Sheila R. McCann

Need a little escape this week? Come with me to Paris! 🇫🇷 On Thursday, Nov. 7 (tomorrow) at 6:30 p.m., I'm giving a community presentation about my experience covering the 2024 Paris Olympics. It's free and open to the public. The address is: 2930 S. 2000 East. See you there!

Hunters allegedly used photos of deer — nicknamed Maga or Cialis or Tokyo Drift — to pick which they wanted to shoot. Employees of Color Country Outfitters used bait to draw the game in, federal charges allege. Via @julie_jag h/t @UTInvestigative sltrib.com/sports/2024/08…

🚨 Journalism job alert: The nonprofit @sltrib is looking to hire a quick, curious and resourceful reporter to jump on the news of the day in Salt Lake City and broader Utah. For more info on this Emerging News Reporter role, visit: recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/job…

TFW you google to check whether anymore is one word or two in the context you're using it and then drop everything to listen to/remember with Travis Tritt.

Heartbroken. I can't believe I'll never talk with Scott again about everything from family to pets to David Tennant. Scott shared his affection so openly — I'm finding comfort in that and feeling reminded to tell people I love them. sltrib.com/artsliving/202…

From Salt Lake City's Hawthorne Elementary --> West High pipeline ... ... to the U.S. biathlon team. Go, Vincent! sltrib.com/sports/2024/03…

This Utah woman says she was touched inappropriately during a cosmetic procedure. She’s the fourth to report the medical worker to police. CW: Allegations of sexual abuse (1/9) sltrib.com/news/health/20…

Thank you again to members of the tribe who shared their stories & The Data-Driven Reporting Project @MedillSchool @NorthwesternU Their support led to a database of Ute essays, oral histories & documents about the boarding schools & education today local.sltrib.com/ute-boarding-s…

The 2024 Utah Legislature is in its last week. Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson had said, “We will definitely be digging into this,” but no action made it onto lawmakers’ agenda. sltrib.com/news/education…

The tribe's response was blunt: "...The Utes have not been afforded the same rights and opportunities as others to participate in Utah’s growth, largely due to extremely poor treatment in the public school system, as highlighted by the Tribune’s series." #from_embed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scribd.com/document/69805…

She documented how Utah has failed to effectively educate Ute children. Judges wrote: "The shortcomings are an embarrassing legacy that stretches back to the two Indigenous boarding schools that operated on the reservation, starting in the late 1800s." sltrib.com/news/education…

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/

Update: Orbiting drug factory (aka Winnebago-1) has landed safely in Utah The @VardaSpace flight marks the first time a private company has manufactured a product in zero gravity in its own spacecraft. sltrib.com/news/business/…

The @sltrib was onto this trajectory early — we knew you when, Delian! Then: Perfect AP scores earn scholarships archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id… New: @timmyfitz's fun profile sltrib.com/news/business/…

A capsule is expected to land in Utah's West Desert today. The entrepreneur who launched it is Delian Asparouhov aka @zebulgar, who graduated from SLC's West High, dropped out of MIT, is a partner in $11B @foundersfund and co-founder of @VardaSpace. sltrib.com/news/business/…

@AlexVGMonster @lesliemeans Cheshire Cat is brilliant! 😻

Nearly a quarter of a million domestic violence charges + a year of analyzing them later and it's finally here. @UTInvestigative and I's investigation into domestic violence court cases found... 👇🧵 #utpol #DomesticViolence @sltrib @APFFoundation @FundFIJ sltrib.com/news/2024/02/0…

Over the last year, @sltrib & @propublica have investigated obstacles Utahns face when seeking justice against medical providers who they say sexually assaulted them. Our latest: Women say it was hard to get Provo police to take their cases seriously. sltrib.com/news/2023/12/1…

Ahem. Attorney General Sean Reyes will announce tomorrow that he will not seek re-election next year, becoming the third consecutive AG whose tenure was tarnished by scandal. #utpol sltrib.com/news/politics/…

For those who've been waiting for Salt Lake City School District's plan for potential school closures, tune in to tonight's meeting where Superintendent Elizabeth Grant will be presenting the district's recommendation to the board. (via @sltrib): sltrib.com/news/education…