Life Jill Abramson’s ‘Merchants of Truth’: A grim eye on the state of the news business February 8, 2019 Maria Puente, USA TODAY Comments Off on Jill Abramson’s ‘Merchants of Truth’: A grim eye on the state of the news business Jill Abramson, first woman in the top job in print journalism, got fired and then wrote a book about the existential crisis in the industry she loves.