we out here in times | former journalist
Salt Lake City, UT
Joined April 2010
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So I mentioned this in my last tweet but this is my official personal news post: It's been a month since I've left the Salt Lake Tribune as their ed reporter, and so I'm currently looking for full-time remote or local SLC opportunities!
I am open to freelance opportunities as well, some things I can write about for your news organization (but not limited to):
- Utah education/culture-related education stories
- AAPI-focused stories
- Arts! Food! Feature stories within those spaces
Michael Lee retweeted
The employees of The Salt Lake Tribune are forming a union and asking for voluntary recognition. Read our letter to management and the board here ⬇️ and follow @SLNewsGuild.
Just for some full transparency, I left the Tribune earlier this month in efforts to pivot into a more journalism-adjacent role in the industry, but I am so happy to show support to my former colleagues in this effort to unionize. Please follow and support @SLNewsGuild!
We the journalists of the @SLTrib are forming a union to ensure an equitable Salt Lake Tribune newsroom and a sustainable future for the vital local journalism Utahns count on. Read more about our effort at SaltLakeNewsGuild.org. #SaltLakeNewsGuild
Michael Lee retweeted
Earlier this month I wrote a letter to Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz after he mischaracterized @sltrib reporting and criticized our reporters during a news conference.
Find my letter here:
sltrib.com/opinion/commentar…
Michael Lee retweeted
The Shaufler Prize honors America’s best journalism that advances understanding of issues related to underserved people
@CourtneyLTanner last week won 2nd in the nat'l contest, administered @Cronkite_ASU, for work on how Utah fails Ute Indian Tribe youth
sltrib.com/ute-education/
Michael Lee retweeted
So something really touching and heartbreaking just happened. I had my sign of some journalists martyred in January, and a person came up to me and gently took my sign in his hands. English wasn't his first language but he made his point clearly...
ALT steven holding a sign of kjlled journalists
Hey internet! I've been very much off this site for a bit but thought it'd be good once in a while to share some stuff I've worked on lately for @sltrib, as always please feel free to reach out to me with any education tips!
The Salt Lake City school closure process came to its climax last month, with the district officially choosing to close four elementaries by the beginning of next school year:
sltrib.com/news/education/20…
Did a lawsuit write-up about a former employee hired by Davis School District to investigate racial discrimination incidents suing the district for discriminating against her:
sltrib.com/news/education/20…
Today I almost dropped my phone in the crack between the elevator doors and the floor. Ask Me Anything.
Breaking from tonight — Salt Lake City School District board members officially voted to close four elementary schools beginning the 2024-25 school year.
Those schools are Bennion, Hawthorne, Mary W. Jackson and Riley elementaries.
More via @sltrib:
sltrib.com/news/education/20…
Some professional news! Super excited to be a part of this coming year's @NatPress Widening the Pipeline class!
The National Press Foundation is excited to welcome 20 journalists to its 2024 Widening the Pipeline Fellowship, designed to support journalists of color staying in – and leading – the newsrooms of tomorrow. Congratulations! nationalpress.org/newsfeed/n…
