Phil Mattingly

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Phil Mattingly
Born (1983-12-16) December 16, 1983 (age 40)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Ohio State University (BA)
Boston University (MA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2007–present
Employer CNN
Awards WHCA Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure

Phil Mattingly (born December 16, 1983) is an American journalist. He is CNN's chief domestic correspondent, based in New York City, NY. Mattingly is the former co-anchor of CNN's flagship morning program CNN This Morning with Poppy Harlow. [1] [2] He is the network's former Chief White House correspondent, who received the 2023 White House Correspondents' Association Award for Excellence in Presidential Coverage Under Deadline Pressure – Broadcast. [3]

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Prior to that, he was the network's senior White House correspondent and congressional correspondent. Previously, Mattingly worked at Bloomberg Television in Washington, where he served as the network's White House correspondent and a national political correspondent. [4]

Career

After graduating from Ohio State University (where he was on the baseball team) and then Boston University, Mattingly found work with Congressional Quarterly in 2007, as an economic and financial affairs reporter covering the banking committees and the financial crisis. [5]

In 2010, Mattingly joined Bloomberg News where he served as a Finance and Economics Reporter and helped lead Bloomberg's coverage of the federal response to the financial crisis. In 2012, Mattingly was named as a Justice Department correspondent. In 2013, he was named as a White House correspondent covering the Obama administration. After a stint at the White House, Mattingly was named as Bloomberg's national political correspondent, covering the politics and policies behind the 2016 presidential campaigns. [6]

In December 2015, Mattingly was hired by CNN as a New York City-based correspondent. He spent 2016 on the campaign trail covering Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie, John Kasich and Donald Trump. His work included a series of investigative pieces into Trump's business history, finances and taxes. [4]

Later he was assigned to Capitol Hill as a congressional correspondent. In that role, Mattingly was one of the lead reporters contributing to CNN’s extensive coverage of the Republican attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Capitol Hill spending and shutdown battles, as well as each step of the process to overhaul the U.S. tax system. As part of that effort, he secured an exclusive interview with house Speaker Paul Ryan on the details of the GOP tax bill on the day it was first released.

Mattingly was the CNN correspondent who worked on the Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall, nicknamed the "Magic Wall" in the overnight hours of the televised live coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election. [7] He was subsequently promoted to Senior White House correspondent for the incoming Biden administration on January 11, 2021. He succeeded Kaitlan Collins as CNN's Chief White House correspondent in November 2022 when Collins moved to CNN This Morning and succeeded Collins again as a co-anchor of This Morning in August 2023. [8] [9] [10] CNN This Morning was cancelled in February 2024; CNN CEO Mark Thompson stated that Mattingly would retain a New York-based position. [11]

On February 28, 2024, CNN named Mattingly as the network's new chief domestic correspondent a role which had been previously filled by Jim Acosta before anchoring the 10 a.m. weekday hour of CNN Newsroom. Mattingly will fill in for anchors and be part of CNN's special coverage during the 2024 conventions and political special event programming. [12] [13]

Personal life

Mattingly and his wife, Chelsea, married in December 2010. They have four children. [10] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "CNN Unveils Lineup Overhaul: Abby Phillip And Laura Coates Get Nighttime Shows, Phil Mattingly and Kasie Hunt To Host In Mornings". Deadline Hollywood .
  2. ↑ "'CNN This Morning' Taps Phil Mattingly to Replace Don Lemon and Kaitlan Collins". People.com.
  3. ↑ Katz, A.J. (April 5, 2023). "CNN's Phil Mattingly Honored by WHCA for Excellence in Presidential Coverage" . Adweek. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Phil Mattingly". CNN.
  5. ↑ Goodrich, Barry (November 1, 2018). "3 Questions: Phil Mattingly". Ohio Magazine. Toledo, Ohio: Great Lakes Publishing.
  6. ↑ Roush, Chris (November 23, 2015). "Mattingly leaves Bloomberg for unnamed job". Talking Biz News. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, Ryan (November 10, 2020). "Phil Mattingly Praised for Managing CNN's Magic Wall". WHC Insider. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Ted (November 28, 2022). "CNN Taps Phil Mattingly As Chief White House Correspondent". Deadline. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  9. ↑ "'CNN This Morning' Taps Phil Mattingly to Replace Don Lemon and Kaitlan Collins". Peoplemag. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "CNN's Phil Mattingly Opens Up About Becoming Chief White House Correspondent — While Raising 4 Young Kids". Peoplemag. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  11. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (February 5, 2024). "CNN Cancels Current Morning Show in A.M. Shake-Up". Variety. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  12. ↑ Steinberg, Brian (February 28, 2024). "Phil Mattingly Snares Chief Domestic Correspondent Role Following CNN A.M. Shuffle". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Ted (February 28, 2024). "Phil Mattingly Named CNN's Chief Domestic Correspondent Following Network's Overhaul Of Morning Show". Deadline. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "CNN's Phil Mattingly and Wife Chelsea Welcome Baby Number 4: 'We're Extremely Grateful'". Peoplemag. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
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