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# Kristine Coratti Kelly, WaPo’s communications chief, joins CNN Worldwide as evp and head of global communications
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/kristine-coratti-kelly-wapos-communications-chief-joins-cnn-worldwide-as-evp-and-head-of-global-communications/
- Published: 2022-07-20T16:39:11.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-20T18:18:39.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:52

**Kristine Coratti Kelly, The Washington Post’s communications chief, is joining CNN Worldwide as evp and head of global communications**. Kelly is taking on the top spokesperson role that was vacated by **Allison Gollust**, the former CNN cmo and communications lead who left the company in February after parent company WarnerMedia started to investigate the handling of the network’s firing of former host **Chris Cuomo**.

Kelly will lead CNN’s brand strategy and teams, including media relations and publicity, creative marketing, events and brand initiatives, as well as employee and external communications, reports TVNewser

She had been with The Washington Post since 2006, and was most recently its chief communications officer as well as the general manager of Washington Post Live.

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