SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - Key Persons
Aaron Falk manages The Tribune's award-winning sports staff. Off the clock, you can find him missing fairways, getting lost on mountain trails, or spilling gourmet cuisine on a previously clean shirt.
Alex Partida is from sunny Los Angeles where she lives with her partner and daughter. She started in fashion and made a transition into tech in 2019 by joining a coding bootcamp. When she's not coding, you'll find her playing the piano or spending time with her daughter at the horse stables. She loves nature and animals, her dog and two cats.
Job Titles:
- BYU Basketball / General Assignment Reporter
- General Assignment Reporter
Alex is an expat from Los Angeles who started his journalism career in 2013 after attempting, and failing, to become the next great rock star. He most recently covered local sports in Chico.
Job Titles:
- Office Manager
- Tribune Employee
Ana has been a stalwart Tribune employee shifting with the times and technologies. Once leading the archives, she now manages the letters to the editor (submit by ending an email to letters@sltrib.com) and calendar items (send info to calendar@sltrib.com). She also is a key member of the administrative team, assisting with everything from human res
Andy Larsen, a lifelong Utah resident who graduated from Salt Lake City's Westminster College, has been covering the Utah Jazz since 2013. When he's not covering the Jazz and the NBA, Andy enjoys playing soccer, tennis and chess.
Anthony L. Solis joins the advertising side of newspapers after 25 years of working in newsrooms. He has been a designer, copy editor, podcaster, columnist and photographer and now he is excited to bring all of those skills together in the content producer roll.
Antonio is Product Lead and has been part of the staff of The Salt Lake Tribune since 1995. He graduated from Judge Memorial High School and the University of Utah. He loves following the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco 49ers and watching lots of soccer. He and his family live in Layton.
Job Titles:
- Credit and Collections Manager
After working for Utah Media Group for 13 years in the accounting department, Beth has joined The Salt Lake Tribune as the Credit and Collections Manager.
Bethany Baker is a Report for America corps member working as the first full-time videographer for The Tribune. Born and raised in Indiana, she worked throughout the West for the past decade before joining The Tribune newsroom. When not documenting life in Utah, she's out backpacking with her two dogs.
Job Titles:
- Reporter
- City and County Reporter
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered breaking news, local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.
Camille joined The Salt Lake Tribune at the beginning of 2021 as the creative director after working for Utah Media Group for almost four years. She earned a bachelor's degree in art with a minor in communications from UVU.
Chris is the producer for The Tribune's photo desk, working and coordinating with an award-winning staff of photographers and editors. He has been at The Tribune since August 2019. Prior to that, he worked as an editor or photographer at several Utah newspapers. Growing up in New Jersey, he is an alumnus of the University of Utah.
Job Titles:
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Chief Revenue Officer for the Tribune
Chris Stegman became chief revenue officer for The Tribune in the fall of 2020. He previously worked at Hearst at the Houston Chronicle, and before that at Gannett and USA Today. Chris and his wife Tabitha are excited to now call Salt Lake City home, being avid hikers and former ultra athletes.
Christopher has a bachelor's degree in animation from Brigham Young University and a master's degree in Entertainment Arts and Engineering from the University of Utah.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Development
- DEVELOPMENT
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- Reporter
- Reporter at the Tribune
Courtney is a reporter at The Tribune, where she has worked since May 2016. She unwinds by fishing in the mountains far away from cell service. She's a fan of bacon and Kevin Bacon.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
As Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement, Danyelle White leads The Tribune's product, subscriber and audience growth initiatives. Danyelle was an editor at The Tribune from 2007-2012 and has spent the past near-decade leading content marketing teams. She is a University of Utah graduate, an avid reader and sports fan.
Job Titles:
- Director of Circulation Operations
David is a managing editor at The Tribune, where he has worked since 1984. He oversees coverage ranging from local government and west-side issues to growth, development and housing. In addition, he directs religion reporting, co-hosts the award-winning "Mormon Land" podcast and writes the Mormon Land newsletter.
Job Titles:
- Human Resources Coordinator
- Office Manager
My name is Dayanna Torres Castillo, I was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. I am a proud first generation college graduate from Utah Valley University. I love movies, plants, and lazy days with my husband and puppy. I am passionate about HR and providing a safe space where all are welcome.
Elias Cunningham is the Marketing Director at The Salt Lake Tribune based out of Pittsburgh. He previously served as Director of Subscriptions at Raw Story Media. In his free time, he enjoys camp films, craft brews, and the outdoors
Job Titles:
- Reporter
- Statewatch Reporter
Emily is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2022. She received her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. There, she worked on investigative projects for The Washington Post and ProPublica. While writing, she's probably spinning something from her ever-expanding shelf of punk records.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.
Job Titles:
- Digital Media Manager at the Tribune
Eve is the Digital Media Manager at the Tribune. She grew up on the East Coast and moved to Utah from New York City in 2018. In her free time, she likes to hike, garden, and cook. She's always planning her next meal.
Born in Mexico City and raised in both Mexico and Colorado, Francisco gained a love for photography from his father, and has worked as a photojournalist for over 25 years covering news and events from Detroit to Mexico to South America.
Job Titles:
- Web Manager / Evening Editor
- Web Manager for the Tribune
Gabrielle Baquero is a web manager for The Tribune. After graduating from the University of Central Florida, she worked as a news reporter/editor in Orlando for three years. To escape Florida's oppressive humidity, she moved to Utah, where she must now deal with air pollution.
George has been an editorial writer, columnist and blogger for The Tribune's Opinion Section since 2002 (with a four-year diversion to do the same things for The Buffalo News in Buffalo, N.Y.).
Job Titles:
- Columnist
- Sports Columnist
Gordon Monson has been a columnist at The Salt Lake Tribune since 1993. Before coming to Utah, he was a sports and feature writer at the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News. He's hosted a sports-talk radio show in Salt Lake City for 22 years, the past 16 years at 1280 AM/97.5 FM The Zone.
Managing Editor Grant Burningham started his career at KUER in Salt Lake City before working at The New York Times, Yahoo News and Newsweek. His work has appeared in the BBC, Quartz, The International Herald Tribune and Time and he hosted a podcast on disinformation for Verizon.
Job Titles:
- Director of News and Audience Analytics
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- ADVERTISING
- Director of Advertising Systems
John W. Gallivan became president and publisher upon Fitzpatrick's death in 1960. When Gallivan took publisher emeritus status in 1984, Jerry O'Brien was named Tribune publisher and Dominic Welch became president and CEO of Kearns Tribune. Upon O'Brien's death in 1994, Welch assumed the publisher's responsibilities and duties.
Job Titles:
- Olympics and Enterprise Reporter
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- Digital Marketing Coordinator
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- Community Engagement Editor
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- Managing Editor of Audience and Multimedia
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- Water and Land Use Reporter
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- Enterprise Editor / Director of Internships
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- Account Executive ( Legals & Recruitment )
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- Sports Copy Editor - Page Designer
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- Sales Development Representative
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- Renewable Energy Reporter