The Story Room
The Story Room is a free, wire-style service created for media partners to access and republish student-reported stories. This is part of Amplify Utah’s first initiative: a collaborative effort to bring diverse, student-driven perspectives into local news. By connecting college media programs with news organizations, we’re creating space for emerging voices and fresh viewpoints on the issues that matter most to Utah communities.
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Amplify Utah Stories
University of Utah
How 2 record stores are fostering Salt Lake City’s all-ages music scene
January 12, 2025 By Grace Pruden
They’re part of an effort to establish “third spaces” for people under 21 to hang out and create community.
University of Utah
Utah’s Largest Zoo Adapts to Climate Change to Protect its Animals
January 6, 2025 By Liliana Anderson
Wildlife and animals in outdoor spaces at Salt Lake County zoos, aquariums and aviaries also contend with the effects of a changing climate and bad air.
University of Utah
How ‘MomTok’ and reality TV are making some young Utahns more aware of cosmetic surgery
January 5, 2025 By Georgia Metcalf
TV examples and social-media influencers have raised awareness of medical spas that offer nonsurgical beauty treatments.
University of Utah
U. of Utah’s $500K prize backs proposal to use crop waste to store carbon
January 4, 2025 By Giovanni Radtke
A Texas company aims to develop technology to create “biochar” as a soil additive that could benefit farmers.
Salt Lake Community College
How Salt Lake Community College is taking steps toward a greener future
January 4, 2025 By Estrella Carlos
SLCC making strides in campus sustainability
University of Utah
How SLC’s Alternative Live Music Scene Creates Community and Culture
January 4, 2025 By Leo LeBohec
Young adults under 21 are finding a “healthy counterculture” in live music venues like The Beehive, The Underground and Fountain Records.
University of Utah
Photo Series: Lifeblood of the Valley
January 2, 2025 By Marco Lozzi
How water from the Wasatch powers, provides and protects.
University of Utah
University Expands All-gender Restrooms Following H.B. 257
January 2, 2025 By Nevaeh Anderson
Since the Utah Legislature is still reviewing and updating state law regarding restrooms in public buildings, the university is taking a slow and cautious approach to converting these restrooms.
University of Utah
Here’s how the University of Utah cut its annual water use on campus by 55M gallons
January 1, 2025 By Caitlyn Homolya
Following a 2022 Utah Legislature mandate, the university has changed the way it landscapes the campus.
Salt Lake Community College
History, art and tranquility combine at SLCC’s Peace and Justice Garden
November 24, 2024 By Teresa Chaikowsky
The garden at South City Campus features bronze statues of famous women, a mural and messages of peace.
Weber State University
A Utah nonprofit helps families pick up the pieces after homicide
October 14, 2024 By Star Neil
Utah Homicide Survivors aims to help victims’ families in areas the criminal justice system can’t act.
University of Utah
‘Cultural healing’: a Q&A with Northwestern Shoshone Vice Chairman Brad Parry as restoration at Bear River Massacre Site begins
April 30, 2024 By Andrew Christiansen
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