Another journalist switches sides

Another member of the press corps has gone to work for the people he used to cover.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden's office announced this morning that Jay Carney, Time magazine's bureau chief in Washington, D.C., since September 2005 will be his communications director.

Besides overseeing Time's political coverage, Carney has been a visible presence on various cable news shows as a commentator.

Biden's office also announced that Elizabeth Alexander, who began working for Biden in 2006, first as press secretary and then as communications director in his Senate office and for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will be his press secretary. And Annie Tomasini, now Biden's deputy press secretary in the transition, will keep that post in the new administration. Tomasini grew up in Boston and went to Boston Latin School and Boston University.

“This talented group will bring a tireless work ethic and dedication to the Obama-Biden Administration,” Biden said in a statement. “I have long admired Jay Carney’s astute understanding of national affairs as well as foreign policy matters. I am certain that his counsel and leadership will be invaluable in the years to come. Elizabeth Alexander brings energy and broad experience in communications, most recently leading my press shop in the Senate and on the Foreign Relations Committee. Annie Tomasini has been an integral and loyal part of the press operations in my Senate office and recent campaigns and I look forward to having her continue on in my office.”