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Christopher Smart

Reporter

Christopher Smart covers social-justice issues for The Salt Lake Tribune. He has been a journalist in and around Salt Lake City for more than 30 years. He enjoys meeting immigrants, traveling abroad and ethnic food.

Sex trafficking survivor now helps Utah women escape the same abuse

By Christopher Smart | May 15, 2018, 2:52 p.m.

Black Lives Matter’s Utah chapter has a plan to reduce police shootings

By Christopher Smart | May 14, 2018, 6:55 p.m.

New Salt Lake City hospice center for the homeless aims ‘to end needless deaths on the streets’

By Christopher Smart | May 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Tiny, affordable homes could help dire housing shortage in Utah

By Christopher Smart | May 3, 2018, 3:32 a.m.

Utah widow seeks a good life for young daughter after her husband was shot to death

By Christopher Smart | April 30, 2018, 1:55 p.m.

As gun deaths continue to rise in America, social scientists wonder why so many feel the need to carry firearms

By Christopher Smart | April 30, 2018, 1:53 p.m.

Homeless people at Library Square say they’ve had enough of Salt Lake City’s no camping ordinance

By Christopher Smart | April 18, 2018, 1:44 a.m.

Utah midwife returns from war-torn South Sudan a changed person

By Christopher Smart | April 17, 2018, 1:34 p.m.

Hunger is invisible, but the Utah Food Bank knows it’s all around us

By Christopher Smart | April 14, 2018, 12:34 a.m.

Young women trafficked for sex need a sanctuary, Salt Lake City advocates say

By Christopher Smart | April 10, 2018, 2:08 p.m.

Utah man who set himself ablaze is in critical condition, while one of the four police officers who tried to help him also remains hospitalized

By Christopher Smart | April 6, 2018, 7:24 p.m.

Utah boy killed in four-wheeler rollover at Coral Pink Sand Dunes

By Christopher Smart | April 7, 2018, 9:41 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Promised Land’ still a dream for black University of Utah students

By Christopher Smart | April 5, 2018, 9:45 p.m.

Utah Pride Center has a new director and a new home

By Christopher Smart | April 4, 2018, 12:22 a.m.

No relief for fired Salt Lake City female battalion chief despite Civil Service Commission ruling in her favor

By Christopher Smart | April 2, 2018, 2:26 p.m.

Up to 5 years in prison for woman who ran over 6 people, killing one, in Salt Lake City

By Christopher Smart | March 23, 2018, 9:16 p.m.

They fought the Taliban side by side. Now, Utah vets work with Afghan commandos to sell coffee.

By Christopher Smart | March 26, 2018, 1:02 a.m.

Midvale man gets up to life for 2016 Park City murder

By Christopher Smart | March 20, 2018, 2:52 p.m.

Former CIA director criticizes Intel Committee and Trump during visit to Salt Lake City

By Christopher Smart | March 14, 2018, 11:26 p.m.

Federal appeals court denies San Juan County’s request for stay in voting district case that benefited Navajos

By Christopher Smart | March 13, 2018, 7:15 p.m.