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The so-called revolving door between journalism and campaigns has been drawing increasing attention. Before joining The National Journal, Ms. Douglass had worked for decades in television news, starting at network affiliates in Los Angeles and becoming a Washington correspondent at CBS News and then, until 2006, at ABC News, where she covered Capitol Hill.

There, Ms. Douglass covered Mr. Obama’s entering the Senate, appearing on ABC the night he won election in 2004 to predict, “He’s going to be received by the Democrats as a conquering hero.”

Ex-Network Reporter Leaves Journalism to Join Obama’s Campaign
By JIM RUTENBERG

Linda Douglass, a longtime network news correspondent in Washington now working as a contributing editor to The National Journal, said Wednesday that she would leave the magazine to work for Senator Barack Obama’s campaign.