Abby Phillip

Abby Phillip (born (1988-11-25)25 November 1988) is an American journalist who works as a political correspondent and weekend anchor for CNN. She has appeared as a guest on Washington Week and C-SPAN.[2][3]

Abby Phillip
Born (1988-11-25) 25 November 1988[1]
Virginia, U.S.
EducationBowie High School, Bowie, Maryland
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
OccupationJournalist

Early life and education

Phillip, born 1988, is of Afro-Trinidadian descent.[4] She was born in Virginia to June Phillip, now a realtor, and Carlos Phillip, a teacher and later an educational psychologist. She has five siblings. When she was a child, the family briefly moved back to Trinidad and Tobago and returned to the U.S. when she was nine years old.[5] Phillip grew up in Bowie, Maryland, and attended Bowie High School.[6][7] In 2010, she graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in government.[8] At Harvard, Phillip wrote for The Harvard Crimson.[9]

Career

Phillip joined CNN in 2017 and covered the Trump Administration.[10] Before CNN, she worked at The Washington Post where her roles included national political reporting and general assignments.[4][11] 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.[12][13] She appears occasionally on Washington Week with Robert Costa on PBS.[14]

Phillip co-moderated the seventh Democratic debate of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries at Drake University on January 14, 2020.[15][16][17] She was criticized for unfair treatment of Bernie Sanders in moderating the debate.[18][19][20]

In 2020, she landed a deal with Flatiron Books for The Dream Deferred, a book she is writing about Reverend Jesse Jackson’s run to become the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee.[21][22]

On January 11, 2021, Phillip was announced to be the new anchor on Inside Politics, replacing John King on the Sunday morning version of the political talk show (John King continues to host on weekdays), starting, January 24th 2021. The show is called Inside Politics Sunday With Abby Phillip.[23]

Personal life

Phillip lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Marcus Richardson. Phillip and Richardson were married at the Larz Anderson House in May 2018.[24]

References
  1. "32 • What a year this has been!!". Instagram. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  2. "Abby Phillip - C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  3. "Abigail Phillip, Marcus Richardson". The New York Times. May 27, 2018.
  4. "CNN Profiles - Abby Phillip - White House Correspondent - CNN". CNN.
  5. Rosman, Katherine (November 13, 2020). "Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. "Wonderful News from a Bowie Alum". Bowie Bulldog Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. "Scholars of the Week 2005-2006". Scholars of the Week 2005-2006. Prince Georges County Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  8. Ariens, Chris (October 10, 2017). "Abby Phillip Joins CNN White House Team". www.adweek.com (subscription required).
  9. "Abby D. Phillip - Writer Profile - The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
  10. "CNN Profiles - Abby Phillip - White House Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  11. "Abby Phillips transitions from CNN analyst to CNN correspondent". October 11, 2017.
  12. "Abby Phillip". May 12, 2016.
  13. "Happy and fulfilled, Abby Phillip found her calling". rollingout.com.
  14. PBS profile for Abby Phillip
  15. 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.
  16. Zhou, Li (January 13, 2020). "Journalists from CNN and the Des Moines Register will moderate the January debate". Vox. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  17. 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.
  18. "CNN moderator criticized for question to Sanders". The Hill. January 13, 2020.
  19. Taibbi, Matt (January 15, 2020). "CNN's Debate Performance Was Villainous and Shameful". Rolling Stone.
  20. "Trump accuser's media blitz". Fox News. January 19, 2020.
  21. "Remembering Feminist Press founder Florence Howe; Abby Phillip sells book on Jesse Jackson's presidential run". www.bookforum.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  22. Deahl, Rachel (September 11, 2020). "Book Deals: Week of September 14, 2020". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  23. Curto, Justin (January 11, 2021). "CNN's Abby Phillip Is Getting Her Own Show". Vulture. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  24. "Abigail Phillip, Marcus Richardson". The New York Times. May 27, 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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