Linda Douglass is an American political advisor, former government official, and former journalist who served as the head of communications for

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., as well as a correspondent for

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, often reporting for '' World News Tonight''. Douglass had previously served as a communications advisor in the

Obama administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican ...

Education

Douglass earned a

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degree in psychology from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

Career

Douglass had a long career as journalist with

and

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and covered some of the major events of the 1990s and early 2000s. She was awarded the National Press Foundation's Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress in 1999. She began her journalism career in 1973 with KNXT. Douglass served as a senior strategist and spokeswoman for the

Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign The 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama began on February 10, 2007, when Barack Obama, then junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for President of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. After winning a ma ...

. Following Obama's victory, Douglass was appointed spokeswoman for the

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committee. During President Barack Obama's first term, she was director of communications for the

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from 2009 to 2010. In June 2010, she was named Vice President and Head of Corporate and Strategic communications at Atlantic Media, and later became Senior Vice President of Global Communications. In 2013, she moved to Italy when her husband, John Phillips, was named ambassador to Italy. In 2019, she endorsed

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in the

2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 3,979 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention held on August 17–20 to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2020 Unit ...

. In October 2022, Douglass joined the Council for Responsible Social Media project launched by

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to address the negative mental, civic, and public health impacts of

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in the United States co-chaired by former House Democratic Caucus Leader

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and former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor

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Personal life

Douglass is married to the former United States ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips, and they have one daughter.

References

External links

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