Dallas Biz Journal editor departs

Juan Elizondo, who became editor of the Dallas Business Journal in April 2010, left the paper on Tuesday, according to an item on D Magazine’s blog The Front Burner.

Tim Rogers reports, “But Bormaster is no longer the publisher of the DBJ. That job belongs to Tracy Merzi, who sent the following note to the staff this morning: ‘Hi all, I want to communicate to all of you that Juan Elizondo has left the Business Journal as of today. He has been with us for the last year and a half and we certainly wish him well.’

“I called Elizondo to see if he had a comment. Understandably, he didn’t. ‘Tracy’s note speaks for itself,’ he said.”

Before joining the American City Business Journals paper, Elizondo had been been managing editor of the Longview News-Journal since 2004, when the daily newspaper was owned by Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises. Before that, he held several reporting and editing positions at the Austin American-Statesman,another Cox newspaper, and worked in three states for The Associated Press.

At the Statesman, Elizondo worked with a veteran staff as state editor and capitol bureau chief. His responsibilities included covering state politics and policy, including a number of issues important to the business community. He has reported and edited coverage of state tax policy and insurance regulation in Missouri, Michigan and Texas.

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