(Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo) Taryn Hiatt, of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, talks about her multiple suicide attempts between the ages of 12-15, during a news conference to address new suicide data released by CDC researchers, at the request of Utah officials, at the Utah Department of Health offices in Salt Lake City Thursday November 30, 2017. Suicide rates of youth 10-17 more than doubled from 2011 to 2015; same with ER trips for self-harming and reports of suicidal ideations among youth.
Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.