Join the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at our annual Elsie Hillman Chair in Women and Politics. Our 2024-2025 recipient, CNN’s Abby Phillip, will present “Today’s Sociopolitical Challenges and a Conversation with Abby Phillip.”

About Abby Phillip:

Abby Phillip anchors CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip airing weeknights at 10pm ET. NewsNight showcases a range of political viewpoints for an hour-long, news-driven conversation. With her award-winning background in dogged Washington reporting, Phillip brings unique context to the complexity of current affairs. Abby keeps the powerful honest in hard-hitting interviews and hosts lively conversations with a variety of perspectives.

She was previously CNN’s senior political correspondent and anchor of Inside Politics Sunday. She joined the network in 2017 to cover the Trump Administration and served as a White House Correspondent through 2019. In January 2020, she moderated CNN’s Democratic Presidential Debate in Iowa. She also anchored special coverage of Election Night in America surrounding the 2020 election. Phillip has been an essential player in CNN’s Special Coverage of a range of political events, including election nights, debates, town halls, State of the Union Addresses, and the January 6th Committee hearings. Abby has become known for her sharp, incisive political analysis and her ability to go beyond the obvious in search of deeper meaning.

Abby was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy for her powerful hour-long documentary on Black maternal health: “Homebirth: Saving Black Moms.” She was part of CNN’s Emmy Award-winning coverage of the Israel-Hamas War and for her contributions to The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.

Abby has worked at several major news organizations, including the Washington Post, ABC News, and Politico. Throughout her career, she has covered the White House under multiple presidents as well as campaign finance, lobbying, and several presidential campaigns.

Abby was named to the Time “100 Next” list in 2021, she was the recipient of the National Urban League’s Women of Power award, and she has been named to the Ebony Power 100 list.