Allison Gilbert Explained

Allison Gilbert
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Known For:Author of Listen, World!, Passed and Present
Occupation:Journalist, author
Spouse:Mark Weintraub
Children:Jake Weintraub, Lexi Weintraub

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

Select essays and reporting

Education

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-06-01 . Nonfiction Book Review: Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman by Julia Scheeres, Allison Gilbert . 2022-06-16 . Publishers Weekly.
  2. Web site: May 25, 2014 . We Were Choking on the Same Soot, We Were One With the Story . April 13, 2022 . New Day CNN.
  3. Web site: Oei . Lily . 2002-04-22 . WNBC tops N.Y. Emmy race with 9 victories . 2022-03-22 . Variety . en-US.
  4. Web site: May 13, 2007 . CNN Sunday Morning . April 13, 2022 . CNN.
  5. News: Loudin . Amanda . July 15, 2017 . When her daughter died, she turned to exercise to quell her grief . April 13, 2022 . The Washington Post.
  6. Web site: Zaslow . Alexandra . June 17, 2016 . How I'm keeping my dad's memory alive this Father's Day . April 13, 2022 . Today.
  7. Web site: Alter . Cathy . June 18, 2011 . What Happens When Parents Have No Parents? . April 13, 2022 . The Atlantic.
  8. Web site: Maas . Jennifer . 2021-08-12 . 'Reporting 9/11' Doc, Companion Series on Female Journalists Covering Terrorist Attacks Set at Wondrium (Exclusive) . 2022-03-22 . en-US.
  9. Web site: Audio Guide National September 11 Memorial & Museum . 2022-03-22 . www.911memorial.org.
  10. Web site: Minutaglio . Rose . Feller . Madison . 2021-09-01 . 'I Wasn't Dressed for War:' Female Reporters on What It Was Like Covering 9/11 . 2022-03-22 . ELLE . en-US.
  11. Web site: Gilbert . Allison . April 12, 2021 . The Grief Crisis Is Coming . 30 December 2021 . New York Times.
  12. Web site: Gilbert . Allison . Why Looking at a Photo Can Ease Loneliness and Grief . 2022-03-22 . Oprah.com.
  13. Web site: Gilbert . Allison . 2014-05-15 . Journalist and survivor: The rules blurred on 9/11 . 2022-03-22 . CNN . en.

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