There are two parts. The Tribune itself is becoming a nonprofit. And we’re also creating this new foundation, the Utah Journalism Foundation. It’s a stand-alone organization. Its mission is to sustain independent journalism throughout the state of Utah. The Tribune will be the primary beneficiary of that, but we also intend the foundation to fund scholarships for emerging journalists, to look for other news outlets in the state that are producing independent projects and help fund those. That’s sort of a longer-term goal, but the immediate goal is to set up a large foundation that will help us finance the Tribune and, again, other independent news projects. It will have its own board of directors. It has a unique mission to raise a lot of money supporting local news. The Tribune will also have a board of directors. And right now we’re just in the middle of making the transition. The newspaper itself is part of a joint operating agreement with the Deseret News. We’ve been in a business relationship since the ‘50s. That contract ends at the end of this year, so we’re negotiating to see how that shakes out. While we’re getting the nonprofit groundwork established, Paul Huntsman is still the sole owner and publisher [of the Tribune]. When we make that transition, he will no longer be the owner. He will be the chairman of the board.

Jennifer Napier-Pearce