(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The large murals on the Fleet Block along 300 West and 800 South in Salt Lake City, are pictured on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The city doesn't think it will be able to preserve the murals that were painted during the protests of 2020 and became a healing space for families affected by police violence.
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.