Guest Editorial: Lawmakers continue to create a need for watchdog reporting

Guest Editorial: Lawmakers continue to create a need for watchdog reporting

Recently Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz decided to deliver a short lecture about journalism’s role in a democratic republic during a “media availability” with reporters at the Capitol. The exchange shows there is work to be done in helping the public and lawmakers better understand what the Constitution’s framers envisioned for the role of a free press. Journalism is vital to democracy, but journalists and the public service they provide are un…