The Story Room
Amplify Utah’s inaugural project, in collaboration with nonprofit The Salt Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Community College, contributes diverse perspectives to local news through student journalism. An innovative approach focuses on important issues facing Utah communities and delivers stories to our free repository, providing sources for growing media engagement. This project models how community college students and journalists can bring multi-dimensional viewpoints to local news organizations and provide a source of growing readership.
We offer new voices for a new time by creating deep collaborations between community college media programs and local news organizations, and developing a means to share student reporting broadly.
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Amplify Utah Stories
Gen Zers leaving LDS faith find community on social apps like TikTok
03-24-2023 by By Nicole Spearman
Church leaders have countered with a class aimed at helping young adults get answers from reliable sources.
Crackdowns have moved street racing to once-quiet neighborhoods
03-16-2023 by By Alexander Campbell
“Fast cars aren’t going to go away because we don’t have a track,” says one racer.
College pantries in Utah learning to serve a more diverse range of students
01-16-2023 by By Jude Macher
School programs and activists working to stop the “starving student” stereotype.
Utah colleges work to conserve water on campuses
11-28-2022 by By Jacob Freeman and McCaulee Blackburn
University of Utah, Weber State and Salt Lake Community Colleges each have new programs in the works.
How some Utahns navigate going to college at an older age
11-07-2022 by By Patrick Kennedy
Older students may face unique challenges, including childcare and the fear of not being taken seriously by younger classmates.
Two drag queens talk about Salt Lake City’s growing drag scene, and the pushback
11-06-2022 by By Jude Macher
Despite some protests, “the future is now, and the future is big,” according to one Utah drag queen.
Salt Lake Community College leaders disappointed by court ruling that leaves DACA program in limbo
11-05-2022 by By Cristian Martinez
The uncertainty is “frustrating,” one DACA recipient said, as the case goes back to a lower court.
With inflation rising, SLCC’s Bruin Pantry sees more students and staff seeking its free goods
10-21-2022 by By Patrick Kennedy
Pantry offers dry goods, canned foods, fresh produce and hygiene products at four locations.
Gender-inclusive restroom signs being installed at SLCC’s Taylorsville campus
10-20-2022 by By Jonny Tollestrup
The program had some glitches at first, but student leaders report feedback is positive.
‘My existence is not political’: Students and parents debate pride flags in Logan schools
10-19-2022 by By Jenny Carpenter
No decisions made yet about whether to ban pride flags in Logan public schools
Protesting BYU’s LGBTQ policy, Black Menaces group calls for student walkout next week
10-06-2022 by By Haily Askerlund
Black Menaces, known for asking tough questions and posting on TikTok, urges action statewide.
SLCC graduate brings journey to United States to on-campus mural
07-06-2021 by By Cristian Martinez
DACA student came Salt Lake from Mexico at 10 years old
Living “in between”: How children navigate two cultures at once
07-06-2021 by By Samantha Herrera
For kids raised in a different country than their parents, understanding a parent’s home country can help
Here’s one reason why some are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
07-06-2021 by By Anthony Najera
Mexican culture and history influences treatment decisions for some Utahns
Laptops are coming to students in SLCC prison education program
07-06-2021 by By Andrew Christiansen
Anonymous donor funds project that should help reduce recidivism rates
07-06-2021 by By Kirsten Buker
Race Swami Swim Team’s motto is Si Se Puede, or Yes You Can
Why SLCC hired a womxn’s coordinator and how she’s helping students
04-23-2021 by By Cristian Martinez
While the position received broad support from the college community, the spelling of “womxn” caused confusion.