Zach Hagadone is editor-in-chief of the Sandpoint Reader, which he co-founded in 2004 and later returned to under different ownership. He spent several years as a journalist in Boise, including stints as an Associated Press weekend staffer, reporter at the Idaho Business Review, and business editor and editor-in-chief of the Boise Weekly. He has freelanced for papers and magazines in North Idaho and eastern Washington, while his work has appeared in publications around the West through the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.
Hagadone earned an undergraduate degree in political-economy and history at the College of Idaho and a master’s in history from Washington State University.


