(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Maughan of Smith Entertainment Group takes notes, listening to the Salt Lake City Council speak on the proposed downtown sports and entertainment district on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. He is flanked by Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, left, and Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.