By Kevin McCauley
Linda Douglass, who was President Barack Obama's healthcare spokeswoman, is joining the Atlantic as VP to handle communications and strategy.
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The former ABC and CBS correspondent was a contributing editor at National Journal, sister publication of the Atlantic, before joining the White House PR shop.
Douglass told the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz that her role is to bolster the "visibility" of the Atlantic by highlighting its "smart analysts and great writers."
The National Journal is the midst of a hiring spree, hiring about 30 reporters as its ramps up its digital transformation. The publication has created a unified online newsroom, which includes other sites such as Hotline and "Congress Daily.
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