Deseret News’ Emily Hellewell on seeking truth and connection as God’s children
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🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In June 2024, Emily Hellewell was named vice president of marketing and creative services at Deseret News. In this role, she leads the marketing and communications efforts for the Deseret News, Deseret Magazine and Church News as well as several other teams. Hellewell joins this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss how her extensive background in public relations and her faith in Jesus Christ prepared her for this role. She emphasizes the importance of humanity in storytelling and how truth-seeking journalism can help cut through the world’s clutter to connect Heavenly Father’s children to one another.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | I've been given great talents and great gifts by my Heavenly Father, and because of that, I should do something with it. |
| 0:15.0 | We all need something a little bit. Sometimes it's friendship. Sometimes it's an opportunity to work. Sometimes it's help |
| 0:22.9 | developing our skills and talents so we can feel fulfilled. And so if I come to work and I can |
| 0:29.2 | help a reader or a viewer understand a piece of their worldview a little bit better, that feels really satisfying to me. And the reason |
| 0:41.7 | why all of that matters to me is because I have a Savior who has done the ultimate version of |
| 0:49.6 | that for me and for all of humanity. That when we are looking for ways to help those around us, |
| 0:56.3 | hopefully I'm honoring that ultimate sacrifice that Christ made for me in a very small, small, small |
| 1:04.1 | way. |
| 1:07.9 | This is Mary Richards, reporter at the Church News. Welcome to the Church News podcast. Today, we are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:25.6 | In June of 2024, the Desireate News appointed Emily Hellwell as vice president of marketing |
| 1:31.8 | and creative services. |
| 1:33.9 | At the time, Desiret News publisher Burke Olson said, Emily's extensive experience in marketing, |
| 1:40.0 | communications, and media makes her an invaluable addition to our team. |
| 1:47.6 | He went on to say that in addition to leading the marketing and creative teams, |
| 1:50.7 | she will add her important voice to our leadership team. |
| 1:55.1 | And we look forward to the impact she will have on the Desiret News and all of our brands. |
| 2:04.5 | In this role, Emily is leading the marketing and communication efforts for the Desiret News, Desiret Magazine, and several other products, including Church News. |
| 2:06.7 | Welcome, Emily, to the Church News podcast. |
| 2:09.5 | Thank you, Mary. It's so lovely to be here today. |
| 2:14.0 | Tell us a little bit about yourself and where you grew up, and let's learn a little bit more about you. |
| 2:19.9 | Fantastic. Thank you. I grew up in Oregon. I love the Pacific Northwest. I love being able to go there. My parents still live there. And after I graduated from high school, I went to |
| 2:25.9 | BYU and I ended up studying communications and public relations. After I finished my degree, I moved to |
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