Matt Canham

Senior Managing Editor

Matt was named senior managing editor in November 2016. He previously worked as an investigative reporter who specialized in politics. He joined The Tribune in 2002 and worked as one of the Trib's D.C. correspondents.

FILE - Copies of The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper are shown on April 20, 2016, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing a daily newspaper after nearly 150 years at the end of the year and move to a weekly print edition. The newspaper reported Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, the change won't result in cuts to the newsroom staff, but nearly 160 people involved with printing and delivering the daily paper will be laid off. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Salt Lake Tribune will continue Sunday print delivery, offer e-edition 6 days a week

By Matt Canham | November 26, 2020, 1:00 p.m.

(Laura Seitz | Deseret News, pool) Gov. Gary Herbert wears a mask prior to speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.

Utah governor orders statewide mask mandate, new coronavirus restrictions

By Norma Gonzalez | Matt Canham | November 9, 2020, 11:50 p.m.

(Cedar City police) Police in Cedar City issued an Amber Alert for 5-month-old Peyton Everett Caraballo-Winston on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. He was believed to be abducted by Emily Luciano.

Police recover abducted 5-month-old baby after Utah issues an Amber Alert

By Matt Canham | November 7, 2020, 10:10 p.m.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo)
Circleville, Utah, is on Highway 89 in a mountain valley by the Sevier River. A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020.

Early morning earthquake felt in central Utah

By Matt Canham | October 3, 2020, 2:28 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Sen. Mike Lee's office) Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett meets with Utah Sen. Mike Lee in his office on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.

Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has COVID-19; ex-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway also tests positive days after Rose Garden ceremony

By Matt Canham | October 3, 2020, 3:11 a.m.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is interviewed at Sundance's Cinema Cafe by NPR's Nina Totenberg, left, in connection with the documentary "RBG", Sunday, January 21, 2018. Ginsburg died Sept. 18, 2020, at age 87.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death will spark a political fight. Mike Lee, Mitt Romney will likely play prominent roles.

By Matt Canham | Paighten Harkins | September 19, 2020, 5:19 p.m.

(Screenshot via Utah Debate Commission) Burgess Owens participates in a Republican primary debate for the 4th Congressional District at the University of Utah, Monday, June 1, 2020.

Burgess Owens, Utah congressional candidate, to speak at the Republican convention

By Matt Canham | August 24, 2020, 11:39 p.m.

Utah police shootings surpass 2019 total, with two on Saturday

By Paighten Harkins | Matt Canham | August 9, 2020, 12:53 a.m.

(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Allen Dee Pace, age 68 of Willard, Utah, has died of the coronavirus. Pace was serving a senior mission with his wife, Nedra, in Detroit when he became ill.

First LDS missionary known to have died of COVID-19 was a beloved Utah teacher

By Matt Canham | April 20, 2020, 11:06 p.m.

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. (CDC via AP)

A second Utahn, a woman under age 60, has died from the coronavirus

By Matt Canham | March 27, 2020, 11:25 p.m.