Audrey Perry Martin began her new position as Brigham Young University’s spokesperson as Utah was attracting national media attention for two reasons, neither of which were good.

Exactly a week after the first day of classes for the fall school year, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Utah Valley University’s campus at an event that 3,000 attended, including BYU students.

And then, nearly a month into class, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — which owns and operates BYU — released the news that church President Russell M. Nelson had died at 101 .

“It hasn’t been boring,” Martin told the Deseret News. But “it was definitely a learn on the job type of experience,” she said, noting that through both experiences, the collaborative effort of her team al

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