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Chris Samuels

Visuals editor

Chris is the editor of The Tribune’s visual desk, working and coordinating with an award-winning staff of photographers. He has been at The Tribune since August 2019. Prior to that, he worked as an editor or photographer at several Utah newspapers. Growing up in New Jersey, he is an alumnus of the University of Utah.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) People pass by a shelter along the banks of the Jordan River in Salt Lake City, Monday, March 17, 2025. The Tribune visited a group of shelters three times across two weeks to see the effect cleanups have on the environment and the people living there.

‘They took my house again’ — What a homeless camp cleanup in SLC looks like, from beginning to end

By Tony Semerad | Chris Samuels | Rick Egan | April 2, 2025, 3:19 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Reps. Mike Kennedy and Celeste Maloy listen during a joint town hall in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Video: Crowd shouts at Utah Reps. Maloy and Kennedy during congressional town hall

By Emily Anderson Stern | Chris Samuels | March 21, 2025, 6:19 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Scott Hamilton and Dorothy Hamill skate with the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 8, 2002.

Relive the 2002 Winter Olympics with these 5 key moments

By Chris Samuels | July 24, 2024, 12:09 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A protester holds up a sign as law enforcement push the crowds off campus following a pro-Palestine rally at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 29, 2024.

How the University of Utah protests and police response unfolded, as seen through photos and video

By Chris Samuels | Courtney Tanner | April 30, 2024, 9:47 p.m.

Hundreds line up to say goodbye to a Utah Mexican drive-thru

By Stefene Russell | Chris Samuels | November 4, 2022, 9:14 p.m.

‘Mormon Land’: Hear from Latter-day Saints in Ukraine as they face bombs and bullets amid faith and fellowship

By Chris Samuels | Tamarra Kemsley | March 2, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

‘We’re not panicking’ — How Ukrainian Latter-day Saints are fighting fear with faith and food storage

By Tamarra Kemsley | Chris Samuels | March 3, 2022, 4:06 p.m.

The Beijing Winter Games’ best moments, captured by a Tribune photographer

By Chris Samuels | February 21, 2022, 7:44 p.m.

2021′s best photos, as captured by Salt Lake Tribune photographers

By Chris Samuels | January 1, 2022, 4:12 p.m.

Utah voters cast their Super Tuesday ballots. Polls now closed.

By Chris Samuels | March 4, 2020, 3:21 a.m.

January in Utah: The best images from Tribune photographers

By Chris Samuels | February 7, 2020, 8:08 p.m.

November in Utah: The best photos from Salt Lake Tribune photographers

By Chris Samuels | December 8, 2019, 9:54 p.m.

Think you know Utah? Take our news quiz and find out

By Kelly Cannon-O'Day | Chris Samuels | Amy Maestas | November 19, 2019, 7:05 p.m.

Think you know Utah? Take our news quiz and find out.

By Sara Weber | Chris Samuels | October 11, 2019, 6:04 p.m.

September in Utah: The best photos from Tribune photographers

By Chris Samuels | October 4, 2019, 2:59 p.m.