Category: Best of the Week

Week Nine

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A group of people, including many BYU students, shine Pride colors on the Y on the mountain above BYU in Provo on Thursday, March 4, 2021.

Assignment: Rainbow Y

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A group of people, including many BYU students, shine Pride colors on the Y on the mountain above BYU in Provo on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A group of people, including many BYU students, shine Pride colors on the Y on the mountain above BYU in Provo on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A group of people, including many BYU students, shine Pride colors on the Y on the mountain above BYU in Provo on Thursday, March 4, 2021.

So honored to have been the only member of the media on Y Mountain when this happened. Wow.

Week Eight

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christian Weinrich, biologist, at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District's facility on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

Assignment: Teachers Rally

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City School District teachers and students rally at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.

Assignment: Mosquito Abatement

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. 1st Class Sean Conorich working at a COVID-19 testing site run by the Utah National Guard at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

Assignment: COVID-19 Testing

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christian Weinrich, biologist, at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District’s facility on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

Week Seven

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Max Crebs breaking at the HERC Hip Hop Education Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.

Assignment: Breakin

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Max Crebs breaking at the HERC Hip Hop Education Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.

Assignment: Snowfall

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A skier in Liberty Park as a winter storm continues to drop snow in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.

Week Six

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Paris Hilton after speaking on SB-127 to the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Standing Committee in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

Assignment: Paris Hilton testifies against “troubled-teen” centers

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Paris Hilton after speaking on SB-127 to the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Standing Committee in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

State Street

Week Four

Assignment: State of the City

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall delivers the State of the City address from the City Council Chambers in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.

Week Three

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors (15) pulls in a rebound ahead of New Orleans Pelicans center Steven Adams (12) as the Utah Jazz host the New Orleans Pelicans, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

Assignment: Capitol Protest

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trump supporter Martin Turner at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) National Guard troops at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Bois of Liberty at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.

Assignment: Jazz v Pelicans

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Derrick Favors (15) pulls in a rebound ahead of New Orleans Pelicans center Steven Adams (12) as the Utah Jazz host the New Orleans Pelicans, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

Week Two

Assignment: Utah v Colorado

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes forward Timmy Allen (1) drives on Colorado Buffaloes forward Jeriah Horne (41) as Utah hosts Colorado, NCAA basketball in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.

Assignment: The Virus – Online School

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kate Bowen, a ninth grader at Hillcrest Junior High, does online schoolwork at her home in Murray on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Ivy, a cocktail bar in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

Week One

Assignment: Inauguration of Gov. Spencer Cox

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The inauguration of Spencer Cox as Utah’s 18th Governor at Tuacahn Center for the Arts in Ivins on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.

Assignment: Pro-Trump rally

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rev. Nurjhan Govan with “Tiny” at her Taylorsville home on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Govan was living in her car with 10 Yorkies who were then taken by the Animal Protection dept, alleging mistreatment. She got four of them back, and hopes for the rest to be returned sometime this spring.

Week Fifty-Two

Assignment: Gillmor Santuary

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ella Sorensen, manager of Audubon’s Gillmor Sanctuary on the Great Salt Lake’s South Shore on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.

Assignment: Utah Jazz v Minnesota Timberwolves

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A limited number of fans watch the Utah Jazz host the Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA basketball at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020.

Watching 2020 End

Week Fifty-One

Assignment: The Weather

Memory Grove

Assignment: Food Distribution

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gia stands next to her mother Kajsa after picking up bags of food at Liberty Elementary in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Victoria Palauni, right, carries bags of food for a mother in need in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Palauni is the coordinator at the Community Learning Center at Liberty Elementary.

Assignment: Utah basketball

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah players huddle before facing Idaho, NCAA basketball in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.

Kids These Days…

Week Fifty

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) students with masks, art project at Crescent Elementary in Sandy on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.

Assignment: Clearing the Camps

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City police officers working the cleanup of a series of campsites in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. An activist is arrested after a group stood in front of a police car, not allowing it to pass.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man looks on during the cleanup of a series of campsites in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.

Assignment: The Virus

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) students with masks, art project at Crescent Elementary in Sandy on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.

Assignment: Utah v Montana State

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes forward Peyton McFarland (42) and Montana State Bobcats forward Skye Lindsay (22) reach for a rebound as Utah hosts Montana State, NCAA basketball in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
Utah basketball v Montana State, NCAA basketball

State Street

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