The chair of the nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune’s board of administrators has based a brand new web site and weekly newspaper in Southern California.
Paul Huntsman is the proprietor of The Coronado Information, a startup within the small metropolis of about 20,000, situated on an island simply south of San Diego.
In an editorial revealed final week on thecoronadonews.com, Huntsman wrote that after he purchased a house in Coronado final 12 months, he took word of seashore closure indicators within the space. The closures have been the results of “sewage creep,” he wrote, however he observed there was “little or no” reported about it.
“The pristine seashores of Coronado are among the many most stunning on the planet,” he wrote, “and I yearned to know extra in regards to the causes and results, and potential cures for this wide-ranging environmental and well being drawback on the island. … With the backdrop of seashore closures and sewage spill on our seashores in Coronado, why not convey a workforce collectively to handle this?”
The Coronado Information launched on-line in late January, and its first, free weekly print version was mailed to residents final month.
In his editorial, Huntsman — who serves as chair of each The Salt Lake Tribune’s board of administrators and editorial board — advised readers that he bought the Tribune in 2016 “to convey the paper again into native palms, and discover a sustainable pathway ahead for native journalism.”
“After 4 lengthy irritating years, I made the choice to transform The Salt Lake Tribune into the nation’s first legacy day by day nonprofit newspaper,” he wrote. Two years after that, he wrote, “large losses transitioned to money surplus.”
The Coronado Information shouldn’t be a nonprofit.
The California metropolis is already dwelling to 2 different newspapers — the weekly Coronado Eagle & Journal (coronadonewsca.com) and the web coronadotimes.com. However, Huntsman wrote, he hopes his new newspaper “raises the extent of competitors, which advantages the complete group.”
“An incredible group deserves a terrific newspaper,” he wrote. “We’re right here to remain, and look ahead to constructing this for the betterment of our group.”