Jamie McGriff

Salt Lake City

Anchor and Reporter at KUTV-TV (Salt Lake City, UT)

5x Emmy Nominated ✨📺 Anchor/Reporter for @KUTV2News 🐦RP’s are not endorsements.🧐

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Brigham City Museum raises awareness through history exhibit on local Japanese pioneers

1 week ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Brigham City Museum's exhibit on Japanese pioneers attracted hundreds of visitors within the first days of its opening. As soon as visitors walk into the museum, they’re greeted with a massive black and white panorama from 1920. It showcases a Japanese family on their farm in Corrine, Utah. MORE | Utah's Japanese History:Brigham City Museum's exhibit on Japanese pioneers attracted hundreds of visitors within the first days of its opening.
Researcher shares history of Ogden's Japanese farms

2 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — While building North America’s railroads, the Japanese rail workers in northern Utah were also trying to build their own lives in Ogden. “Most people don’t realize Ogden was segregated up until the 60s,” said Sarah Langsden, the curator and co-head of Special Collections at Weber State University, who’s researching Ogden’s Japanese history. The Japanese in Ogden were limited to a two-mile radius.
Utah's Japanese railroad workers spotlighted through work, research of local scholars

3 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — Transportation across North America with reached a new level in 1862. It was the year when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law. That law authorized the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, which would connect the eastern United States to the pacific coast. The rail line went from Sacramento, California through Ogden, brought jobs and attracted members of the Asian community.
Weber State curator works to preserve Japanese history in nearby counties

4 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — There’s a sprawling kingdom of shelves with hundreds of boxes tucked away at Weber State University’s Archives Department. All of it serves a special purpose of preserving some of Utah’s history. “Weber and Davis County. That is really our goal, when people come in looking for something I have something to give them,” said Sarah Langsdon, Curator and Co-Head of Special Collections.
Retired judge remembers Salt Lake's Japantown, hopes for better future

1 month ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

While taking a stroll down Japan Street (100 South near 300 West) just west of the Salt Palace Convention Center, Iwasaki shared memories of buildings that once stood in his childhood neighborhood. (Photo: KUTV)
Baltimore artist creates historic murals for Ogden's new community center

1 month ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — Construction crews in Ogden are hard at work getting the new Marshall White Community Center completed before the grand opening celebration. For LaToya Peoples of Baltimore, Maryland, this is both crunch time and prime time. As a Commissioned Muralist, Peoples is putting in at least 10 hours a day, tackling a massive project for the new center. The task is painting four murals that are eight feet wide by 26 feet tall.
Anticipation builds for Ogden's new community center

1 month ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — After years of planning, drafting images, and reworking concepts and ideas, the completion of the new Marshall White Community Center is on the horizon. For any bystander watching, it’s clear this will mark a new era for the community. Crews are putting finishing touches on and around the new center. Damon Lamar Reed, a Chicago-based muralist, has worked for months planning with Ogden City arts administrators on his project that will be featured at the center.
Salt Lake Bees field operator shares process of installing field turf at new stadium

1 month ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

DAYBREAK, Utah (KUTV) — Many people in Daybreak kept up with the rapidly moving construction of The Ballpark at America First Square, the new Salt Lake Bees baseball stadium. The grass or “turf,” as it's often called, was grown in and shipped from Washington state. Brian Soukup, Director of Field Operations at the new stadium, explained that it’s the kind of turf that many professional sports fields use.
NAACP explains continued work on racial justice

2 months ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Over the years, the NAACP has fought against housing discrimination and wealth disparities against African Americans. One of the challenges Black communities faced involved access to better housing in better neighborhoods. From the mid-1930s to the 1960s, redlining was a barrier that seemed impossible to beat.
Branch president reflects on legacy of Ogden's NAACP

2 months ago | kutv.com | Jamie McGriff

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — 26 years after the 1918 founding of the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP, another branch formed in the community of Ogden. “This year will be 81 years that we got our start,” said Betty Sawyer, President of Ogden’s NAACP. She credited her family’s upbringing as the foundation for her life’s work. “I’m an NAACP baby. I was born and raised in NAACP. My mom was an NAACP president for all my life,” Sawyer said.

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Articles

Brigham City Museum raises awareness through history exhibit on local Japanese pioneers

Researcher shares history of Ogden's Japanese farms

Utah's Japanese railroad workers spotlighted through work, research of local scholars

Weber State curator works to preserve Japanese history in nearby counties

Retired judge remembers Salt Lake's Japantown, hopes for better future

Baltimore artist creates historic murals for Ogden's new community center

Anticipation builds for Ogden's new community center

Salt Lake Bees field operator shares process of installing field turf at new stadium

NAACP explains continued work on racial justice

Branch president reflects on legacy of Ogden's NAACP

Journalists covering the same region

Brian Schnee

Brad Mee

Cassidy Wixom

Eliana Sheriff

Logan Stefanich

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