Background
Briggs, Michael David was born on September 14, 1951 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert James and Nola Lee (Sauter) Briggs.
journalist legislative staff member
Briggs, Michael David was born on September 14, 1951 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert James and Nola Lee (Sauter) Briggs.
Bachelor in History, Knox College, 1973.
News director Galesburg Broadcasting Company, Illinois, 1973-1976. Reporter Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, 1976-1977, bureau chief Springfield, Illinois, 1977-1979. Reporter Lee Enterprises, 1979-1981, Chicago Sun-Times, 1981-1983, bureau chief Springfield, Illinois, 1983, national political reporter Washington.
Deputy press secretary to Senator Paul Simon United States Senate, 1996, press secretary, 1996, press secretary to Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, 1997—1998, press secretary to Senator John Edwards, 1999—2004, communications director to Senator Bernard Sanders, since 2007. Press secretary to Republican Brad Sherman United States House of Representatives, Washington, 2005—2007.