New biz editor in Albuquerque

Erik Siemers is the Albuquerque Tribune’s new business editor, according to a short item in Monday’s paper. He had been the city hall reporter.

Siemers joined the paper in July 2004 as a business reporter, and his experience included assisting in the paper’s coverage of the presidential election and Legislature. He moved to the City Hall beat in February 2005, leading the paper’s coverage of last fall’s mayoral election.

A Minnesota native and 1999 University of North Dakota graduate, Siemers joined The Tribune after five years as a reporter with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

He replaces Nancy Salem, who is now editor of the Trib’s La Vida section

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