A changing of the guard at The Monitor

You’ll notice a new byline with this week’s issue: Joshua Murdock has joined The Monitor as its new editor.

Although Josh grew up in Maryland, he has come to know and love rural communities and the West. After studying journalism and philosophy at Metropolitan State University in Denver, he reported for the Express in Vernal, Utah. He then moved to the Idaho Mountain Express in Ketchum, a paper regularly recognized as one of the top weeklies in that state.

While there, Josh dug into immigration enforcement by the Blaine County Sheriff’s office; profiled ranchers pursuing sustainability strategies; and tracked wildfires in the Pioneer Mountains. He covered public safety and justice stories. He won awards for his photography and arts reporting.