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Show Christopher Smart resigns; will go to Salt Lake Tribune Christopher Smart will be a Salt Lake Tribune reporter. This will be the last time (he byline of Christopher Smart will appear in The Park Record. He is leaving the Record staff to become a reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune. ' Smart, who started work for the Record more than two years ago, has been recognized for his reporting repor-ting ability among his peers. Last year, Smart won the award for the Best News Series from the Utah Press Association for his continuing conti-nuing coverage of the controversy surrounding the Superfund listing of Prospector Square. While with the Record, Smart has covered numerous important stories, from the murder of Fred Duncan to the evolving saga of the Marsac redevelopment hotel to the changing relationship between the town, resorts and United Park City Mines. His beat has been city government, govern-ment, police and other general hard- "Chris has been a solid, can-do reporter whose ability to cultivate sources has led to several good, exclusive ex-clusive stories. I have admired his commitment to fairness and .his" critical eye. His depth of knowledge and understanding of the city government workings will be sorely missed," Record editor Janice Perry said. Smart, 35, came to the Record from the University of Utah, where he had worked as a research techni-' techni-' i-ian in the Department of Biology and was working toward a career change to journalism. He had won a first place in nowswriting awarded by the Rocky Mountain Collegiate' Press Association Associa-tion while with the Daily Utah . Chronicle at the university. At the Salt Lake Tribune, Smart will be covering the police beat and some general assignment news, but he will continue to live in Park City. news items. But Smart also could demonstrate a light touch, contributing con-tributing his share of features, along 'with business and sports stories. |
