The Revolving Door

Roll Call's Charlie Mitchell announced today that Erin Billings has been promoted to deputy editor of the rag. Mitchell's memo to staff below:

From: Charlie Mitchell Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 To: RC Edit Subject: Personnel Announcements

I am pleased to announce that Erin Billings will be assuming the title of deputy editor. This move reflects the outstanding job Erin has done as my senior editor for news content, the skills she has demonstrated as a manager and her commitment to constantly improving our newspaper and Web site.

Erin will continue to lead our House and Senate reporting team, while playing a key role in crafting Roll Call's overall editorial strategy.

Please join me in congratulating Erin for a job well done and in wishing her all the best going forward.

Charlie Mitchell

A tipster tells us that Robert Fulton is no longer the editor of On Tap Magazine. Fulton is being replaced by Connie Poole. Poole has served as an associate and freelancer for the mag for several years.

Wow! Cap File fodder galore today. The deputy editor position left open by Lisa Horten has been filled...

Christie Findlay will reunite with new EIC Sarah Schaffer as Cap File's deputy editor. Findlay previously worked under Schaffer at DC Style, Washington's "ghost of glossy past."

Findlay most recently served as Politics Mag's EIC before cutting ties with the pub on April 1st.

In February, we announced that Lisa Horten had been named Deputy Editor of Capitol File magazine. Today, we learned that Horten is leaving the glam glossy to follow her husband to Atlanta, where he will attend business school at Emory.

Fox News producer Mosheh Oinounou is moving up to NY as an international editor for Bloomberg TV. Today is his last day at Fox in DC.

In an email to friends and colleagues, Oinounou says, "It has been a pleasure to work with all of you during my time covering politics and Capitol Hill for Fox but I look forward to continuing to work with all of you in my new capacity."

Good luck!

John McCormick will replace Jill Zuckman in Washington for the Chicago Tribune. Zuckman left the Tribune in February for a job as the Department of Transportation's director of public affairs and assistant to Secretary Ray LaHood.

Playbook had this Chicago Tribune memo this morning:

I am pleased to announce that John D. McCormick is the Chicago Tribune's newest Washington reporter. He will cover the Obamas, the Illinois delegation and other Chicagoans making their mark in the nation's capital. McCormick started at the Chicago Tribune in May 2002 and has done general assignment, political, database and project reporting. His introduction to Illinois politics started shortly after his arrival here, when he covered Lisa Madigan's first campaign for attorney general in 2002. More recently, he reported on the race to replace Rahm Emanuel, a contest that elected Mike Quigley as the newest member of Congress from Illinois. He first reported on Obama in July 2003, while helping with coverage of the U.S. Senate primary. In January 2007, he was assigned to cover the then-junior senator from Illinois, eventually writing stories about Obama from nearly 40 states during the two-year campaign, transition, inauguration and first 150 days in office. It was the third presidential campaign McCormick had covered in his career. Before joining the Tribune, McCormick was the computer-assisted reporting coordinator at The Des Moines Register. Besides Illinois and Iowa, he also worked at newspapers in Minnesota, his native state. At least initially, John will split his time between the Tribune's Washington Bureau and Chicago. In this specialist role, he will report to the Metro desk and will team with Mike Dorning to cover this vast beat. Together, they will be Chicago's eyes and ears in Washington.

In today's Chatological Humor, WaPo columnist Gene Weingarten disclosed that he accepted WaPo's buyout package. Weingarten addressed questions in his Tuesday chat:

"Yes, I took it because I wanted to. Generously, The Post offered to hire me back, on contract, to do the same job I am doing now, whatever that is. But I'm 57, and want to start on some book and movie projects before I get even older and feebler and the DNA in my brain further deteriorates to the point that I can''t even finish my own senten"

Earlier this month, we questioned if Weingarten would follow Tom Shroder's lead after learning that Shroder was the latest to buy in to the buyout.

In a memo today, Newsweek's Jon Meacham announced the appointment of Devin Gordon as editor of Newsweek.com and Bret Begun as Scope Editor.

Meacham's memo below:

I am delighted to announce that Devin Gordon will become the editor of Newsweek.com effective immediately. For years Devin has consistently proven himself to be a creative and energetic force for the magazine, and his reinvention of Scope for the relaunch is a terrific success story. In it he translated our core values in new and engaging ways, and I am certain he will help us do the same in the digital world. Working with Geoff Reiss and the Newsweek.com team, Devin will play a crucial role in both the day-to-day and long-term aspects of our evolving online strategy. This is great news for Devin, and for Newsweek.

After directing our coverage of a historic presidential race, Bret Begun has agreed to shift his formidable talents to Scope and the Front of the Book, and will become Scope Editor. Imaginative and scrupulous, Bret has excelled at every assignment he has undertaken for us, and Danny and Mark and I are very pleased that he will be the controlling authority on such a critical part of the magazine.

In a personal email today, David Bradley delivered news that Atlantic Media President John Galloway will be leaving his post to "reset his career in some, new field likely closer to his new home."

From Bradley's email:

About two months ago, my colleague of 14 years, John Galloway, told me that he thought it was approaching time for him to move along. He will be with us months still, but already I sense missing him.

Bradley's full email after the jump.

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Mark Stencel landed a new gig with National Public Radio. The WaPo, CQ and Governing mag alum will now serve as NPR's Managing Editor of Digital News. NPR memo below.

From: NPR Communications Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:50 PM Subject: From Dick Meyer and Kinsey Wilson: New Managing Editor, Digital News

All,

We are very happy for NPR that Mark Stencel will be joining us as the new Managing Editor, Digital News beginning July 20. Mark is one of the most experienced, versatile, serious and well-liked news leaders of his generation. His mix of experience in breaking news, political reporting, digital innovation, technology leadership and the business is wholly unique and impressive.

After a long run with The Washington Post, Mark joined Congressional Quarterly in 2005. He is currently the Executive Editor and Deputy Publisher of Governing magazine and Governing.com.... Before that, he was Managing Editor, Newsroom at CQ.....