Covering the Mormons

Covering the Mormons Louise Degn covered Mormon issues for over thirty years as a television journalist in Salt Lake City. In this presentation, she will reflect on changes in news coverage over the decades and will show clips and give “behind the scenes” details from significant stories she has covered, including: the Coalville Tabernacle demolition; the International Women’s Year brouhaha; the final interview with Mountain Meadows historian Juanita Brooks; the groundbreaking documentary, Mormon Women and Depression; forger Mark Hoffman and the Anthon Transcript; and women’s suffrage in Utah.