Jay Carney
Edit Profile View Org ChartCurrent Position: Director of Communications for Vice President Joseph R. Biden (since January 2009)
Boss: Vice President Joseph R. Biden
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At a Glance
Current Position: Director of Communications for Vice President Joseph Biden (since January 2009)
Career History: Washington bureau chief, Time magazine (2005 to 2008); Washington assistant bureau chief, Time magazine (2003 to 2005); Washington reporter (1993 to 2003)
Birthday: N/A
Hometown: Virginia
Alma Mater: Yale University, B.A. (Eastern European studies), 1987
Spouse: Claire Shipman
Career History: Washington bureau chief, Time magazine (2005 to 2008); Washington assistant bureau chief, Time magazine (2003 to 2005); Washington reporter (1993 to 2003)
Birthday: N/A
Hometown: Virginia
Alma Mater: Yale University, B.A. (Eastern European studies), 1987
Spouse: Claire Shipman
Carney once held one of the best journalism jobs in Washington. As the D.C. bureau chief for Time magazine, he enjoyed prime access to movers and shakers in the nation’s capital.
But perhaps reflecting the turbulent times for print media outlets, Carney left journalism in December 2008 to work as communications director for Vice President Biden. He wasn't the first high-profile journalist to join the Obama administration. Linda Douglass, a former ABC television reporter, served a stint as an Obama spokeswoman for health-care reform.
At the time he joined the administration, Carney’s decision raised eyebrows and brought a new round of charges that the press was in the bag for Obama. But Carney told reporters he had accomplished what he hoped in his 20-year career at Time, and that he was looking for new challenges.
Carney reported from Havana, Panama, Moscow and Washington. He was one of a handful of reporters who travelled with President George W. Bush on Air Force One after Sept. 11. Politico reporter Mike Allen called Carney “a middle-of-the-road, well-connected journalist with establishment instincts.”(2)
THE FIX
By Chris Cillizza and Anne E. Kornblut
President Obama has chosen former journalist Jay Carney to replace press secretary Robert Gibbs, a longtime loyalist, when he leaves the post in mid-February, according to a senior administration official.
The White House will also name two new deputy chiefs of staff: Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the Office of Health Reform, and Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House director of scheduling and advance.
Carney, now the communications director for Vice President Biden, came to the White House in 2009 after a long career in journalism that included serving as Washington bureau chief of Time magazine.
The White House had made clear it was interested in tapping an outsider for the post -- particularly after Bill Daley was named the new chief of staff. Yet finding a successor to Gibbs has been no easy task. He enjoyed a close relationship with Obama dating back to 2004 when he worked on the president's Senate campaign.
Gibbs is expected to open his own consulting operation and appear on television as a prominent surrogate for the president. He will also be involved in the planning stages of Obama's reelection bid, which will be led by current deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina.
Obama has undergone a major staff transition in recent weeks.
Gone -- or soon to be gone -- are Messina, senior adviser David Axelrod and political director Patrick Gaspard -- all three of whom are leaving the official White House staff to begin preparations for the 2012 presidential campaign.
In are Daley and David Plouffe, who managed Obama's 2008 race.
The White House will also name two new deputy chiefs of staff: Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the Office of Health Reform, and Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House director of scheduling and advance.
Carney, now the communications director for Vice President Biden, came to the White House in 2009 after a long career in journalism that included serving as Washington bureau chief of Time magazine.
The White House had made clear it was interested in tapping an outsider for the post -- particularly after Bill Daley was named the new chief of staff. Yet finding a successor to Gibbs has been no easy task. He enjoyed a close relationship with Obama dating back to 2004 when he worked on the president's Senate campaign.
Gibbs is expected to open his own consulting operation and appear on television as a prominent surrogate for the president. He will also be involved in the planning stages of Obama's reelection bid, which will be led by current deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina.
Obama has undergone a major staff transition in recent weeks.
Gone -- or soon to be gone -- are Messina, senior adviser David Axelrod and political director Patrick Gaspard -- all three of whom are leaving the official White House staff to begin preparations for the 2012 presidential campaign.
In are Daley and David Plouffe, who managed Obama's 2008 race.
By Chris Cillizza and Anne E. Kornblut
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