Trib Reporters Unionize, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Poetry Is Still Wanted Here

July 30, 2024
by Lara Jones
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Salt Lake News Guild, Rocky Mountain Community Radio, and Utah poets all contribute to tonight's show. Take a listen!

Tonight's show features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community!

Today marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Kara Napolitano with the Denver-based nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking says that while trafficking can take various forms, it consistently revolves around exploiting vulnerable individuals. Shared with us via Rocky Mountain Community Radio, a network of public media stations in Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah, including KRCL.

In case of an emergency requiring immediate assistance, call 911
To report a human trafficking tip to the Utah Attorney General's Office, call 1-801-200-3443 or submit a tip
To reach the National Human Trafficking Hotline, call 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP to 233733 (BeFree)
The Journal Podcast: The Slaves Sending You Scam Texts (Feliz Solomon for Wall Street Journal podcasts, July 29, 2024)

Reporters at The Salt Lake Tribune recently announced an effort to unionize, and Trib leadership subsequently and voluntarily recognized the Salt Lake News Guild. RadioACTive finds out what comes next with Robert Gehrke and Emily Anderson Stern, members of the guild's organizing committee.

Poetry Is Still Wanted Here. Utah Poet Rob Carney is back with several other poets to explore current events through their work. He even asked them to write poems specifically for the show. Tonight's lineup:

Rob Carney, whose latest book of poetry, The Book of Drought, was awarded the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, and will be published in September. To pre-order, click here. For a sneak peek published by The Dark Mountain Project, click here. Other collections include Call and Response and The Book of Sharks.
Laura Stott, whose newest, The Bear's Mouth, will be published this year. Other collections include Blue Nude Migration and In the Museum of Coming and Going.
Natalie Padilla Young, co-founder of Sugar House Review (Summer 2024 #28 now out). All of This Was Once Under Water is now available.
Sunni Brown Wilkinson, whose newest collection, Rodeo, has earned the 2024 Donald Justice Poetry Prize and is forthcoming in 2025 from Autumn House Press. Other collections include The Marriage of the Moon and the Field and The Ache and the Wing.

To find more Utah poets, visit Mapping Literary Utah created by Utah Poet Laureate (2017-2022) Paisley Rekdal.

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Questions, comments or suggestions for the show? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

Executive Producer, Host: Lara Jones
Community Co-Host: Risshan Leak
Production Assistant: Connor Estes

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Trib Reporters Unionize, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Poetry Is Still Wanted Here

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