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Rachel Piper

Digital news editor

Rachel has worked for The Tribune as night editor, a news editor and now as digital editor. She was part of The Tribune team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. She previously was the editor of Salt Lake City Weekly.

The LDS Church is trying to combat the idea that missionaries have special protection — but the strength of that culture could make it a difficult task

By Rachel Piper | August 31, 2018, 11:35 p.m.

The LDS Church says it wasn’t ‘responding well’ to sexual assaults in the mission field. These two women helped its leaders see that.

By Rachel Piper | August 30, 2018, 5:36 a.m.

A company accidentally put the Mormon temple on ‘Beauty and the Beast’ phone cases, and the internet bought them all

By Rachel Piper | August 15, 2018, 1:16 a.m.

She pulls out books during social gatherings. When other teens at this Utah writing camp did the same, she realized, ‘My gosh, there’s more of us.’

By Rachel Piper | June 22, 2018, 6:55 p.m.

Utah authors ask FanX to address multiple ‘breaches of trust’ and unite against sexual harassment

By Rachel Piper | May 26, 2018, 2:26 a.m.

To ‘dispel the negative energy’ of sexual-harassment controversy, FanX co-founder Bryan Brandenburg is taking a leave of absence

By Sean P. Means | Rachel Piper | May 25, 2018, 3:53 a.m.

A popular Utah author criticized FanX’s response to harassment complaints. It told her to ‘sit this one out’ and published her private email.

By Rachel Piper | Sean P. Means | May 23, 2018, 2:13 p.m.

Sexual harassment allegations against ‘Maze Runner’ author James Dashner set off ‘earthquake’ in Utah writing community

By Rachel Piper | February 16, 2018, 1:25 a.m.

At Utah writing camp, teens will workshop stories with their favorite authors

By Rachel Piper | June 29, 2017, 9:02 p.m.

Utah author’s ‘The Hundredth Queen’ is the start of a fast-paced YA romantic fantasy

By Rachel Piper | June 2, 2017, 2:20 p.m.

Love at first page: Utah readers celebrate Newbery books that resonate in childhood and now

By Rachel Piper | February 16, 2017, 1:52 p.m.

Forget locker-room talk, says Elizabeth Smart, there’s ‘no justifying’ sexual violence

By Rachel Piper | October 14, 2016, 11:24 p.m.

Prosecutors reviving cases of 4 women who told police they were sexually assaulted by same Utah State student

By Alex Stuckey | Rachel Piper | July 31, 2016, 3:33 p.m.

Books: Utah native Kiersten White’s ‘And I Darken’ is an enthralling, brutal departure from history

By Rachel Piper | July 13, 2016, 1:26 p.m.

Sex-assault victims and experts agree: Seeing BYU as inherently safe is ‘naive’

By Rachel Piper | June 3, 2016, 6:21 p.m.

BYU: School looking at ‘changes’ after Honor Code criticized for investigating sexual assaults

By Rachel Piper | Annie Knox | May 3, 2016, 6:47 p.m.

Student demanding Honor Code change from BYU says response has been overwhelming, empowering

By Rachel Piper | April 30, 2016, 9:22 a.m.

BYU students say victims of sexual assault are targeted by Honor Code

By Erin Alberty | Jessica Miller Schreifels | Rachel Piper | April 13, 2016, 5:51 a.m.

This Utahn has read every Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — ogle his book collection and share your favorite

By Rachel Piper | March 17, 2016, 12:58 p.m.

Utah children’s authors credit publishing boom not to Mormonism but to one man’s insistence they never quit

By Rachel Piper | January 14, 2016, 4:38 p.m.