Jay Carney
| Jay Carney | |
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| 29th White House Press Secretary | |
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| Assumed office February 11, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Jennifer Psaki |
| Preceded by | Robert Gibbs |
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| Born | May 22, 1965 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Shipman |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Website | White House Briefing Room |
James "Jay" Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American journalist and President Barack Obama's second White House Press Secretary.[1] Prior to his appointment as Press Secretary, replacing Robert Gibbs, he was director of communications to Vice President Joe Biden.[2] Carney previously served as Washington Bureau Chief for Time magazine, a post he held from September 2005 until December 2008, and as a regular contributor in the "roundtable" segment of ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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[edit] Personal life and education
Carney was raised in Northern Virginia, attended high school at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey,[3] and earned a B.A. in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Yale University, graduating cum laude, in 1987.[4] He and his wife, Claire Shipman (a senior correspondent for ABC News)[4], live in Washington, D.C., with their son and daughter.
[edit] Journalism career
After being hired as a reporter for The Miami Herald in 1987, Carney joined Time magazine as its Miami Bureau Chief in 1989. Carney worked as a correspondent in Time's Moscow Bureau for three years, covering the collapse of the U.S.S.R.. He came to Washington in 1993 to report on the Bill Clinton White House.[4]
He has written and reported about the presidency of George W. Bush, and was one of a handful of reporters who were aboard Air Force One with President Bush on September 11, 2001.[4] Carney later won the 2003 Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency.
Carney was Time's Washington Bureau Deputy Chief from 2003 to 2005, and Chief from September 2005 until December 2008. He was assigned to the magazine’s Washington Bureau in that tenure while also being able to write about politics and national affairs. Carney has also worked for CNN (another TIME Warner division) as a special correspondent.
Carney was one of the early mainstream journalists to take up the medium of blogging.
[edit] Work in Obama administration
On December 15, 2008, Carney went from the private sector to public service as Director of Communications to Vice President Joe Biden.[2][5]
In January 2011 Carney was selected to become the Obama administration's second White House Press Secretary.[1] He was named the successor to previous White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs by White House Chief of Staff, William Daley.[6][7] Carney was one of fourteen White House appointees announced by Daley on January 27.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Henry, Ed (January 27, 2011). "Jay Carney named White House press secretary". CNN. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/henry-in-the-house-obama-expected-to-name-carney-next-press-secretary/. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ a b "Biden TIME". Time. December 15, 2008. http://thepage.time.com/2008/12/15/biden-time/. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
- ^ "Jay Carney ’83 Named White House Press Secretary". The Lawrenceville School. January 28, 2011. http://www2.lawrenceville.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=565063. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Connolly, Katie (January 28, 2011). "James Carney: Profile of White House press secretary". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12304141. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (December 15, 2008). "Stengel defends Carney's decision". Politico. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16612.html. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
- ^ Mason, Jeff; Holland, Steve (January 27, 2011). "Former reporter Carney next White House spokesman". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/28/us-obama-spokesman-idUSTRE70Q8HR20110128. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ a b Knoller, Mark (January 27, 2011). "Daley, Not Obama, Announces new Press Secretary, Aides". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20029854-503544.html. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Jay Carney at WhoRunsGov at The Washington Post
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Jay Carney on Charlie Rose
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