Tim Curran, a longtime editor with Roll Call and The Washington Post, was found dead in his Washington, D.C., home on Sunday. He was 57.
Curran, according to former colleagues, was a steady hand in the frenetic world of Washington journalism and had a keen eye for talent.
“There’s a tendency in Washington political news to kind of run around with your hair on fire when there’s big news or important stuff happening. And he just kept this very even-keeled demeanor,” said Ben Pershing, a supervising editor at CNN’s Washington Bureau and Roll Call alum who worked with Curran in the 1990s and early-2000s. “When your boss is calm and feels confident that things are going to be OK, it really sends a signal to the people who work for him.”
