National Journal's Fawn Johnson decamps for 'Morning Consult'

Senior National Journal reporter Fawn Johnson is leaving the magazine, a decision she made shortly before the Atlantic Media Co. announced it would shutter the 46-year-old print weekly. Johnson, who has spent 15 years covering Congress for National Journal, The Wall Street Journal and others, will now join "Morning Consult," the politics and polling site founded by pollster Michael Ramlet.

Meghan McCarthy, another National Journal alum, is the site's editor-in-chief; Reid Wilson, formerly of The Washington Post, was hired earlier in 2015 as Congress editor and chief political correspondent. National Journal sources said Johnson decided to leave the magazine before Atlantic Media chairman David Bradley informed staff that he would be shutting down the magazine at the end of 2015. Bradley attributed the decision both to his own failures as a leader and to the changing media environment. He also informed staff that the company would be forced to reduce staff.