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David Noyce

Senior Managing editor

David is a managing editor at The Tribune, where he has worked since 1984. He oversees coverage ranging from local government and west-side issues to growth, development and housing. In addition, he directs religion reporting, co-hosts the award-winning “Mormon Land” podcast and writes the Mormon Land newsletter.

(Library of Congress and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) On the left, the White House at the time of Lincoln's inauguration. On the right, a portrait of Joseph Smith Jr. is on display at Morehouse College.

LDS founder Joseph Smith’s presidential campaign and the not-so-secret ballots in Nauvoo

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | October 30, 2026, 3:34 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Historian Richard Bushman, speaking at at "Mormon Land" live podcast in 2023, is best known for his biography of church founder Joseph Smith.

Latest from Mormon Land: Historian Richard Bushman sought a blessing from a surprising apostle

By David Noyce | October 29, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Presidential candidate Joseph Smith from the Council of Fifty minutes, May 3, 1844.

‘Mormon Land’: What Joseph Smith’s presidential campaign meant — then and now

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | October 29, 2026, 4:52 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple is shown. A 19-year-old Latter-day Saint missionary from Utah has died.

Music-loving 19-year-old Latter-day Saint missionary from Utah dies

By David Noyce | October 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Latest from Mormon Land: Predicting the next temples; is paying tithing a Celestial gamble?

By David Noyce | October 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.

(Patrick Mason) Patrick and Melissa Mason have a new book, "Rooted: Centering Christ in Everything."

‘Mormon Land’: Why Jesus should be central in every sacrament meeting talk

By David Noyce | Tamarra Kemsley | October 22, 2026, 5:59 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) New converts await baptism in the Kasumbalesa Stake in 2025 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A record half-million new converts this year? It’s possible, says Latter-day Saint leader.

By David Noyce | October 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of Mormons Building Bridges march in the Utah Pride Parade in 2018. It can be difficult for LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saints to remain in the fold.

Latest from Mormon Land: Can you be gay and LDS? Yes, officially, but ...

By David Noyce | October 15, 2026, 2:21 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple is shown in July. The Utah-based faith has reported the deaths of two senior missionaries.

Two senior Latter-day Saint missionaries have died

By David Noyce | October 13, 2026, 6:14 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Melanie Rasband and her husband, apostle Ronald A. Rasband, outside the Ephraim Temple on dedication day Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026.

Utah college town gains a new Latter-day Saint amenity

By David Noyce | October 12, 2026, 2:18 p.m.

(Landon Allred | Wheatley Institute) Latter-day Saint McKay Coppins, staff writer for The Atlantic and a BYU alum, speaks about online gambling.

Sports betting was fun at first, says LDS journalist McKay Coppins, then it became a downer

By David Noyce | Dylan Eubank | October 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Conferencegoers rise to sing a hymn in the Saturday afternoon session.

Latest from Mormon Land: The notable, quotable and laughable conference remarks

By David Noyce | October 8, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

‘Mormon Land’: What are the odds that Latter-day Saints stop all gambling?

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | October 8, 2026, 1:23 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Issues about sex aren’t the same for older, single Latter-day Saints, so should the rules be different?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | October 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks, center, with his counselors, Henry B. Eyring, left, and D. Todd Christofferson before a session of General Conference on Saturday.

Conference highlights: LDS President Dallin Oaks worries about members’ ‘diminishing faith’ in Christ

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | October 5, 2026, 2:06 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks during the Sunday morning session of General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Oct. 4, 2026.

Full summary of Sunday’s LDS General Conference: Don’t let secular learning stunt your spirituality, says President Oaks

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | October 5, 2026, 12:06 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President D. Todd Christofferson speaks during a session of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026.

LDS leader D. Todd Christofferson decries all forms of gambling, urges members to stop betting

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | October 5, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks arrives for the morning session of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026.

Full summary of Saturday’s LDS General Conference: Never give up on those who have left the faith, says apostle

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | October 4, 2026, 12:03 a.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Then-church President Russell M. Nelson gives a Book of Mormon to then-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2019.

Latest from Mormon Land: Why a former prime minister left the LDS faith; church buys luxury apartments

By David Noyce | October 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks at the Washington National Cathedral and calls for parties to compromise and find common ground.

‘This is new to me’ — What a former federal judge says LDS President Dallin Oaks taught him about the Constitution

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | September 30, 2026, 2:43 p.m.