Columbus Biz First editor Cappa is retiring

Dominic Cappa, the longtime editor of Columbus Business First, announced his retirement on Friday.

Laura Newpoff of Business First writes, “Cappa joined Business First as managing editor in summer 1998 and was named its editor 18 months later, succeeding Bill McMeekin who moved to a sister paper. His arrival marked a return to Business First parent American City Business Journals after seven years away from the company.

“Cappa joined American City about two years after the company was founded, serving as managing editor of its paper in Buffalo, New York, when it was launched in 1984. He was the first editor of the Charlotte Business Journal, helping start it in 1986, before becoming editor of American City’s paper in Philadelphia.

“From there he returned to daily newspapering, being named business editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal in New York state and then deputy business editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer – both owned by Gannett Company Inc. He started his newspaper career as a reporter in suburban Buffalo after graduating from St. Bonaventure University and was a reporter in Niagara Falls, New York, rising to city editor at the Niagara Gazette before moving to the editing desk at the Fort Myers News-Press in Florida, also Gannett-owned papers at the time.”

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