Tribune reporting made an impact in 2022, Editor Lauren Gustus writes. Here are the stories readers liked best.

In 2022, about 60 Tribune reporters, editors and visual and digital journalists worked together to publish more than 5,500 stories about Utah.

From Hildale to Logan and spots in between, every day we try to share reporting that you find useful and that makes a difference.

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You might wonder what we mean when we say we strive to make a difference. Take a look at these three stories, published over just seven days in December:

• The Salt Lake Tribune’s reporting on how then-President Donald Trump mistakenly dialed Sen. Mike Lee’s telephone as the attack on the U.S. Capitol unfolded was cited in the House Jan. 6 committee’s final report. The report says the committee was given no records of Trump’s phone calls that day, but it gathered several pieces of evidence, including Bryan Schott’s story, to piece together Trump’s calls.

• Reporter Leia Larsen followed up on an earlier story about US Magnesium’s plans to take up to 100,000 gallons of water per minute from Great Salt Lake. Leia wrote that two days after the initial story published, Gov. Spencer Cox’s Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office walked back its support for the company’s plan.

• Kolbie Peterson followed up on a north Utah Valley animal shelter that stopped euthanizing animals by gas chamber — after she initially reported that it was doing so.

All three stories made an impact, by holding our elected officials to account and affecting policy change and ensuring more humane treatment of animals.

We are dedicated to fairness, accuracy, and building stronger communities across the state.

And we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for your support of local reporting.

Please read on to see the top 10 most-read stories published in 2022.

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• At long last, a photo of Mormon founder Joseph Smith emerges

• New U.S. Religion Census sheds light on LDS Church membership

• Utah Legislature overrides Gov. Cox’s veto of transgender athletes sports ban

• “Please tell me what I should be saying.” Text messages show Sen. Mike Lee assisting Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election

• The fan who was banned by BYU does not appear to have yelled slurs at volleyball match, campus police say

• Facing a terminal illness, Kylie wanted to die with dignity. But the state said she didn’t have the right.

• Midvale neighbors discuss “inappropriate” mural: Is it a man’s arm or a female breast?

• Lake Powell continues to disappear as Colorado hits pause on plan to prop up levels

• LDS leader Brad Wilcox apologizes for remarks about Black members; BYU “deeply concerned”

• Not so mild? Hospitalizations exploding among Utah infants, children with COVID-19′s omicron strain

Thank you for reading and supporting the nonprofit Tribune,

Lauren Gustus

Executive editor