Linda Douglass

Linda Douglass was an award-winning political journalist for 34 years. She served as Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent for ABC News, a political correspondent for CBS News in Washington and the chief political correspondent for KNBC and KCBS, Los Angeles, over her long career in news. She covered 6 presidential campaigns.

In 2008, Douglass left journalism to work for Barack Obama, first as a traveling spokesperson in his 2008 presidential campaign and, later, as the Director of Communications in the White House Office of Health Reform. Following passage of the Affordable Care Act, she joined Atlantic Media as the Senior Vice President for Global Communications. In 2015, she became the Global Head of Communications for Bloomberg News and Media. She is currently a communications consultant, advising clients on strategy, organization and crisis management.