Categories: OLD Media Moves

New editor of Blue Ridge Business Journal

Veteran Roanoke journalist Megan Schnabel was named Monday as the new editor of the Blue Ridge Business Journal, according to a brief in the Roanoke Times.

The brief stated, “Schnabel, a metro editor at The Roanoke Times in charge of public safety coverage since 2004, will start her new job Oct. 19.

“Schnabel first joined The Roanoke Times as an intern in 1994 and returned as a business reporter after graduating from Northwestern University the next year.

“Roanoke Times President and Publisher Debbie Meade has announced that the business journal, which until recently operated separately from the newspaper, will be integrated with core newspaper operations.”

Read more here. Elizabeth Parsons had been the editor of the publication.

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