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{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Linda Douglass
| office = Director of Communications for the [[White House Office of Health Reform]]
| termstart = May 2009
| termend = April 2010
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| president = [[Barack Obama]]
| education = [[University of Southern California]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| spouse = [[John R. Phillips (attorney)|John R. Phillips]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| children = 1
}}
'''Linda Douglass''' is an American political advisor, former government official, and former journalist who served as the head of communications for [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg L.P]]., as well as a correspondent for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], often reporting for ''[[World News Tonight (TV series)|World News Tonight]]''. Douglass had previously served as a communications advisor in the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]].
== Education ==
Douglass earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in psychology from the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Linda Douglass, living 2015|url=http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/linda_douglass2.html#.X3QIkpNKi3I|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.douglashistory.co.uk}}</ref>
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Douglass had a long career as journalist with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and [[CBS News]] and covered some of the major events of the 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 November 2005|title=Linda Douglass|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=126771|website=ABC News}}</ref> She was awarded the National Press Foundation's Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress - National Press Foundation|url=https://nationalpress.org/awards/everett-mckinley-dirksen-awards-for-distinguished-reporting-of-congress/|publisher=}}</ref> She began her journalism career in 1973 with [[KCBS-TV|KNXT.]]
Douglass served as a senior strategist and spokeswoman for the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Frederick|first=Don|date=May 21, 2008|title=Linda Douglass, well-known journalist, becomes a partisan|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/linda-douglass.html|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> Following Obama's victory, Douglass was appointed spokeswoman for the [[United States presidential inauguration|presidential inauguration]] committee.<ref>{{cite news|last=Seelye|first=Katharine|date=November 25, 2008|title=Obama Places Stringent Limits on Inaugural Contributions|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/us/politics/26inaug.html?ref=politics|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> During President Barack Obama's first term, she was director of communications for the [[White House Office of Health Reform]] from 2009 to 2010.<ref name="WPWRG">{{cite news|date=July 26, 2012|title=Linda Douglass|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/linda-douglass/gIQALV4u6O_topic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925185202/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/linda-douglass/gIQALV4u6O_topic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2012|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|authorlink=Howard Kurtz|date=April 8, 2010|title=Linda Douglass leaving White House|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/04/linda-douglass-leaving-white-h.html|accessdate=April 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Mike|title=Presented by Starbucks: Linda Douglass will wear two hats — Ebony's 'Power 150' — Halperin-Heilemann's HBO deal finally announced — Navy SEALs: 'The only easy day was yesterday'|url=https://www.politico.com/playbook/0409/playbook647.html|access-date=2020-09-30|website=POLITICO|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Mike|title=Viral campaign: White House makes snap video featuring Linda Douglass to debunk 'scare' clip on Drudge -- Bill Clinton is in North Korea on Obama-approved mission to free two detained journalists|url=https://www.politico.com/playbook/0809/playbook760.html|access-date=2020-09-30|website=POLITICO|language=en}}</ref>
In June 2010, she was named vice president and Head of Corporate and Strategic communications at [[Atlantic Media]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Alex Alvarez|date=June 10, 2010|title=Linda Douglass Returns To Atlantic Media|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/revolving_door/linda_douglass_returns_to_atlantic_media_164337.asp|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> and later became Senior Vice President of Global Communications.<ref>{{cite web|date=7 July 2015|title=Linda Douglass to Join Bloomberg Media as Global Head of Communications|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/company/announcements/linda-douglass-join-bloomberg-media-global-head-communications/|website=Bloomberg L.P.|language=en}}</ref> In 2013, she moved to Italy when her husband, John Phillips, was named ambassador to Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italymagazine.com/news/new-usa-ambassador-italy-charms-italians-special-video|title=New USA Ambassador to Italy Charms Italians with a Special Video|first=|last=|date=12 September 2013|publisher=|website=www.italymagazine.com}}</ref> In 2019, she endorsed [[Pete Buttigieg]] in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/politics/pete-buttigieg-obama-endorsements/index.html|title=Pete Buttigieg scores endorsements from former Obama officials|first=Abby|last=Phillip|publisher=CNN|date=5 December 2019|accessdate=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
In October 2022, Douglass joined the Council for Responsible Social Media project launched by [[Issue One]] to address the negative mental, civic, and public health impacts of [[social media]] in the United States co-chaired by former [[House Democratic Caucus]] Leader [[Dick Gephardt]] and former [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor]] [[Kerry Healey]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Feiner|first=Lauren|date=October 12, 2022|title=Facebook whistleblower, former defense and intel officials form group to fix social media|publisher=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/council-for-responsible-social-media-features-haugen-gephardt-hagel-.html|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Council for Responsible Social Media – Issue One|website=issueone.org|url=https://issueone.org/projects/council-for-responsible-social-media/|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Douglass is married to the former [[United States Ambassador to Italy|United States ambassador to Italy]], [[John R. Phillips (attorney)|John R. Phillips]], and they have one daughter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Julie Hirschfeld|date=2014-07-14|title=At Dinner Tables, a Restless Obama Finds an Intellectual Escape|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/us/restless-obama-finds-pleasure-at-dinner-tables.html|access-date=2020-09-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sipher|first=Devan|date=2010-09-03|title=Katie Phillips and Keith Byrd|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/fashion/weddings/05phillips.html|access-date=2020-09-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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