Category: Best of the Week

  • Week Thirteen

    Week Thirteen

    Assignment: BYU Pro Day

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Wilcox prepares to run the 40-yard dash, which he did in 4.31 seconds, during BYU football Pro Day, in Provo on Friday, March 26, 2021.

    Time Away

  • Week Twelve

    Week Twelve

    Assignment: Climate Rally

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students march to the state Capitol in Salt Lake City to protest inaction on the climate crisis on Friday, March 19, 2021.

    Assignment: Mountain Goat Watch

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mountain goats during the Mountain Goat Watch near Upper Stillwater Dam on Saturday, March 20, 2021.

    Assignment: Jazz v Nets

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) rebounds as the Utah Jazz host the Brooklyn Nets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.

    Assignment: Nohm

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chef and owner David Chon, center, at Nohm in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

    Upper Stillwater Dam
  • Week Eleven

    Week Eleven

    Assignment: COVID-19 Memorial – The McGillis School

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jen Voros checks on the 500 luminarias put out by students and teachers at the McGillis School in Salt Lake City, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The luminarias each have a message of gratitude and hope or a reflection on the past year’s pandemic

    Assignment: Utah Jazz v Houston Rockets

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) puts up a shot around Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. (3) as the Utah Jazz host the Houston Rockets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 12, 2021.
  • Week Ten

    Week Ten

    Assignment: COVID-19 – Last Year/This Year


    Assignment: State Championship basketball tournament

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) as Springville faces Farmington High School in the 5A girls basketball state championship game, in Taylorsville on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Addisyn Johnson defended by Delaney Baker
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fremont’s Kallin Freestone celebrates as Fremont defeats Herriman High School in the 6A girls basketball state championship game, in Taylorsville on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Westlake’s Noah Madsen and Noah McCord reach for a loose ball as Davis defeats Westlake High School in the 6A boys basketball state championship game, in Taylorsville on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Timpview vs Farmington, high school basketball semifinals, in Taylorsville on Friday, March 5, 2021. Jake Wahlin
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lehi vs Sproingville, high school basketball semifinals, in Taylorsville on Friday, March 5, 2021.
  • Week Nine

    Week Nine

    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

    Week Eight

    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

    Week Seven

    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

    Week Six

    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

    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

    Week Three

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Week Fifty

    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

    42

  • Week Forty-Nine

    Week Forty-Nine

    Assignment: The Virus

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) An empty classroom at Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020.
    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Players stand for the National Anthem as Utah hosts Washington, NCAA basketball at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

  • Week Forty-Eight

    Week Forty-Eight

    Assignment: City Creek

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Holiday decorations at City Creek in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.

    Lone Peak


    95 State


    Provo Canyon

  • Week Forty-Seven

    Week Forty-Seven

    Self-Assigned:

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tisha Olsen of Project Rainbow sets up Trans Pride flags to mark Transgender Awareness Week at City Hall in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Each of the more than 300 Trans Pride flags stands in remembrance of a transgender person murdered in the last year.
    City Creek, SLC
    SLC
    95 State, SLC
    Thanksgiving Point

    Assignment: Corner Canyon v Lone Peak, State Championship Football

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Corner Canyon’s Jackson Light holds the trophy while celebrating with teammates after the 6A state football championship game against Lone Peak at Cedar Valley High School in Eagle Mountain on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.
  • Week Forty-Six

    Week Forty-Six

    Assignment: COVID-19 Testing

    (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Evandro Semedo tests Genisis Magana, in the arms of her mother Carla Miron, at the Utah National Guard’s mobile testing site for COVID-19 in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020.