Abby Phillip

Abby Phillip (born November 25, 1988) is an American journalist who works as a White House correspondent for CNN. She has appeared as a guest on Washington Week and C-SPAN.[1][2]

Abby Phillip
Born (1988-11-25) November 25, 1988
Bowie, Maryland
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
OccupationJournalist

Early life and education

Phillip is of Afro-Trinidadian descent.[3] Born and raised in Bowie, Maryland, she graduated from Harvard University in 2010 with a degree in government.[4] At Harvard, Phillip wrote for the Harvard Crimson.[5]

Career

Phillip joined CNN in 2017 and currently covers the Trump Administration.[6] Before CNN, she worked at The Washington Post where her roles included national political reporting and general assignments.[3][7] She also worked at ABC News, where she was an ABC News Fellow and digital reporter in New York City. Phillip began her journalism career as a White House reporter and blogger for Politico covering campaign finance issues and lobbying.[8][9] She appears occasionally on Washington Week with Robert Costa on PBS.[10]

Along with Wolf Blitzer and The Des Moines Register chief politics reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel, Phillip co-moderated the seventh Democratic debate of the 2020 election at Drake University on January 14, 2020.[11][12][13] She received criticism for alleged bias in moderating the debate.[14][15][16][17]

Personal life

She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Marcus Richardson. Phillip and Richardson were married at the Larz Anderson House in May 2018. Richardson is currently a managing consultant at nVisium, a cybersecurity company based in Herndon, Virginia.[18]

References
  1. "Abby Phillip - C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  2. "Abigail Phillip, Marcus Richardson". The New York Times. May 27, 2018.
  3. "CNN Profiles - Abby Phillip - White House Correspondent - CNN". CNN.
  4. Ariens, Chris (October 10, 2017). "Abby Phillip Joins CNN White House Team". www.adweek.com (subscription required).
  5. "Abby D. Phillip - Writer Profile - The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
  6. "CNN Profiles - Abby Phillip - White House Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  7. "Abby Phillips transitions from CNN analyst to CNN correspondent". October 11, 2017.
  8. "Abby Phillip". May 12, 2016.
  9. "Happy and fulfilled, Abby Phillip found her calling". rollingout.com.
  10. PBS profile for Abby Phillip
  11. Glueck, Katie; Epstein, Reid J. (January 15, 2020). "Live Updates Ahead of Tonight's Democratic Debate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  12. Zhou, Li (January 13, 2020). "Journalists from CNN and the Des Moines Register will moderate the January debate". Vox. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  13. Tracy, Marc (January 13, 2020). "The Iowa Reporter in the Middle of the 2020 Action". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  14. "CNN moderator criticized for question to Sanders". The Hill. January 13, 2020.
  15. "CNN debate moderator assumes Bernie Sanders is lying about women". Washington Examiner. January 13, 2020.
  16. Taibbi, Matt (January 15, 2020). "CNN's Debate Performance Was Villainous and Shameful". Rolling Stone.
  17. "Trump accuser's media blitz". Fox News. January 19, 2020.
  18. "Abigail Phillip, Marcus Richardson". The New York Times. May 27, 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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