Editorial Staff

Editorial Leadership

• Doug Wilks — Executive Editor
• Sarah Jane Weaver — Editor
• Aaron Shill — Managing Editor

Deseret News Editors

• Suzanne Bates — Assistant Managing Editor, National Politics
• Hal Boyd — Executive Editor, Deseret Magazine
• Matthew Brown — Managing Editor, Deseret Magazine
• Kent Condon — Sports Editor
• Jay Evensen — Opinion Editor
• Jennifer Graham — Ideas and Culture Editor
• Jesse Hyde — Editor, Deseret Magazine
• Valerie Jones — Copy Desk Editor
• Loren Jorgensen — Utah/West Editor
• Chad Nielsen — Assistant Editor, Deseret Magazine
• Dennis Romboy — Special Projects Editor
• Chuck Wing — Director of Photography, Managing Editor of Cross-Platform News

Deseret News Staff

• Ethan Bauer — Staff Writer, Deseret Magazine
• Joe Coles — Staff Writer, Sports
• Lois M. Collins — Staff Writer, Special Projects
• Margaret Darby — Staff Writer, Trending
• Jay Drew — Staff Writer, Sports
• Krysyan Edler — Staff Writer, Trending and Sports
• James Edward — Staff Writer, Sports
• Natalia Galicza — Staff Writer, Deseret Magazine
• Sarah Gambles — Staff Writer, Utah Today
• Ariel Harmer — Staff Writer, Utah Today
• Jacob Hess — Staff Writer, Faith and Politics
• Lottie Elizabeth Johnson — Staff Writer, Trending
• Brandon Judd — Staff Writer, Sports
• Mariya Manzhos — Staff Writer, Ideas and Culture
• Dave McCann — Staff Writer, Sports
• Ryan McDonald — Staff Writer, Sports
• Chris Miller — Assistant Editor
• Kristin Murphy — Photojournalist
• Amy Joi O’Donoghue — Staff Writer, Politics and West
• Jackson Payne — Staff Writer, Sports
• Emma Pitts — Staff Writer, Politics and West
• Gitanjali Poonia — Staff Writer, Politics and West
• Art Raymond — Staff Writer, Special Projects
• Lisa Riley Roche — Staff Writer, Politics and West
• Laura Seitz — Photojournalist
• Jason Swensen — Staff Writer, Politics and West
• Sarah Todd — Staff Writer, Sports
• Brigham Tomco — Staff Writer, Politics and West
• Tad Walch — Staff Writer, Faith
• Scott G. Winterton — Photojournalist
• Trent Wood — Staff Writer, Sports

Video & Podcast

• Rachel Aston — Video Editor
• Burgess Coffield — Video Editor
• Keira Farrimond — Creative Director - Video & Podcasts
• KelliAnn Halvorsen — Podcast Editor
• Rex Warner — Video Editor

Contributing Writers

• Benji Backer, Conservative Environmentalism
• Lee Benson, Utah Culture
• Patrick T. Brown, Family Policy
• Justin Collings, Constitutional Issues
• The Rev. Theresa Dear, Human Rights
• Jenet Erickson, Parenting
• Robert P. George, Faith in the Public Square
• The Rev. Derwin Gray, Faith, Sports and Culture
• Dick Harmon, Sports
• Valerie Hudson, Politics and Culture
• Michael Kofoed, Economics
• Meagan Kohler, Latter-day Saint thought
• April Lawson, Civil Society
• Eboo Patel, Interfaith
• Holly Richardson, Politics
• Naomi Schaefer Riley, Child Welfare
• Doug Robinson, Sports
• Leah Libresco Sargeant, Religion and Social Issues
• The Rev. Andrew Teal, Faith and Religion
• Asma Uddin, Religious Freedom
• Meg Walter, Humor and Culture
• Brad Wilcox, Family Policy
• Samuel Benson, Deseret Magazine