Jones joins Albuquerque Biz First as senior reporter

Carter Jones

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reporter Carter Jones has joined Albuquerque Business First as the publication’s senior reporter.

Managing editor Chris Keller writes, “While there, Jones quickly solidified himself as a trusted journalist tackling the tech, health care and entrepreneur beats.

“‘Carter has built a strong reputation as a reporter within our company,’ said Meagan Nichols, ABF’s editor-in-chief. ‘We are fortunate to get to welcome him to New Mexico and I am confident the entire state will benefit from his coverage.’

“Originally from Mound, Minnesota, Jones earned a degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. He started with the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in March 2020. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter in northwest Minnesota’s ‘Lake Country.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.