(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The City Weekly owner and publisher John Saltas stands in an empty newsroom, April 1, 2020. Saltas 12 staffers are work remotely from home amid the coronavirus social distancing protocols. Saltas institutited furloughs on his staff March 27, and estimates the editorial staff is about half of what it was at its peak.The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on many small news-gathering organizations, such as alt-weeklies and free community newspapers.