Albuquerque Biz First ME named editor of Taos News

Damon Scott, the managing editor of Albuquerque Business First, has been hired as editor of the Taos News.

A story on its website states, “‘This is a dream job for me,’ Scott said. ‘Taos is one of the most beautiful places on earth and is a community that cares deeply about the issues of the day that matter.’

“An award-winning journalist, Scott was at Albuquerque Business First for more than seven years as an editor and reporter. He won a second-place award in the annual Society of Professional Journalists’ Top of the Rockies competition for his story: ‘This is garnet: $1 billion of it,’ about Santa Fe business mogul Dan Burrell of The Burrell Group.

“‘We are excited that a community-minded editor of Damon’s caliber is joining our team,’ said Taos News Publisher Chris Baker. ‘His experience as a journalist, editor and professional writer spans more than 11 years working throughout the state.'”

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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.