On today’s episode, reporter Paighten Harkins talks about her reporting on why murals meant to call attention to homeless youth in Salt Lake City were defaced, and why the vandals alleged the art was hypocritical after county and city officials cleared out homeless camps last year.
Hear all of these stories in the Friday, July 22 episode of ‘The Daily Buzz’ podcast. You can listen to both today’s episode and past episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and SoundCloud.
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Daedan Olander
Daedan Olander is a news intern at The Tribune. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, he is studying journalism and accounting at Utah State. He previously interned at the Deseret News and started at The Tribune in January 2022 as a legislative reporting intern. A glutton for pain, he is a Cleveland sports fan.