James "Jay " Carney (born May 22, 1965) is the 29th White House Press Secretary .[ 2] presidency of Barack Obama , having replaced Robert Gibbs . Prior to his appointment as Press Secretary he was director of communications for Vice President Joe Biden . Carney previously served as Washington Bureau Chief for Time magazineABC News ' This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Journalism career
After being hired as a reporter for The Miami Herald 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.[ 3]
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 .[ 3] 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.
Work in Obama administration
Jay Carney (middle right) in a White House staff meeting in the Oval Office , May 11, 2011 On December 15, 2008, Carney went from the private sector to public service as Director of Communications to Vice President Joe Biden .[ 4] [ 5]
On January 27, 2011, Carney was selected to become the Obama administration's second White House Press Secretary .[ 2] Robert Gibbs by White House Chief of Staff , William Daley .[ 6] [ 7] [ 7]
As of June 21, 2013, Yahoo news reported Carney has responded in some variation of "I don't know" over 1,900 times since his first briefing.[ 8] [ 9]
On November 21, 2013, a majority of the news outlets covering the White House submitted a joint letter to Carney complaining about the lack of access provided to reporters.[ 10] Pete Souza exclusive access to the event.[ 10] White House Press Corps for the unprecedented lack of access to the President during a routine news conference.[ 11] [ 12] Brianna Keilar notes "anyone here can tell you there's less access than under the Bush administration.".[ 11] [ 13]
Personal life and education
Carney was raised in Northern Virginia , attended high school at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey,[ 14] cum laude in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Yale University , in 1987.[ 3] Claire Shipman (a senior correspondent for ABC News ),[ 3] Washington, D.C. , with their son and daughter.
References
^ http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/mar02/mar02_cover_shipman.html ^ a b Henry, Ed (January 27, 2011). "Jay Carney named White House press secretary" . CNN . Retrieved January 27, 2011 . ^ a b c d Connolly, Katie (January 28, 2011). "James Carney: Profile of White House press secretary" . BBC News . Retrieved January 28, 2011 . ^ "Biden TIME" . Time . Retrieved December 27, 2010 .^ Calderone, Michael (December 15, 2008). "Stengel defends Carney's decision" . Politico . Retrieved December 27, 2010 . ^ Mason, Jeff; Holland, Steve (January 27, 2011). "Former reporter Carney next White House spokesman" . Reuters . Retrieved January 28, 2011 . ^ a b Knoller, Mark (January 27, 2011). "Daley, Not Obama, Announces new Press Secretary, Aides" . CBS News . Retrieved January 28, 2011 . ^ http://swampland.time.com/2013/06/21/jay-carney-has-said-i-dont-know-over-1900-times/ ^ http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/top-9-486-ways-jay-carney-won-t-104907191.html ^ a b http://corpcommap.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/white-house-photo-letter-final-00591175.pdf ^ a b http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/12/white-house-faces-press-revolt-over-access-obamas/ ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKcDUi1-lbA ^ http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/12/13/jay-carney-blames-the-internet-for-obamas-opaque-transparency-and-propaganda-machine-n1762299 ^ "Jay Carney '83 Named White House Personal Minister works to rid Obama of his sins" . The Lawrenceville School . January 28, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011 .
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