McKenzie Romero
@mckenzieromero.bsky.social
Editor of @utahnewsdispatch.com, a part of the @statesnewsroom.com network. Dedicated servant of SPJ and Utah Headliners. Tired but happy mom.
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Podcast drop: Hear @kmckellar.bsky.social and host @fitzsimon.bsky.social break down Utah's new congressional map in the latest episode of @statesnewsroom.com's Stories From The States #utpol
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November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Podcast drop: Hear @kmckellar.bsky.social and host @fitzsimon.bsky.social break down Utah's new congressional map in the latest episode of @statesnewsroom.com's Stories From The States #utpol
www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
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Many GOP-led states are facing pressure from the president to redistrict but Utah’s battle was led by voters.
Tomorrow, stayed tuned to the Stories From The States podcast to hear from a plaintiff of the case.
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@utahnewsdispatch.com @kmckellar.bsky.social
Tomorrow, stayed tuned to the Stories From The States podcast to hear from a plaintiff of the case.
www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
@utahnewsdispatch.com @kmckellar.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Many GOP-led states are facing pressure from the president to redistrict but Utah’s battle was led by voters.
Tomorrow, stayed tuned to the Stories From The States podcast to hear from a plaintiff of the case.
www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
@utahnewsdispatch.com @kmckellar.bsky.social
Tomorrow, stayed tuned to the Stories From The States podcast to hear from a plaintiff of the case.
www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
@utahnewsdispatch.com @kmckellar.bsky.social
🎧 @statesnewsroom.com has a podcast! 🎧
Each week, learn about an issue that's in the news around the country, bringing together the on-the-ground journalism being done in our states. Episode 1 is a great discussion of Medicaid and the people who need it to survive. Give it a listen!
Each week, learn about an issue that's in the news around the country, bringing together the on-the-ground journalism being done in our states. Episode 1 is a great discussion of Medicaid and the people who need it to survive. Give it a listen!
Stories From The States
Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · A weekly podcast focused on one theme in the news. Host and States Newsroom publisher Chris Fitzsimon, with producer Mallory Cheng, will explore one issue with the…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🎧 @statesnewsroom.com has a podcast! 🎧
Each week, learn about an issue that's in the news around the country, bringing together the on-the-ground journalism being done in our states. Episode 1 is a great discussion of Medicaid and the people who need it to survive. Give it a listen!
Each week, learn about an issue that's in the news around the country, bringing together the on-the-ground journalism being done in our states. Episode 1 is a great discussion of Medicaid and the people who need it to survive. Give it a listen!
Breaking news from @kmckellar.bsky.social and @utahnewsdispatch.com, Utah's congressional maps are back in play #utpol
A judge has ruled the Utah Legislature overstepped when it repealed and replaced a 2018 ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission and must now redraw its 2021 congressional map. #utpol
Judge orders Utah Legislature to draw new congressional map • Utah News Dispatch
A Utah judge has ruled the Utah Legislature overstepped when it overrode the 2018 Better Boundaries initiative for an independent commission.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Breaking news from @kmckellar.bsky.social and @utahnewsdispatch.com, Utah's congressional maps are back in play #utpol
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and @statesnewsroom.com are hiring a reporter! #journalismjobs
and @statesnewsroom.com are hiring a reporter! #journalismjobs
Reporter, Utah News Dispatch • States Newsroom
Join the Utah News Dispatch and give readers hard-hitting government coverage that connects state policy to the people who live it.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Are you obsessed with Utah news? Do you want to contribute to journalism that's fair, fearless and free? And would you like some great benefits? @utahnewsdispatch.com
and @statesnewsroom.com are hiring a reporter! #journalismjobs
and @statesnewsroom.com are hiring a reporter! #journalismjobs
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It's always good to share the work of my @greatsaltlakenews.bsky.social colleagues. I did a broadcast version of the USU study for TV and @fox13news.bsky.social also used the written word of @utahnewsdispatch.com and @kmckellar.bsky.social! Collaborative journalism FTW! #utpol #Utah
two men are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying " teamwork " .
ALT: two men are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying " teamwork " .
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July 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's always good to share the work of my @greatsaltlakenews.bsky.social colleagues. I did a broadcast version of the USU study for TV and @fox13news.bsky.social also used the written word of @utahnewsdispatch.com and @kmckellar.bsky.social! Collaborative journalism FTW! #utpol #Utah
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July 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on the support of readers like you to continue our local reporting that’s free to read and republish.
Our journalism is powered by Utahns, for Utahns. Can you chip in today?
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Good morning. It's a great day to support independent and nonprofit media.
In honor of the 4th of July holiday weekend, I'm highlighting the @statesnewsroom.com and its family of sites in this thread.
Main States Newsroom site: statesnewsroom.com
📌 this feed for more
In honor of the 4th of July holiday weekend, I'm highlighting the @statesnewsroom.com and its family of sites in this thread.
Main States Newsroom site: statesnewsroom.com
📌 this feed for more
July 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Good morning. It's a great day to support independent and nonprofit media.
In honor of the 4th of July holiday weekend, I'm highlighting the @statesnewsroom.com and its family of sites in this thread.
Main States Newsroom site: statesnewsroom.com
📌 this feed for more
In honor of the 4th of July holiday weekend, I'm highlighting the @statesnewsroom.com and its family of sites in this thread.
Main States Newsroom site: statesnewsroom.com
📌 this feed for more
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Just want to highlight here how States Newsroom outlets are providing high-quality, valuable coverage of the biggest news stories in the country the week after doing a great job covering No Kings protests and the murder of a state official. 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just want to highlight here how States Newsroom outlets are providing high-quality, valuable coverage of the biggest news stories in the country the week after doing a great job covering No Kings protests and the murder of a state official. 🧵
Strong reporting from @kmckellar.bsky.social. What we know, and what we don’t, about the “peacekeepers” at the SLC protest.
“It is clear we do not have a complete understanding of what happened yet,” organizers with 50501 said. “What is certain is that, if no guns were present at this protest, this tragedy would have been prevented altogether.” #utpol
Police investigating ‘peacekeepers’ role in fatal shooting at ‘No Kings’ protest in Utah • Utah News Dispatch
Police in Salt Lake City, Utah are investigating the "peacekeepers" role in a shooting during a "No Kings" protest that left one man dead.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Strong reporting from @kmckellar.bsky.social. What we know, and what we don’t, about the “peacekeepers” at the SLC protest.
A tragic update to the shooting at yesterday's "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City.
Police say Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a 39-year-old Utahn marching in the protest, was hit when a member of a peacekeeping team fired shots trying to contain a man pointing a rifle at demonstrators.
Police say Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a 39-year-old Utahn marching in the protest, was hit when a member of a peacekeeping team fired shots trying to contain a man pointing a rifle at demonstrators.
Man dies after being shot in chaotic scene at Salt Lake City’s ‘No Kings’ protest • Utah News Dispatch
A man marching in Salt Lake City's "No Kings" protest was shot and killed when peacekeepers fired at a man with a gun, police said.
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June 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A tragic update to the shooting at yesterday's "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City.
Police say Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a 39-year-old Utahn marching in the protest, was hit when a member of a peacekeeping team fired shots trying to contain a man pointing a rifle at demonstrators.
Police say Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a 39-year-old Utahn marching in the protest, was hit when a member of a peacekeeping team fired shots trying to contain a man pointing a rifle at demonstrators.
@slcpd.bsky.social updated reporters tonight on the shooting during SLC’s No Kings march. Here’s what we know:
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2 people shot during ‘No Kings’ protest in SLC, Utah; police urge protesters to disperse • Utah News Dispatch
Salt Lake City police are investigating a shooting that occurred during a "No Kings" protest Saturday night in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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June 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
@slcpd.bsky.social updated reporters tonight on the shooting during SLC’s No Kings march. Here’s what we know:
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Breaking report on a shooting at the Salt Lake City No Kings march. @kmckellar.bsky.social is helping round up details as I collect what information I can at the scene. Photos by Spenser Heaps.
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Gunshots break out in SLC, Utah during ‘No Kings’ protest; police urge protesters to disperse • Utah News Dispatch
Salt Lake City police are investigating a shooting that occurred during a "No Kings" protest Saturday night in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Breaking report on a shooting at the Salt Lake City No Kings march. @kmckellar.bsky.social is helping round up details as I collect what information I can at the scene. Photos by Spenser Heaps.
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Salt Lake City police officer just told the crowd there is a male in all black with a gun and ask where he is
June 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Salt Lake City police officer just told the crowd there is a male in all black with a gun and ask where he is
The crowd is scattering, a lot of people afraid, not clear what has happened
June 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The crowd is scattering, a lot of people afraid, not clear what has happened
The crowd has turned off State Street. As they pass Cathedral Church of St. Mark Episcopal church, the bells ring out and the marchers cheer.
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The crowd has turned off State Street. As they pass Cathedral Church of St. Mark Episcopal church, the bells ring out and the marchers cheer.
Chants as the No Kings march walks through SLC:
“Whose streets? Our streets”
“Trump is a felon”
“This is what democracy looks like”
“No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here”
And a few unflattering shoutouts to Utah officials
“Whose streets? Our streets”
“Trump is a felon”
“This is what democracy looks like”
“No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here”
And a few unflattering shoutouts to Utah officials
June 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Chants as the No Kings march walks through SLC:
“Whose streets? Our streets”
“Trump is a felon”
“This is what democracy looks like”
“No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here”
And a few unflattering shoutouts to Utah officials
“Whose streets? Our streets”
“Trump is a felon”
“This is what democracy looks like”
“No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here”
And a few unflattering shoutouts to Utah officials
Final speaker is a transgender BYU graduate who gives a passionate speech quoting Book of Mormon examples of righteous people standing up to kings and dictators.
June 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Final speaker is a transgender BYU graduate who gives a passionate speech quoting Book of Mormon examples of righteous people standing up to kings and dictators.
Retired Army colonel says voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, but says Trump crossed his “red line.” He lists examples of treatment of immigrants, threats to invade other countries, and health disinformation as actions that went too far for him.
June 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Retired Army colonel says voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, but says Trump crossed his “red line.” He lists examples of treatment of immigrants, threats to invade other countries, and health disinformation as actions that went too far for him.
Several calls for nonviolence, not engaging with agitators. Lots of applause. The Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association now offering first-time protesters instructions on protecting their anonymity, what to do if arrested.
June 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Several calls for nonviolence, not engaging with agitators. Lots of applause. The Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association now offering first-time protesters instructions on protecting their anonymity, what to do if arrested.
Singer introduces himself as a veteran named Leo, says he didn’t swear an oath to a king, but to the United States. His offering is an imperfect but appreciated performance of “Uprising” by Muse
June 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Singer introduces himself as a veteran named Leo, says he didn’t swear an oath to a king, but to the United States. His offering is an imperfect but appreciated performance of “Uprising” by Muse
SLC’s second No Kings protest of the day is underway, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd is filling up Pioneer Park
June 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
SLC’s second No Kings protest of the day is underway, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd is filling up Pioneer Park
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In advance of the planned public protests Saturday across the U.S., our States Newsroom reporters have already been reporting on how protesters, local officials and law enforcement are preparing. Find out what to expect in your state.
June 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In advance of the planned public protests Saturday across the U.S., our States Newsroom reporters have already been reporting on how protesters, local officials and law enforcement are preparing. Find out what to expect in your state.
Congratulations to the talented students in SPJ Region 9 — covering Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming — for your Mark of Excellence awards! Winners now advance to the national competition. 🏆 @spj-posts.bsky.social
Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards 2024 winners announced
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April 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Congratulations to the talented students in SPJ Region 9 — covering Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming — for your Mark of Excellence awards! Winners now advance to the national competition. 🏆 @spj-posts.bsky.social
It has been a pleasure to read and republish skillful reporting by @mattvas.bsky.social over the last year, just a small piece of his time at @stateline.org.
From Utah, thank you and best wishes!
From Utah, thank you and best wishes!
After 7 years at @stateline.org, this is my last day. It’s bittersweet to leave a place that provides well-reported state and local policy stories free for any publication. Here are my favorites of the 240+ stories I’ve written for Stateline, many on voting rights: stateline.org/2024/06/24/r...
Racist slurs and death threats: The dangerous life of a Georgia elections official • Stateline
Milton Kidd has a very dangerous job: He is the elections and voter registration director for Douglas County.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It has been a pleasure to read and republish skillful reporting by @mattvas.bsky.social over the last year, just a small piece of his time at @stateline.org.
From Utah, thank you and best wishes!
From Utah, thank you and best wishes!