The City Journals, parent company of the Salt Lake Business Journal, has been named to the Utah’s 100 Companies Championing Women list for 2023.
As part of the Inspire In Utah campaign and sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) and the Utah Women & Leadership Project at Utah State University, the listing focuses on recognizing and highlighting the stories of 100 Utah companies that offer family-friendly policies and practices, as well as women-specific initiatives known to impact the recruiting, hiring, retaining and advancing of women employees, managers and leaders.
“I am proud of this accomplishment for our team and the company,” said Bryan Scott, owner and publisher of the City Journals group of newspapers and CEO of Loyal Birch Media. “We have worked very hard over the past few years to champion women inside our company as well as outside. We work closely with the Women’s Leadership Institute and various chamber initiatives, as well as making sure our editorial team sponsors and promotes women in our publications throughout Utah and Idaho.”
Scott is a member of the board of the Salt Lake City-based Women’s Leadership Institute, sponsor of the statewide ElevateHER Challenge, a nonprescriptive and cost-free template for setting goals in women’s leadership.
The citation from GOEO and the Utah Women & Leadership Project spotlights City Journals’ “excellence in the areas of pay equity efforts, recruiting strategies for women, flexible work schedules, women ERG, women in leadership and family-friendly policies.”
The document continues, “The state of Utah actively engages in changing gender disparities for women, including improving workplace inclusivity. Your leadership in innovative and supportive policies and cultures is an example for other Utah companies and businesspeople. Thank you for your efforts as we work together to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and women in the workplace.”
City Journals, which publishes the Salt Lake Business Journal, is a division of Sandy-based Loyal Perch Media Inc., publisher of 21 community newspapers throughout Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, including the Davis Journal; Morgan County News; and Idaho Enterprise in Malad, Idaho.