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Sofia Jeremias

Innovation Lab Reporter

Sofia Jeremias focuses on solutions-oriented stories for the Innovation Lab. She reports on people experiencing the housing crisis. She earned her master's degree from the Columbia Journalism School and previously reported on the West for WyoFile and the Deseret News.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, leads a ribbon cutting for Innovation Park at Holbrook Farms, a restricted-income town home development in Lehi, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

This city in Utah County is getting 240 new affordable homes

By Sofia Jeremias | September 15, 2024, 4:57 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Volunteers for the bike-safety advocacy group Sweet Streets form a human bike lane along South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

Why these Salt Lakers created a ‘human’ bike lane on South Temple

By Sofia Jeremias | September 10, 2024, 12:07 p.m.

(Salt Lake City) A rendering of The Grove, a new residential development planned in and around Salt Lake City's vintage Northwest Pipeline Building at 315 E. 200 South, which is to be saved and rehabilitated as part of the project.

How one Utah city is helping to turn empty offices into much-needed apartments

By Sofia Jeremias | Tony Semerad | September 5, 2024, 5:18 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Susan Klinker talks about the process of building a high-efficiency accessory dwelling unit (ADU) behind her home in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, August. 20, 2024.

Want to fight climate change and ease the housing crisis? Build a straw home like this Utahn did.

By Sofia Jeremias | September 3, 2024, 1:18 p.m.

(AP Photo) A housing development in El Dorado Hills, California.

What does ‘Yes in my backyard’ look like for housing? Ask California.

By Tony Semerad | Sofia Jeremias | August 22, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A homeless camp is pictured next to the Jordan River across from Cottonwood Park in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 29, 2024.

Homelessness remains on the rise in Utah, but not all the numbers are bad news

By Sofia Jeremias | August 16, 2024, 6:34 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Damage in Magna from the March 18, 2020, earthquake. With Utah due for a major temblor, state lawmakers have done away with the 30-year-old Utah Seismic Safety Commission.

This group is tasked with preparing Utah for the ‘Big One.’ Utah leaders voted to get rid of it.

By Sofia Jeremias | August 15, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The city of St. George, Utah. A new survey finds rural Westerners often cope with traveling long distances to get healthcare.

Rural Westerners love their way of life. But it comes at a cost — to their health care.

By Sofia Jeremias | August 9, 2024, 6:40 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes and construction in Riverton's Mountain Ridge neighborhood in May 2024. A new report says higher densities, seen as a way to combat Utah's housing crunch, sometimes encounter pushback from residents.

Is community pushback preventing Utah from building more affordable housing?

By Sofia Jeremias | August 3, 2024, 2:51 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heavy smoke from wildfires in the Western U.S. descend on the Salt Lake Valley, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021.

Here’s where northern Utah wildfire smoke is coming from

By Sofia Jeremias | July 29, 2024, 8:11 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
A cyclist braves high temperatures near Salt Lake City's Mountain Dell Dam, Friday July 13, 2018.

Your summer guide for cycling in SLC

By Sofia Jeremias | July 26, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) 2,033 acres of BLM land that is part of proposed land swap with Sandy Ranch near Toquerville, on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Will the White House’s housing plan impact Utah’s federal lands?

By Sofia Jeremias | July 24, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The trailhead to Ensign Peak remains closed along with several other trails along the benches in Salt Lake City due to the recent fire activity on Monday, July 22, 2024.

These trails are closed because of the fire on Ensign Peak

By Sofia Jeremias | July 22, 2024, 7:43 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A homeless camp is pictured next to the Jordan River across from Cottonwood Park in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 29, 2024.

Salt Lake County has a plan to tackle homelessness. Here’s what’s in it.

By Sofia Jeremias | July 21, 2024, 4:11 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Downtown Salt Lake City is pictured from the 6th floor corner view at 650 Main on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Downtown office space is more widely available today — which is good for prospective tenants, experts say.

It’s a good time to rent an office in downtown Salt Lake City — if you can navigate the market

By Sofia Jeremias | Shannon Sollitt | July 17, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Smoke from wildfires in downtown Salt Lake City in 2017.

Wildfire smoke could stick around in Salt Lake Valley

By Sofia Jeremias | July 16, 2024, 4:08 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Elson, forest supervisor for Fishlake National Forest, uses a terra torch to start a prescribed burn near the Moroni Peak area, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. This summer, the hot, dry weather has elevated wildfire risk across the state.

How high is wildfire risk in Utah this summer?

By Sofia Jeremias | July 13, 2024, 3:53 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clint Campbell unlocks his tandem bike in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

How these Salt Lakers lost — and sometimes found — their stolen bicycles

By Sofia Jeremias | July 10, 2024, 3:04 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cyclist pedals though Liberty Park in Salt Lake City on an e-bike on Monday, May 22, 2023.

Enter the lottery for Salt Lake City to help buy you an e-bike

By Sofia Jeremias | July 10, 2024, 2:44 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks burst in North Salt Lake in July 2023. A new BYU study shows the air quality dangers in such displays.

BYU study shows the pollution effects of fireworks linger even after the lights and booms fade

By Sofia Jeremias | July 4, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

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