Skip To Main Content
Marjorie Cortez on Muck Rack

Marjorie Cortez

Salt Lake City
As seen in: MSN, Yahoo Life, Yahoo News, The Atlantic, Yahoo Finance, Associated Press, SFGate, U.S. News and World Report, The Seattle Times, Miami Herald and
Deseret News reporter who covers all things education. Denver Broncos fan ISO of her next cup of coffee, perfectly seasoned fish taco and turquoise bauble.
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Marjorie

Contact Marjorie, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Rape reports at the University of Utah for 2023 sharply increased year-over-year with 85% of the reported incidents from one victim-survivor. Original

|
By Marjorie Cortez
| Deseret News Verified
Reported rapes at the University of Utah increased nearly sixfold from 2022 to 2023, with a single relationship university officials said was "plagued by a history of coercion and interpersonal violence" accounting for 150 of 175 reports. According to the university's just-released 2023 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, rape reports spiked from 30 in 2022 to 175 the subsequent year. The victim-survivor told police that the rapes occurred over a seven-month period between 2021 and 2022.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (5) Issue with article?

Utah's armed guardian law may be controversial but after recent Georgia school shooting was stopped by school resource officer, it demonstrated the utility of such a law, says lawmaker Original

|
By Marjorie Cortez
| Deseret News Verified
Once again, there are lessons to unpack in the wake of a deadly school shooting. Earlier this week, the Utah Legislature's School Security Task Force reviewed a school shooting on Sept. 4 in Winder, Georgia, that killed two students and two teachers. Nine others were hospitalized after they were allegedly shot by a 14-year-old student who also attended Apalachee High School. Task force chairman Rep.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (3) Issue with article?

What have researchers learned about rattlesnakes since launching livestreams of a mega den in Colorado? Original

|
By Marjorie Cortez
| Deseret News Verified
Admittedly, livestreams of hundreds of rattlesnakes slithering over and between one another isn't as charming as say, kitten videos, but high-tech solar-powered webcams in Colorado and California are revealing to the world new discoveries about the secret lives of rattlesnakes. Researchers say they hope the new knowledge will help dispel myths about the much-maligned reptiles.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (3) Issue with article?
See all 2,514 licensed articles (2,547 Total)