NJ Hires Duran as Exec Editor

In an unusual HR twist, FishbowlDC has confirmed that Nicole Duran will join National Journal as Executive Editor of NJ Daily.  Matt Cooper announced his interesting hire in an internal memo to the publication’s Congress team this week.  Nothing short of meteoric, Duran’s leap to NJ management is raising eyebrows around the newsroom.  Though she put in a number of years at Roll Call, CQ Daily and American Banker, she most recently served as a reporter for The Deal and has never worked as an editor.