 2021). "The Grief Crisis Is Coming". New York Times. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Gilbert, Allison. "Why Looking at a Photo Can Ease Loneliness and Grief". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Gilbert, Allison (2014-05-15). "Journalist and survivor: The rules blurred on 9/11". CNN. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
| International | |
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| National | |
- Living people
- American women television journalists
- American investigative journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- American women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American biographers
- American women biographers
- CNN people
- American self-help writers
- People associated with the September 11 attacks