Obama Signs Up Operative For Big Blog Outreach Gig

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Obama Signs Up Operative For Big Blog Outreach Gig


A lot of folks had been wondering when the Obama White House would fill the White House blog outreach job, a key post in terms of marshaling the power of the blogosphere to drive the White House message during big fights like the current one over the stim package.

Now they have. The Obama team has hired the well-known blog online operative Jesse Lee as the new White House Online Programs Director, a White House source confirms.

Lee is well respected in the blogosphere, having run the house blog for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and, more recently, done blog outreach for the DNC during last year’s presidential campaign. Lee’s gig will be to integrate the Online Programs department with other departments and agencies, as well as to handle most blog outreach. He’ll report to Macon Phillips, the head of New Media, the source confirms.

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