Sanpete Messenger welcomes our new advertising manager

MANTI—A veteran newspaperman and broadcaster will be taking over as advertising manager at the Sanpete Messenger.

Greg Knight, who has lived in Alaska for the past decade, will fill the shoes of Lloyd Call, who officially retired in 2024 but has been back filling in at the paper for the past year while the Messenger searched for a replacement.

“We call him Loyal Lloyd because he has stepped in to help so many times when we’ve been in a pinch,” publisher Suzanne Dean says.

Knight is the kind of professional the newspaper has been looking for, Dean says. “He’s resourceful, and he’s experienced in news coverage, writing, layout and design. And he’s committed to staying in Sanpete County for a long time.”

Knight, who previously lived and worked in St. George and Vernal, and also worked a pair of temporary assignments at the Messenger, says, “I returned to Utah mostly because I have a deep appreciation for family, faith and good journalism.”

Knight grew up in Plumas County, in northeastern California. He completed an associate degree in English literature at Feather River College in Quincy, Calif., and then completed a bachelor’s in political science through a California State University program while based at Feather River.

His first journalism-related job was as sports information director at Feather River College. From 2007-08, he was a web anchor and news editor for KRNV-TV News 4 in Reno. He went from there to KCSG-TV, Channel 3, in St. George.

Later, he covered sports and laid out pages for weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Tennessee and Illinois.

In Alaska, he was news director for a Juneau radio station and was anchor of a broadcast on Alaska politics that was heard throughout the state. He also worked for two years as a staffer at the Alaska State Legislature.

Knight will have two titles at the Messenger: advertising manager and sports editor. He will spend 15-20 percent of his time covering sports and the rest selling and managing advertising.