Ivana Martinez
News InternIvana Martinez is KUER’s 2020-2021 "Bob Avery Scholar." She first interned with RadioWest, and is now working as KUER's legislative news intern.
She is finishing up her degree at the University of Utah and will graduate this spring. Martinez has been reporting since her her junior year in high school when she somehow managed to get her hands on a DSLR camera and notebook, and she hasn’t been able to stop since.
When she’s not working for KUER, she’s works as the assistant news editor at the Daily Utah Chronicle. Martinez loves reading good books, drinking lots of coffee and singing Taylor Swift songs in the car.
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After raising more than $53,000, one Utahn hopes to bring an LGBTQ bookstore to Salt Lake City. -
After more than three years, a Honduran mother is granted freedom. Vicky Chavez and her two daughters took sanctuary inside First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City to avoid deportation. Thursday, she announced she’s been granted a stay of removal by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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The Salt Lake Tribune is now accepting requests from people who want their name or image removed from previous reporting.
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The Utah Asian American and Pacific Islander community condemned the Tuesday night shootings in Atlanta. Eight people were killed, six were Asian women.
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For black and brown activists fighting racial injustice, the burden of leadership is yet another weight to carry. One young Salt Lake activist speaks now about the physical toll activism can take and reflects upon last summer’s protests.
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A new mobile museum is bringing Black history to students across Utah. The museum showcases stories of Black excellence, history and current events.
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Saturday will mark the third year in a row Vicky Chavez has been living in a Salt Lake City church. And now, she’s asking President Joe Biden for help. Chavez is an undocumented immigrant and she and her two kids have been seeking sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church since 2018.
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On Sep. 3, 2020, around 40 people rallied at the University of Utah, demanding that university President Ruth Watkins resign.
