Mary Richards reports — from radio to Church News journalist
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🗓️ 14 December 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Mary Richards spent nearly two decades working as a reporter for KSL NewsRadio in the heart of Salt Lake City. Working near the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mary had many opportunities to report on Latter-day Saint events and members. During her radio career, she produced numerous radio documentaries that aired between general conference sessions. While working on these projects, from covering the temple dedication in Haiti to exploring the Sacred Grove for the bicentennial celebration of the First Vision, she was able to see the good work of the Church roll forward. She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss her recent move to the Church News staff where she is working to help create a “Living Record of the Restoration.”
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. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important 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 | The process of moving over to the church news was one that came as a complete answer to prayer for me. |
| 0:13.7 | I was thinking for a long time, how can I use my time and my talents and my profession to further the work of the Lord? |
| 0:24.6 | How can I help the gospel? |
| 0:27.6 | I remember last summer seeing you doing an interview thinking, wow, she would be a great addition to church news. |
| 0:34.6 | Ooh, because I saw you there and I thought, I want to go work for her. |
| 0:40.8 | I would see you at so many events, and I just thought, man, she's got the best job. |
| 0:45.0 | She just gets to do this all the time. |
| 0:47.1 | And here I am, and we're in a recording booth together. |
| 0:49.1 | It's perfect. |
| 1:00.4 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news, and I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news, and welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | 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. |
| 1:19.7 | I have long admired Mary Richards, who worked for almost two decades at KSL News Radio, a sister company to Deserate News and Church News. |
| 1:22.9 | In November, Mary joined the church news staff. |
| 1:27.2 | Mary, we are so glad to have your enthusiasm and talent and testimony. Welcome today to the Church News podcast. Thank you. I've been a long time listener and now I'm on the podcast. It's thrilling and a little intimidating. |
| 1:36.5 | Well, why don't you talk and tell us a little bit about yourself and your journey from radio to church news? |
| 1:42.6 | So I, if everybody wants to know the whole story, because it's |
| 1:45.9 | kind of fun to tell people about myself, that I am one of 12 children. And now I have five children |
| 1:51.1 | of my own. I love my family so much. We're really close. I grew up all over the world. I grew up |
| 1:58.3 | with my dad's job at the State Department, getting the church news overseas. |
| 2:02.3 | In fact, I like to tell people that I remember seeing the church news on my table when I was |
| 2:07.3 | six years old. |
| 2:08.6 | And now it's just absolutely thrilling to be writing for it. |
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