Colleen Curtis

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Colleen Curtis

Former Director of Digital Content for the Office of Digital Strategy

Colleen Curtis joined the White House as Director of Digital Content in July 2011. Prior to this role, she was most recently Editorial Director of Womens & Lifestyle Programming at AOL, where she launched 15 websites that reached more than 20 million Americans each month. In addition, Curtis has held numerous leadership roles in media in the United States and overseas, including senior editorial positions at ABC’s Good Morning America, the New York Daily News, and the National Post.

A native of Sparta, New Jersey, Curtis studied journalism at Boston University’s College of Communications and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Colleen Curtis's Posts

Taxes

White House Taxpayer Receipt

April 15, 2013 at 5:53 AM EDT

Understand how and where your tax dollars are being spent.

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Violence Prevention

Weekly Address: Sandy Hook Victim’s Mother Calls for Commonsense Gun Responsibility Reforms

April 13, 2013 at 6:00 AM EDT

This week’s address is delivered by Francine Wheeler, whose six year old son, Ben, was murdered alongside nineteen other children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, four months ago. Now, Francine – joined by her husband David – is asking the American people to help prevent this type of tragedy from happening to more families like hers.

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Inside the White House

President Obama Awards Commander-in-Chief Trophy to Naval Academy -- Again

April 12, 2013 at 7:02 PM EDT

The Naval Midshipmen visit the White House to celebrate winning the Commander-in-Chief Trophy against the other service academies -- for the eighth time in 10 years.

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Veterans

President Obama Awards Medal of Honor to Father Emil Kapaun

April 11, 2013 at 4:29 PM EDT

President Obama bestowed the nation's highest honor on a remarkable man who gave his life serving God and country in the Korean War. Read the story of his incredible bravery.

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Economy

President Obama Sends Congress his Fiscal Year 2014 Budget

April 10, 2013 at 11:31 AM EDT

This year's Budget presents the President's plan to address these important questions: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?

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Inside the White House

First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts a Student Workshop Celebrating "Memphis Soul"

April 9, 2013 at 4:32 PM EDT

The First Lady invited Justin Timberlake, Sam Moore, Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper to join students for a conversation about a truly American art form, and the hard work involved in being a successful musician or artist.

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Inside the White House

First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts a "42" Movie Workshop for Students

April 2, 2013 at 3:00 PM EDT

The discussion focused on the inspirational themes from Jackie Robinson's life that students can apply to their own.

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Inside the White House

Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You: The 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll

April 1, 2013 at 6:44 PM EDT

The First Family hosted more than 30,000 visitors for the 135th annual Egg Roll, the largest public event held at the White House each year.

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Weekly Address: President Obama Offers Easter and Passover Greetings

March 30, 2013 at 6:00 AM EDT

President Obama uses his weekly address to mark a sacred time for the millions of Americans celebrating Easter and Passover, and he calls on everyone to use this time to reflect on the common values we share as a nation.

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Jobs

In Miami, President Obama Talks About his Plan to Put People to Work Rebuilding America

March 29, 2013 at 4:11 PM EDT

Despite strong efforts to fix our broken national infrastructure over the past four years, much work needs to be done if we are to prove to the world that there is no better place to do business than in the United States.

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