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Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Brooklyn is an editor and writer on the Opinion team. Born in Washington, she grew up in Oregon and moved to Utah to attend school at Brigham Young University. She graduated with a B.A. in editing and publishing in 2022 before joining the Deseret News staff. In her free time, she’s either experimenting with new baking projects or furniture flipping with her husband.

Opinion

Should politics be a deal breaker in dating?

While many people shy away from dating across the aisle, it doesn’t need to be a default red flag.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Cereal falls from an industrial pipe into a bowl with a spoon.

Opinion

Snacks, facts and the truth about ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed foods. What are they, and why do we think they are bad?

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A small child in a pink checkered dress lays on the fur of a tabby cat.

Opinion

Perspective: How memories of your childhood pet can benefit you in adulthood

How does a pet become so much more than an animal you invite into your home? Pets give us the gift of nostalgia.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A five dollar bill is juxtaposed against a one hundred dollar bill with coins.

Opinion

Are you satisfied with your salary? There’s a way to make pay negotiations easier

Several states have adopted pay transparency laws that give applicants and employees more power in pay negotiations.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A blender full of cash sits next to a cup of cash, the color of celery juice detox cleanses.

Opinion

Opinion: Watch out for these ‘wellness’ traps

How do you know if your wellness routine is hurting you?

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A train pulls a car full of coins for investing in a retirement savings account.

Opinion

Opinion: Retirement investing tips for the anxious investor

If you’re worried about losing money or doing it wrong, an expert has some advice.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Moving beyond ‘I’m sorry for your loss’

What is the impact of one person sitting through a funeral to support their seventh grade student? In grief support, we need to show up.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Have you seen my doppelgänger?

I recently found myself staring at my face — on someone else. How likely are you to find your look-alike?

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Perspective: What strawberries teach us about celebrating Earth Day

Prepare to celebrate Earth Day by understanding the Earth’s role as a giver — and following these tips for giving back.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

The American protein obsession is an answer in search of a problem

You don’t need as much protein as you think — even if the marketing for that protein cookie tells you otherwise.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: Humans need to belong. What happens when we don’t?

‘If you don’t have anyone in your life that makes you feel like you matter, that’s an emergency.’

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A glass bowl of plain bone broth.

Opinion

Opinion: ‘Bone broth is not soup’ and other lessons learned from Gwyneth Paltrow’s diet

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘wellness routine’ is not the meal plan we should be striving for.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: Feeling poor? Wealth comparison may be to blame

When we are surrounded by wealthy neighbors, we are more likely to think that what we have is not enough.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A daughter and mother spend quality time baking muffins together in their kitchen at home.

Opinion

How to make this daily chore work for your mental health

Feeling burnt out about the prospect of making dinner? Here are five tips and a little attitude might change your mind.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Don’t be a third wheel to technology this Valentine’s Day

Technology and romance don’t need to be enemies. Here’s how to have a successful relationship with your partner and your phones.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A man stands under a lamp and scratches his head. An open laptop four times his size sits next to him.

Opinion

How to be an adult when you don’t feel like an adult

I talked with a licensed therapist about what it means to be a ‘real’ adult in a world full of arbitrary markers.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Seven women pose with various body shapes and sizes.

Opinion

Opinion: The New Year health goal you need — it’s not what you think

‘How to lose weight’ is one of Google’s top 10 most searched questions. Here’s why it shouldn’t be your resolution.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: Christmas is over — but the holidays don’t have to be

If you love to celebrate and you’re mourning the end of “the most wonderful time of the year,” read this.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: Do you have adulthood impostor syndrome? It might not be all bad

When adults don’t feel like adults, do we have a problem?

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: How to navigate the dangers of dating app predators

How do you balance trust and vulnerability with safety and security? Dating apps have redrawn the landscape of connection building.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

We need to talk about adding books, not just banning books

The underlying concerns of those who want literary diversity are not in conflict with parents seeking age-inappropriate content and protection for children.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

The ‘sugar high’ debunked

This Halloween, the biggest fright for parents may be the candy their children come home with. Are the sugar myths true — or just another Halloween tall tale?

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

A hobbit runs up a set of white steps with two large pillars at the top.

Opinion

The unlikely hero to heal our politics? A hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien makes hobbits into heroes — but these unconventional, ordinary folk don’t fit our superhero mold

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Can a side hustle lead to the American Dream? What this generation is doing for extra cash

Inflation and housing prices have brought on the revival of the side hustle to earn extra cash. Does it help?

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Perspective: Please don’t call me skinny — What I learned from an eating disorder

When we comment on someone’s body size, we don’t know what we are complimenting.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: Are young people not voting because they don’t care — or because they don’t know how to care?

Out of every age group, youth voters, ages 18-24, have the lowest voter turnout year after year. We can’t waste the opportunity to have a voice in America

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

President Joe Biden, left, greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist-bump in Saudi Arabia.

U.S. & World

The 6 things Biden discussed with the Saudi royal family — oil, Jamal Khashoggi and more

Regarding the death of Jamal Khashoggi: “I raised it at the top of the meeting making it clear what I thought of it at the time and what I think of it now,” Biden said.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: How these apps ruined my dating life — and what I did to fix it

Dating apps may feel like the only option, but they don’t work for everyone — and they didn’t work for me.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Boaters at Jordanelle Reservoir near Kamas.

Opinion

Opinion: What would you do if you believed your actions really impacted the environment?

Individual actions may seem small compared to the threat of climate change — but you are mistaken if you believe that makes them insignificant.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer

Opinion

Opinion: The dangers of negative body talk — our children are listening

10-year-old girls are worried about weight gain. The messages about our bodies start early, and they never stop. We need clearer voices to outshout the negative ones.

By Brooklyn Hughes Roemer