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 Julia Scheeres is a journalist and nonfiction author. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Scheeres received a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a master's in journalism from the University of Southern Californ ...

Elsie Robinson Elsinore Justinia Robinson (April 30, 1883 – September 8, 1956) was an American journalist, poet, memoirist and short story writer, known for her syndicated Hearst column "Listen, World!," (1921 - 1956) which was read by 20 million Americans o ...

, ''Listen World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman''.

Career

TV news

Allison Gilbert started her career in TV news. At

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...

, Gilbert produced TV segments and wrote stories for CNN.com. Before CNN, she was a producer at

WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighbor ...

and an investigative producer at

WNBC-TV WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo station WN ...

Grief and resilience

Gilbert is the author of three books on grief and has written for or been featured in many publications including ''CNN'', ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

''.

September 11 attacks

Gilbert was a journalist covering the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...

and went on to co-edit Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11, a historical record of how broadcast journalists covered the attacks. Gilbert is the official narrator of the

National September 11 Memorial & Museum The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombi ...

’s historical exhibition audio tour and her voice is introduced by

Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...

on the museum’s “Witnessing History” tour. 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

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for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. These projects include interviews with journalists such as

Savannah Guthrie Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News, morning show ''Today'', a position she has held since July 2012. Guthrie joined NBC News in September 2 ...

Maggie Haberman Maggie Lindsy Haberman (born October 30, 1973) is an American journalist, a White House correspondent for ''The New York Times'', and a political analyst for CNN. She previously worked as a political reporter for the ''New York Post'', the New ...

Scott Pelley Scott Cameron Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American journalist and author who has been a correspondent and anchor for CBS News for more than 31 years. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, ''Truth Worth Telling'', and a correspondent for th ...

Byron Pitts Byron Pitts (born October 21, 1960) is an American journalist and author, working for ABC News as co-anchor for the network's late night news program, '' Nightline''. Until March 2013, he served as a chief national correspondent for ''The CBS Eve ...

Dana Bash Dana Ruth Bash (born June 15, 1971; née Schwartz) is an American journalist, news anchor, and chief political correspondent for CNN. Early life and education Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in Manhattan, New York City, into a family of Jews, ...

, and

Linda Wertheimer Linda Wertheimer (; born March 19, 1943) is an American radio journalist for NPR. She's considered one of NPR's "Founding Mothers" along with Susan Stamberg, Nina Totenberg and the late Cokie Roberts. Background and education Wertheimer was born ...

Publications

Books

* ''Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman'' with co-author

(

Seal Press Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history. Hi ...

: 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 Christina Baker Kline (born 1964) is an American novelist. She is the author of seven novels, including ''Orphan Train'', and has co-authored or edited five non-fiction books. Kline is a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship recipient. Back ...

(Seal Press: 2006) * ''Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11'', co-edited with Phil Hirshkorn,

Melinda Murphy Melinda Murphy is an executive producer for ''Expat Living'', a lifestyle magazine in Singapore and Hong Kong. Career Prior to joining ''Expat Living'', Murphy was a correspondent for the CBS television news program The Early Show between 2002 and ...

, Mitchell Stephens, and Robyn Walensky; (

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: 2002)

Select essays and reporting

* The Grief Crisis Is Coming (April 2021) ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' * Why Looking at a Photo Can Ease Loneliness and Grief (November 2016) ''

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'' * Journalist and Survivor: The Rules Blurred on 9/11 (May 2014) CNN.com

Education

* Ethical Culture Fieldston School * Georgetown University

References

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