One day after retired ABC correspondent Linda Douglass was announced as a senior strategist and spokesperson for the Obama campaign, TVNewser's Gail Shister has a feature story on the topic.

Douglass tells Shister, "My intention is that I won't spin...I absolutely vow that I will tell the truth."

And she knows there is often no turning back. "Having been a journalist for most of my adult life, I think there's a line you cross where it's difficult, if not impossible, to cross back. I realize I'm going through a door that probably won't be open again. I'm ready for this change," Douglass said, of the move from journalism to political spokesperson.

Read the full story here.