Albuquerque Biz First names Nichols its editor

Meagan Nichols

Albuquerque Business First on Thursday announced that Meagan Nichols has been named editor-in-chief.

Her first day is scheduled to be May 24.

Chris Keller of Business First writes, “Nichols was previously managing editor of sister paper the Memphis Business Journal, a position she held since November 2019. Prior to that role at the MBJ, she was an associate editor, lead reporter and reporter. She joined the paper in 2014.

“Both the MBJ and Business First are owned by American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of local business news and information.

“‘Since starting with American City Business Journals, I have gone from a reporter to an editor-in-chief — with several roles in between,’ Nichols said. ‘This company has allowed me to grow in a way that few do, and my managers have always encouraged me to take the next step. I look forward to now working with my team at ABF as we, together, take steps to catapult our coverage to new heights.’

“As editor-in-chief, Nichols will be responsible for the strategic direction of Business First’s digital and print news products, as well as continuing to grow the readership of both.”

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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.