Lauren Gustus

Executive Editor

Lauren Gustus returned to The Tribune as executive editor in the fall of 2020. She previously served as executive editor of The Sacramento Bee and West Region editor for McClatchy. Lauren met her husband in Salt Lake City while working at The Tribune in the early 2000s. Today, the couple and their two young sons enjoy camping and skiing.

The first edition of The Salt Lake Daily Tribune and Utah Mining Gazette was published on Saturday, April 15, 1871. The Tribune celebrates its 150th birthday in 2021.

On our 150th birthday, here’s how we’re building for a future with more local news

By Lauren Gustus | April 15, 2021, 5:41 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Danyelle White is The Tribune's Senior Director of Audience

Danyelle White joins The Tribune as Senior Director of Audience

By Lauren Gustus | March 29, 2021, 2:26 p.m.

(AP file photo) The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City became a nonprofit news organization in 2019.

The Salt Lake Tribune is pioneering one path forward for local news. See its playbook here

By Lauren Gustus | March 25, 2021, 2:05 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City's skyline will change in 2021 with several new skyscrapers and midsize towers going up across Utah's capital city.

The Salt Lake Tribune is hiring three journalists to cover innovation

By Lauren Gustus | February 16, 2021, 6:18 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake Tribune photographer Rick Egan feels the effects of being pepper sprayed in the eyes while documenting Trump supporters gathered outside the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

Tribune photographer pepper-sprayed during Utah Capitol protest

By Lauren Gustus | January 7, 2021, 3:59 p.m.

Note to readers: Today we make a historic transition

By Lauren Gustus | January 2, 2021, 4:30 a.m.

(Paul Fraughton | Tribune file photo) The Salt Lake Tribune office building at the Gateway mall.

Help shape The Tribune’s reporting in 2021

By Lauren Gustus | December 9, 2020, 5:26 p.m.