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The Santa Monica Daily Press (SMDP) is the newspaper of record for the city of Santa Monica, California. Founded in 2001, the Santa Monica Daily Press publishes a print edition six days per week (Monday-Saturday). The Santa Monica Daily Press also hasStaff
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The three founding partners — Carolyn Sackariason, Ross Furukawa and Dave Danforth — worked in the business of free micro dailies in Colorado and were attracted to Santa Monica by the similarities it held to Aspen and the news that the city’s only daily, The Evening Outlook, had recently folded. In February 2018, Todd James joined the paper as a partner. Carolyn Sackariason was the first person to hold the title of Editor in Chief at the Daily Press, but behind the scenes she was performing many other roles: reporter, researcher, scheduler, community outreach leader, copy-editor and even delivery person. Sackariason was the first reporter on scene after the 2003 Farmers Market massacre, when 86-year-old George Russell Weller plowed his car through the market, slaying ten people including a 3-year-old girl and 7-month-old boy. When Sackariason moved back to Colorado, Michael Tittinger took over as Editor in Chief. Tittinger converted the Saturday paper into a magazine-esque edition anchored by a deep dive article that is unconstrained by the quick turn-and-burn nature of the weekday stories. Current editor Matt Hall revived this tradition in summer 2021 and it continues to be an important outlet for investigative and feature reporting. Tittinger also launched a quotes of the week section gathering witty or salient remarks from local figures, which predated the now viral “overheard at” social media accounts and made the community feel more involved with the paperEditors
Carolyn Sackariason, 2001-2006 Michael Tittinger, 2006-2007 Kevin Herrera, 2008-2014 Matt Hall, 2014-presentReferences
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