The Revolving Door

Jessica Taylor is leaving National Journal for a gig as assistant web editor for a new site at Politico called "2010," which will focus on the midterm elections.

See the memo from Jackie Koszczuk that announces Taylor's departure after the jump.

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Veteran TV producer Michele Remillard became Executive Producer of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" this week.

A veteran of Fox News for 11 years, Michele launched "Beltway Boys" and was a top producer at "Special Report with Bret Baier." Earlier in her career, Michele helped launch "Hardball with Chris Matthews" at CNBC, where she also produced "Equal Time" when Dee Dee Myers and Mary Matalin hosted. She was also producer at "The McLaughlin Group."

Chico Harlan is shifting gears at the Post and leaving his spot as the Nats writer up for grabs. Memo obtained by FishbowlDC below:

After two very long seasons doing an outstanding job covering the Washington Nationals, Chico Harlan is eager for a new challenge at the Post, and a well-deserved one. We do not fault Chico for having failed to bring winning baseball to the District. In fact, he now joins a long list of baseball writers who have come up short in that regard. What this means is that we are looking for a new reporter to cover the Nats. This is one of the most high profile and rewarding beats in Sports because our coverage of the city's MLB franchise is at the center of our department's mission. It is also a very demanding job. It involves covering upwards of 140-150 games per year, in addition to spring training and the off-season.

The beat writer is also responsible for regular posts to the Nationals Journal blog, which has a large and passionate following of baseball fans. A background in sports is not essential, though the ideal candidate would be someone who has high energy, a willingness to travel and a love for the game of baseball.

We would like to fill this position soon to give the writer time to acclimate before the start of spring training in Florida in mid-February.

If interested, contact Matt Vita, Peter Perl, or Alexa Steele by December 2.

Atlantic Media has hired Adam Pasick as managing editor of a new digital media brand launching in early 2010 and targeting global business executives. Pasick was previously with Reuters, most recently as US editor of Reuters.com.

FishbowlDC has confirmed that Amos Snead, assistant VP of FD Public Affairs (formerly Dittus Communications) is leaving his post. We're told that Snead resigned last week and will be a free agent after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Prior to his run at Dittus where he represented clients like Roll Call (pre-CQ acquisition), Snead spent five years on the hill and worked for House Republican Whip Roy Blunt.

The memo from TWT's Sonya Jenkins obtained by FishbowlDC.

From: "Sonya Jenkins" Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:57:04 -0500

Dear Colleagues,

At the request of Jonathan Slevin, Acting President and Publisher, I am forwarding the below announcement.

"Effective November 6, 2009, John Solomon has resigned his position as the Executive Editor of The Washington Times."

Former managing editor of The New Yorker Kate Julian has joined WaPo as the deputy editor of Outlook.

New to Washington, Julian started at the paper Monday. Outlook's editor Carlos Lozada's email to WaPo announcing her arrival (and the arrival of Baby Julian in early 2010) is after the jump...

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Susan Nixon announced that she'd be stepping down as publisher of Capitol File yesterday. Her resignation comes only a few short months after former-EIC Sherry Moeller was replaced by Sarah Schaffer.

According to "Yeas and Nays," Nixon revealed her plans to resign last week at the Knock Out Abuse Gala.

Nixon corresponding from the red carpet outside Cap File's WHCA after-party.

Looks like WaPo's Chris Cillizza, on The Fix, is the first to report that White House Communications Director Anita Dunn will step down at the end of this month, to be replaced by her deputy Dan Pfeiffer. Cillizza's reporting:

Dunn, a longtime Democratic media consultant, took over the job on an interim basis earlier this year when Ellen Moran abruptly left the post to take a job at the Commerce Department. Dunn will remain as a consultant to the White House on the communications and strategic ends.

Pfeiffer began working for Obama in 2007 following Sen. Evan Bayh's (Ind.) decision not to pursue the presidency. He served a stint as the traveling press secretary for Obama's presidential bid but eventually took a slot overseeing the campaign's communications operation.

Prior to Obama, Pfeiffer worked for Sen. Tim Johnson's (S.D.) re-election race in 2002 and on then Sen. Tom Daschle's (S.D.) unsuccessful bid in 2004.

Jon Ward, White House reporter for The Washington Times has taken a new job with Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller website. Ward announced his move via Twitter this afternoon:

Good news! I've taken a new job at the Daily Caller, a new website being launched by Tucker Carlson.