A great story expands our vision.
Stories
Elevated
Elevated
Amplify Utah supports and facilitates engaged and dynamic journalistic storytelling to celebrate diverse points of view.
A great story needs to be shared.
Stories
Cultivated
Cultivated
Partnering with traditional media outlets, Amplify Utah seeks to place stories where communities can read and hear them.
A great story needs to be shared
Stories
Cultivated
Cultivated
Partnering with traditional media outlets, Amplify Utah seeks to place stories where communities can read and hear them.
A great story makes the world a better place.
Stories
Celebrated
Celebrated
In a dynamic media landscape, culturally rich and diverse voices encourages media literacy through a more inclusive understanding of the world around us.
The Story Room
Stories empower and elevate people. They allow us to see ourselves, sometimes reflected, sometimes on another side of the argument. But a vision expanded leads to communities where we can celebrate diversity and understand each other. That’s always been the best journalism, and it’s the journalism of the future.
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Why SLCC hired a womxn’s coordinator and how she’s helping students
When Ya-Ya Fairley first saw the job listing for womxn coordinator at Salt Lake Community College, the deliberate spelling caught her eye.
“I saw myself,” Fairley recalls saying in her interview for the position. “My response was, ‘this is one of the first times I can see that a job is for me.’”
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Watch: Free haircuts give ‘renewing feeling’ to people experiencing homelessness in Salt Lake City
When Cameron Dean was learning to become a barber, a friend took him on an excursion to Salt Lake City’s streets. Together, they offered free haircuts to men living in encampments and other homeless communities.
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‘It’s about more than swimming’: How a community came together to support Rose Park and Glendale youth
The pool is silent except for the rhythmic slapping of water as the swimmers move back and forth. The laps seem endless, and the quiet breaks only when the coach calls out instructions. The smell of chlorine sits in the air as the swimmers listen.