Colleen Curtis

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Colleen Curtis

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

Civil Rights

President Obama Hosts LGBT Pride Reception at the White House

June 15, 2012 at 6:59 PM EDT

The President paid tribute to the generations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans who devoted their lives to ensuring equality for all

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We Come Back Stronger

June 15, 2012 at 1:24 PM EDT

President Obama wrote a message for all Americans on a beam that will be used to build One World Trade Center

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Economy

My First Job: Chris Lu

June 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM EDT

The Cabinet Secretary at the White House talks about the lessons he learned on his first summer job, many of which still apply in the work he does today

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Inside the White House

President Obama Welcomes NY Giants to the White House

June 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM EDT

The 2012 Super Bowl champs were honored in a ceremony on the South Lawn this afternoon

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Economy

Congress Says No to Equal Pay

June 5, 2012 at 4:24 PM EDT

President Obama vows that his Administration will continue to fight for a woman’s right for equal pay for equal work, so that hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded, and every American gets a fair shot to succeed.

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Economy

By the Numbers: $431,000

June 4, 2012 at 1:16 PM EDT

The gender wage gap puts women at a career-long disadvantage. In 2011, a typical 25-year-old woman working full-time all year earned $5,000 less than a typical 25-year-old man. If that earnings gap is not corrected, by the age of 65 years, she will have lost $431,000 over her working lifetime.

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Economy

Equal Pay for Equal Work?

June 1, 2012 at 12:53 PM EDT

When women, who make up nearly half the workforce, bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families, and over a lifetime of work, far less savings for retirement.

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What the Medal of Freedom Means to Me: John Glenn

May 30, 2012 at 2:30 PM EDT

John Glenn is a national hero, the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. Hesays that receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom was truly a humbling experience

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Inside the White House

What the Medal of Freedom Means to Me: Madeleine Albright

May 30, 2012 at 2:12 PM EDT

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says receiving the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, left her "almost" speechless.

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Economy

My First Job: Nancy-Ann DeParle

May 23, 2012 at 2:03 PM EDT

The White House Deputy Chief of Staff got her first taste of work and responsibility behind the counter at a drugstore in Rockwood, TN, where she worked as a soda jerk

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