Kevin Reynolds is The Tribune\u2019s new Jazz reporter.<\/p>\n
(Kevin Reynolds) A young Kevin Reynolds attends a Rutgers game with his dad, to the left, with a group of fans.<\/p>\n
The drive from Piscataway, New Jersey, to my hometown was only about 30 minutes. But those trips with my dad \u2014 usually coming home from Rutgers football losses \u2014 were where I learned to love reporting.<\/p>\n
Many fall Saturdays while I was growing up, my dad and I would pile into a car, ever hopeful his alma mater could spring an upset. I was in the stands the night Rutgers beat a top-10 Louisville team thanks to Jeremy Ito\u2019s right foot. The call, \u201cPandemonium in Piscataway,\u201d still plays in my house. But most of the time, it was a tough loss.<\/p>\n
No matter the outcome, my favorite part of the day was the drive home. My dad would turn on the car radio to listen to the postgame news conference and we\u2019d break down everything he saw and heard about Rutgers that week. We\u2019d talk about the reporting in the newspaper. When we got home, I\u2019d write my own version of a story in a notebook filled with real newspaper clippings.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know it then, but those weekends led me to this new role as the Utah Jazz reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune.<\/p>\n
I always dreamed of being the person writing the stories that sparked conversations among friends and family. My dad and I would talk about the reporters, who made the players, coaches and program come to life. It was our world, with its own characters and saga.<\/p>\n
(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kevin Reynolds.<\/p>\n
Sports were a way to connect with my family and my community.<\/p>\n
So that is what guides me now as a reporter covering the Jazz. I\u2019ll strive to find stories that you\u2019d want to talk about over the dinner table or the TRAX ride home.<\/p>\n
To me, that means diving into why something happens \u2014 not just what happened. You all know if the Jazz win or lose. My job is to tell you why your team made a trade, or give you a peek inside the locker room, or a story that connects this organization to your life.<\/p>\n
That can look different depending on the day. As The Tribune\u2019s reporter covering BYU the last four years, that sometimes meant telling how AJ Dybantsa ended up in Provo<\/a>, or explaining why the star quarterback left a month before the season.<\/a> Other times, it was highlighting a player living out of his car and selling his own plasma<\/a>, or showing how a religion and its university were at odds over Name, Image and Likeness issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n To be honest, some of the best parts of my week are still getting on the phone with my dad and breaking down stories.<\/p>\n So for me, it\u2019s an honor to be part of a reporting process that, at its best, can connect us to family and community. Hopefully, we will provide you with stories that you want to talk about with the most important people in your life.<\/p>\n It\u2019s all I ever wanted to do after a game.<\/p>\n For over 150 years, The Salt Lake Tribune has been Utah\u2019s independent news source. Our reporters work tirelessly to uncover the stories that matter most to Utahns, from unraveling the complexities of court rulings to allowing tax payers to see where and how their hard earned dollars are being spent. This critical work wouldn\u2019t be possible without people like you\u2014individuals who understand the importance of local, independent journalism.\u00a0 As a nonprofit newsroom, every subscription and every donation fuels our mission, supporting the in-depth reporting that shines a light on the is sues shaping Utah today.<\/p>\n You can help power this work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Reynolds is The Tribune\u2019s new Jazz reporter. (Kevin Reynolds) A young Kevin Reynolds attends a Rutgers game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,10109,590,85,11898],"class_list":["post-497071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-utah-jazz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}