“A tribune of the people, ‘standing up’ for Johnstown always.” -Anderson H. Walters
The Tribune-Democrat has been serving Johnstown and the surrounding areas since 1952, the year when city's two major newspapers – the Tribune and the Democrat – merged to give the region a singular, powerful voice.
From the 1889 flood to the rise and fall of the steel industry to being crowned the first Hockeyville USA, Johnstown's history has been recorded in the pages of The Tribune-Democrat and its predecessors. The Tribune-Democrat and TribDem.com have a collection of award-winning writers, photographers and editors dedicated to telling the stories of our city and our region.
The Tribune-Democrat serves Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Indiana and Westmoreland counties seven days a week in its print editions and 24 hours a day at TribDem.com. Follow The Tribune-Democrat on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
As said by one of the newspaper’s early leaders, Anderson H. Walters, our publication is “The organ of no faction or clique, and will aim to be in truth, a tribune of the people, ‘standing up’ for Johnstown always.”