James "Jay " Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American journalist who was the 29th White House Press Secretary .[ 1] 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
Early life and education
Carney was raised in Northern Virginia , attended high school at The Lawrenceville School , a college preparatory boarding school in Lawrenceville , New Jersey ,[ 2] cum laude in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Yale University in 1987.[ 3]
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.[citation needed
Press Secretary
Jay Carney (middle right) in a White House staff meeting in the Oval Office , May 11, 2011 On December 15, 2008, Carney left the private sector to take a position as Director of Communications to Vice President-elect Joe Biden .[ 4] [ 5]
On January 27, 2011, Carney was selected to become the Obama administration's second White House Press Secretary .[ 1] Robert Gibbs by White House Chief of Staff , William Daley .[ 6] [ 7] [ 7]
On May 30, 2014, President Obama announced Carney would be succeeded by Josh Earnest .[ 8]
Post-Obama administration career
Following Carney's stint as press secretary, he worked as a CNN senior political analyst from September 2014 until February 2015.[ 9] [ 10]
On March 2, 2015, Carney began working for Amazon as the senior vice president of Worldwide Corporate Affairs.[ 11]
Personal life
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Claire Shipman (a senior correspondent for ABC News ) and their two children.[ 12] Guided By Voices .[ 13]
References
^ a b Henry, Ed (January 27, 2011). "Jay Carney named White House press secretary" . CNN . Retrieved January 27, 2011 . ^ "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 .^ a b c 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 . ^ Camia, Catalina (May 30, 2014). "White House spokesman Jay Carney resigns" . USA Today . Retrieved May 30, 2014 . ^ Stetler, Brian (September 10, 2014). "Jay Carney joins CNN as commentator" . CNNpolitics . Retrieved July 5, 2015 . ^ Allen, Mike (February 26, 2015). "Jay Carney to Amazon" . Politico . Retrieved July 4, 2015 . ^ Kusek, Kathleen (February 26, 2015). "Amazon Hires Ex-White House Spokesman Jay Carney" . Forbes . Retrieved July 5, 2015 . ^ Boss, Shira J. (March 2002). "From Columbia to the Kremlin and the Capital" . Columbia College Today . Columbia College Alumni Association. Retrieved May 30, 2014 . ^ Chris Richards (May 23, 2013). "White House press secretary Jay Carney discusses favorite band, Guided by Voices" . The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2016 .
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