After being removed from CNN This Morning after the network shuffled its daytime lineup, former anchor Phil Mattingly has a new role at the cable network.
CNN has announced Mattingly will serve as its Chief Domestic Correspondent. As his first assignment for the network, Mattingly will cover the Presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump.
The role won’t be a foreign one to Mattingly, who served as the network’s Chief White House Correspondent before shifting to the anchor chair of the morning show.
“Phil Mattingly is one of the strongest political journalists and anchors we have at CNN,” saidCEO and Chairman Mark Thompson. “As a 2016 campaign correspondent, Capitol Hill correspondent, Senior White House Correspondent and Chief White House Correspondent, Phil has risen to every challenge CNN has thrown at him.
“He’s the perfect choice to become CNN Anchor, Chief Domestic Correspondent and to play a central role in our coverage of one of the most momentous election cycles in American history,” concluded Thompson.
Mattingly joined CNN in 2015 as a New York-based correspondent. He had previously worked at Bloomberg Television in Washington.
