Sean P. Means

Arts and Culture Reporter - Breaking News Reporter - Assistant Editor

Sean P. Means joined The Tribune in 1991, and in 1993 became movie critic — reviewing movies, tracking the Utah film industry and, most importantly, covering the Sundance Film Festival.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Russell Vinik, chief medical operations officer at the University of Utah Hospital, speaks at a news conference on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.

Utah doctors warn: Don’t let COVID-19 keep you from regular medical care

By Sean P. Means | February 24, 2021, 12:58 a.m.

(Photo courtesy of Intermountain Healthcare) Dr. Andrew Pavia, director of epidemiology at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital and chief of pediatric infectious diseases at University of Utah Health.

Two childhood viruses at near zero, a ‘good side effect of COVID-19,’ a Utah pediatrician says

By Sean P. Means | February 22, 2021, 11:17 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Jana Arnold, disinfecting her covid-19 vaccination work space on Friday, didn't have many adults taking the dumdum suckers she placed on her table. Employees of the Jordan School District were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive their coronavirus vaccination, Feb. 12, 2021.

Utah records 338 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest since September

By Sean P. Means | February 22, 2021, 10:01 p.m.

(David Bornfriend | A24) Steven Yeun, foreground, plays the patriarch of a Korean-American family starting a farm in Arkansas, in writer-director Lee Isaac Chung's drama "Minari." The Utah Film Critics Association named "Minari" the best movie of 2020.

Utah film critics pick immigrant drama ‘Minari,’ directed by a University of Utah alumnus, as 2020’s best movie

By Sean P. Means | February 22, 2021, 7:27 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kirsten Weber, gives a COVID-19 vaccination to a Utah County resident in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.

Utah has dispensed almost half a million COVID-19 vaccines

By Scott D. Pierce | Sean P. Means | February 12, 2021, 11:37 p.m.

(Courtesy University of Utah Health) A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech version of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Provo hospital trying to give out 1,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccine by Friday

By Sean P. Means | February 12, 2021, 1:11 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox listens to a question presented in Spanish during a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.

Utah will open mass COVID-19 vaccination sites and needs volunteers

By Sean P. Means | February 11, 2021, 8:58 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign at Salt Lake City's East High School addresses COVID-19 on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.

As Salt Lake City kids resume in-person classes, don’t expect a COVID-19 surge, expert says

By Sean P. Means | February 11, 2021, 4:55 p.m.

(Taylor Jewell | Invision / Associated Press photo) Director Lee Isaac Chung, left, and actor Steven Yeun pose for a portrait to promote the film "Minari" at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

University of Utah alum Lee Isaac Chung tells his family story in ‘Minari,’ a Sundance winner and Oscar contender

By Sean P. Means | February 10, 2021, 8:40 p.m.

(Courtesy University of Utah Health) A vial of the Pfizer version of the COVID-19 vaccine. Doctors are warning patients that they should delay getting mammograms for a month after getting the last dose of the vaccine, because of a side effect that mimics a condition often seen in cancer diagnoses.

Women who get COVID-19 vaccine should delay their regular mammogram, Utah doctor says

By Sean P. Means | February 9, 2021, 8:08 p.m.