(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Internal Revenue Service customer service representative Diane Zelazny's eyes filled with tears from worry for her fellow IRS employees who don't have a spouse bringing in a second income and are under great stress and anxiety during a rally in protest of the ongoing partial federal shutdown outside Federal Building in Ogden, Jan. 10, 2019.
Benjamin joined The Tribune in the fall of 2014 as an education reporter. He currently covers Utah state government and hosts "Trib Talk," the Tribune's weekly general news podcast. Benjamin is a native Utahn and an alumnus of Utah State University.
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.