Gil Duran is an American journalist based in San Francisco. He has served as the California opinion editor for ''

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'' and editorial page editor for the ''

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''. He previously worked as

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for

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governor

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. From 2008 to 2010, Duran was communications director for U.S. Senator

Dianne Feinstein Dianne Emiel Feinstein (; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 38th ...

. He was press secretary to Los Angeles Mayor

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from 2007 to 2008. In 2013, Duran was the communications director for

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during her tenure as the California attorney general. In 2018, Duran became the California opinion editor for ''The Sacramento Bee'' and oversaw strategy for McClatchy's five California news organizations: ''The Sacramento Bee'', ''The Fresno Bee'', ''The Modesto Bee'', ''The Merced Sun-Star'' and ''The Tribune'' in San Luis Obispo.

Personal life

Duran and his mother and younger sister lived in

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when he was a boy. After moving to

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, he attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington. He later attended

DePauw University DePauw University ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1837 as Indiana Asbury College and changed its name to DePauw University in 1884. The college has a Methodist heritage and was ...

Greencastle, Indiana Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion ...

. In 2009, Duran was quoted in ''

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'' magazine talking about the importance of his mother.

References

External links

Gil Duran's Profile
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Gil Duran's Profile , Freelance Journalist
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