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Jesse Hyde

Jesse Hyde is the editor of Deseret Magazine. A graduate of Brigham Young University and the journalism school at Columbia University, he has reported from Haiti, Ethiopia, Russia and many other spots around the globe.

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Perspective
The pandemic made me a better worker and dad. Until it didn’t
It’s been surprisingly difficult to find work-life balance in a pandemic-ridden world.
By Jesse Hyde
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InDepth
How to heal America’s partisan divide
We convened some of the nation’s leading writers, politicians, religious leaders and thinkers to find specific pathways to common ground.
By Jesse Hyde
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InDepth
A nun, a shooting and the unlikely legacy that could save the Amazon rainforest
Sister Dorothy’s death drew international attention and was seen as a test of Brazil’s justice system in the Amazon, which has long had a reputation for corruption.
By Jesse Hyde
Deseret News reporter Jesse Hyde joins U.S. Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. on his walk to work to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.
InDepth
Huntsman Q&A: Jon Huntsman Jr. opens up about the loss of his father, whether he’d ever run for president, and collusion between Trump and Russia
In a series of interviews in Moscow and at his home in Salt Lake City, Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. talks about the loss of his father, whether he’d ever run for president, and whether the Kremlin has dirt on President Trump.
By Jesse Hyde
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InDepth
The last statesman: Can Jon Huntsman, Jr. keep the art of diplomacy alive in the time of President Trump?
In a Deseret News exclusive, reporter Jesse Hyde went to Moscow to meet with U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman, Jr.. In a series of conversations, Huntsman goes inside the Helsinki summit and reveals for the first time his own personal challenge.
By Jesse Hyde
Jimmer Fredette waves to fans after the game with the Bayi Rockets in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 19, 2018. Fredette is a former BYU Cougar and now plays for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association.
InDepth
The Lonely Master: From March Madness to Shanghai, the unlikely journey of Jimmer Fredette
As March Madness gets underway this week, the Deseret News charts the journey of former College Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette from the NBA lottery to the G League to China, and the unexpected soul-searching that followed.
By Jesse Hyde
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and rancher Heidi Redd talk with media after a morning hike at the Dugout Ranch in the Indian Creek region of the Bears Ears National Monument on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.
InDepth
Welcome to the state of limbo: Fear and uncertainty in Bears Ears area about future of land, way of life
Despite heated differences among locals about the fate of the Bears Ears national monument, locals agree that the current process leaves them in a state of limbo, and that the result could harm a fragile and precious land.
By Jesse Hyde
Park City is pictured on Friday, July 14, 2017.
InDepth
The Park City story: One boy died, then another — and the opioid epidemic came into full view
In September 2016, two 13-year-old friends in Park City died after overdosing on “pink,” a synthetic opioid from China. Their deaths revealed how the opioid crisis afflicts even affluent communities.
By Jesse Hyde
The main downtown area of Reykjavik, Iceland is pictured on Aug. 9, 2015.
InDepth
How Iceland became the most stone-cold sober country for teens in Europe
Iceland once had one of the worst rates for teen substance abuse in Western Europe. A revolutionary program changed that by encouraging parents to spend more time with their children and pumping money into arts, music and sports.
By Jesse Hyde
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InDepth
From Mormon kid to alleged drug kingpin: Inside the rise and fall of Aaron Shamo
Special report: The illicit drug trade is undergoing a seismic shift, with Utah in the middle of the deadly trade of the opioid fentanyl. This is the first in an ongoing series about this modern-day plague.
By Jesse Hyde
Local and federal agencies respond to a fentanyl drug bust in Cottonwood Heights on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.
InDepth
The rise of the darknet fuels illicit drug trade
As soon as one illicit substance is banned, chemists at clandestine labs slightly tweak the molecular structure to produce something intended to deliver a similar high.
By Jesse Hyde
President Donald Trump hands a pen to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, after signing an Antiquities Executive Order during a ceremony at the Interior Department in Washington, Wednesday, April, 26, 2017. The president is asking for a review of the designation of
InDepth
Behind the scenes: How Hatch’s loyalty pushed Trump to undo Bears Ears
Hatch’s loyalty to Trump, even during the “Access Hollywood” scandal, has resulted in a close relationship with the new president. Here’s how that relationship — and the efforts of the Utah delegation — led to an executive order.
By Jesse Hyde
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, listens to questions as many of those in attendance hold signs and yell during a town hall meeting at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017.
InDepth
The calculus behind Jason Chaffetz’s sudden decision to walk away
Jason Chaffetz rose to prominence as the chief antagonist of Democrats as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But when Donald Trump got elected everything changed. Chaffetz now says he won’t seek re-election. Here’s why.
By Jesse Hyde and Eric Schulzke
Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, trains with his boxing coach, Eddie "Flash" Newman, at Flash Academy in Holladay on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.
InDepth
Greg Hughes might be the most powerful man in Utah politics, if he could just stay out of trouble
“A lot of people see politics as chess. I play checkers. There’s strategy in checkers, but it’s very upfront. I’m not thinking six moves ahead. I got this move and I need to move to that spot. If you’re in front of me, I jump over.
By Daphne Chen and Jesse Hyde
Doug and Christiana Wilks are photographed in their home in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017.
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‘Loyalty to truth': New Deseret News editor comes from rare news background
Doug Wilks is the 30th editor of the Deseret News. He takes over at a time of rapid transformation and new challenges for the paper and the journalism industry
By Jesse Hyde
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InDepth
The Lone Peak story: What you didn’t know about affluence and teen suicide
Most youths who take their lives display mental health, behavioral or substance abuse problems, but a small percentage are high achievers whose suicides come as a surprise. Here’s what one high school is doing to save those kids’ lives.
By Jesse Hyde
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is introduced during a campaign stop Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
World & Nation
If Hillary becomes president, will she turn the economy over to her husband or strike her own path?
This week, Hillary Clinton said she’d turn the economy over to her husband if elected president. How that would work is unclear, but so far Clinton has offered far more specific economic proposals than her rivals. What impact would they have?
By Jesse Hyde
FILE - In this Friday, April 15, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Hartford, Conn. In the event that the U.S. economy crashed, Trump has floated a recovery plan based on his own experience w
World & Nation
Can Donald Trump fix the U.S. economy or would he make things worse?
Donald Trump has claimed his economic policies would jump-start the U.S. economy and create millions of jobs. His critics say he’d push the country into recession, or worse.
By Jesse Hyde
To celebrate Earth Day, Apple is launching a special one-week program called Apps for Earth in which proceeds from certain apps will go to the World Wide Fund for Nature. But will it make much of a difference? (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Media & Books
Can playing Angry Birds 2 save the planet? On #EarthDay, Apple says yes
To celebrate Earth Day, Apple is launching a special one-week program called Apps for Earth in which proceeds from certain apps will go to the World Wide Fund for Nature. But will it make much of a difference?
By Jesse Hyde
A child is wrapped up against the cold at a park in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Shares of companies making diapers, baby strollers and infant formula were getting a boost Friday from China's decision to scrap its decades-old one-child policy.
U.S. & World
Will China’s ‘one child’ reversal result in a baby boom?
China is dealing with a “demographic time bomb” as its population ages and its emerging economy needs younger workers, and more of them.
By Jesse Hyde
Women supporters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement take part in rally titled 'Empowered Women, Strong Pakistan', Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. The rally organized by Pakistan's ruling coalition Muttahida Qaumi Movement to boost women's roll in cou
U.S. & World
One solution to the fight against global poverty: empower women
There’s also a strong correlation between hunger and gender inequalities. According to the World Food Program, the countries with the highest rates of gender inequality also have the highest rates of hunger.
By Jesse Hyde
A new study argues that one of the unintended consequences of welfare reform is the dramatic increase in families with children living on cash incomes of $2 a day or less.
World & Nation
Living on $2 a day: the new face of extreme poverty in America
A new study argues that one of the unintended consequences of welfare reform is the dramatic increase in families with children living on cash incomes of $2 a day or less.
By Jesse Hyde
Poor men wait in a queue to receive food handed out as an act of charity at the end of the day in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Some 800 million people in the country live in poverty, many of them migrating to big cities in search of a livelih
U.S. & World
Increasing empathy: can journalism help people relate to distant problems?
Research shows that people relate to the suffering of one as a tragedy, but tune out broader suffering as a statistic. Is there a way to help people care about distant problems and global poverty?
By Jesse Hyde
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, volunteers and missionaries work to prepare relief supplies in Cebu City, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 for people in need following a typhoon in the Philippines.
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Lessons learned in the Philippines: Gratitude and action
Thanksgiving was a week away, Christmas around the corner, and I was thousands of miles away from my family, standing in the courtyard of a home that somehow survived the greatest storm that had ever hit land.
By Jesse Hyde
Food and supplies are unloaded from a military transport plane in Tacloban, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, following a typhoon in the Philippines. Passengers were later loaded and allowed to ride to Cebu.
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Before and after: Typhoon’s raw reality gives clarity to survivors
Stories of heartache and survival put focus clearly on the importance of family helping family.
By Jesse Hyde
Allan and Jennifer Dela Cruz sit in Tacloban, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Behind them is a sign asking for help in finding family members they lost in a typhoon.
Utah
The real work now begins — to ease suffering in the Philippines
Much of the international media have moved on, now that the bodies have been removed from the streets. But one Spanish Fork man here to help knows the real work is just beginning in the Philippines.
By Jesse Hyde
Benson E. Misalucha, left, country director for Humanitarian Services, and Nate Leishman, manager, Humanitarian Emergency Response for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talk on their way to Cebu City in the Philippines Saturday, Nov. 16, 20
Utah
Typhoon recovery: Sleepless nights for those in search of help and giving help
As the international recovery effort enters its second week, the attention of LDS church leaders here is to get water, food, blankets and more to those in need, particularly in hard-to-reach villages.
By Jesse Hyde
Sister Kitchie Agreda, left, and Sister Sarah Ralph are emotional as missionaries depart on different assignments from Manila, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. They came to Manila following a typhoon in the Philippines.
Utah
Surviving the typhoon: Fear, faith and miracles for 10 LDS sister missionaries trapped in the Philippines
For 10 LDS sister missionaries trapped in the rising waters of Typhoon Haiyan, fear gave way to faith in a dramatic story of survival
By Jesse Hyde
Through the Apparent Project, Shelley Clay has created jobs for 220 Haitians. In a tent city not far from her home she inspects the work of one of her artisans.
Family
An American woman helps keep Haitian families together
Over the past two years, Shelley Clay has helped 220 people like Malkaline through an innovative nonprofit program called the Apparent Project, which she runs out of her house in Port-Au-Prince.
By Jesse Hyde
When Berthony Theodor first moved to Port Au Prince he lived in a neighborhood like this one. Today he lives in a middle class section of the city.
Utah
Amid catastrophic loss, two people find themselves as Haiti bounces back from 2010 earthquake
Nearly two and half years after the earthquake, throughout Port Au Prince, there are dozens of innovative rebuilding programs in nearly every neighborhood, sponsored by private charities, churches and government organizations. To the aid workers who have been here from the beginning, it feels like things are finally starting to get better.
By Jesse Hyde
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