Third CNN Staffer Joins Obama's Team, As Does ABC Vet; Revolving Door

Brent Baker
May 6th, 2009 1:11 AM
Following the path of CNN Middle East correspondent Aneesh Raman and producer Kate Albright-Hanna, who both jumped aboard the Obama campaign last year, senior political producer Sasha Johnson this week announced she's leaving the network's Washington bureau to take the Press Secretary slot at the Department of Transportation. She won't be the only media vet in that shop. As The Politico's Michael…
 

CNN Producer Pitched 'Video Strategy' to Obama Campaign, Got Job

Brent Baker
August 21st, 2008 1:35 AM
Kate Albright-Hanna, who runs the Obama campaign's online video operations, got the job after she pitched the campaign “a proposal on video strategy” -- while she was still a CNN producer. A Wednesday Washington Post “Style” section feature on the key members of the “Triple O: Obama's online operation,” recounted the how and when of her pitch to Joe Rospars, a Howard Dean campaign veteran in…