Salt Lake Tribune Changes Leadership, Reduces Staff By Nearly 20 Percent

By: Salt Lake Tribune Editors

Salt Lake Tribune Editor Nancy Conway, a passionate advocate for open records and government accountability, announced Thursday to the newsroom staff that Publisher William Dean Singleton is stepping down and that she and Editorial Page Editor Vern Anderson are retiring at the end of September.

The trio has led the newspaper for more than a decade, through big stories and unprecedented change in the newspaper industry. Singleton will continue as chairman of the board for The Salt Lake Tribune and in his other roles with MediaNewsGroup and The Denver Post.