| Show CHAPTER EIGHT UtahSix Surviving Dailies For many years after the formation of Utah Press Association dailies were active members But eventually the larger papers and their smaller cousins drifted apart James Owens of the Provo Daily Herald in 1935-36 was the last representative of the daily press to serve as President until those papers rejoined UPA more thanhalfcentury later Lapse of daily membership wasnthe result ofconflict In general the weeklies and the larger city papers continued to maintain an amicable relationship and the Salt Lake Tribune was an ongoing associate member Nevertheless the publications simply went their separate ways Unlike many states the dailies didnorganize an associa tion of their own But there were only five until the Color Country Spectrum came on the scene in the 1980s so the mutual gain probably wouldnhave justified the effort All were together in the regional Associated Press organization which in addition to journalistic camaraderie and conferences on product improvement offeredcontest for news and editorial writing and photography In some areas the competitive factor may have entered into the separation of Utahdailies from the weeklies Or at least made them armlength neighbors Utah County and its near environs for example contained not only the Provo daily but weeklies in Payson Spanish Fork Springville Orem American Fork Pleasant Grove and Lehi In the process of covering the news the Daily Herald obviously invaded the field of one or more of the smaller papers But thatthe name of the game in newspapering print the story first Needless to say there was competition for subscribers as well But that wasnlimited to Provo vs The Weeklies The 133 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
