During my year-long internship with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I filmed and edited several social media videos. You can check them out below!
From April to December of 2024, I was the Friend Digital Messaging Intern for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Traditionally, a Church Magazine internship is four months long. Because of my experience and the needs of the office, my internship was extended for the 2024 year. I was responsible for assisting with the direction of and creating print and digital content for the global Friend magazine.
I wrote 22 articles for the Friend and was a peer editor for all monthly content. I was also in charge of the Let’s Get Cooking and Let’s Get Moving departments, where I wrote all articles for the 2025 year, except for January 2025.
Due to the Church’s advanced publication schedule, many of my articles are not yet online. More information about my writing in this position can be made available upon request.
Friend Emails
Check out emails I’ve written for the Friend below.
I wrote Instagram and Facebook captions for the Friend social media accounts and created the social media content calendar. I assisted with over 60 social media posts and worked closely with Church magazine social media managers, graphic designers, and animators to ensure all content was up to standard. I filmed multiple videos for Church magazine accounts, one of which received over 420k views!
I conducted several A/B tests with social media captions and followed patterns of which content performed the best. I also led the “Turning 12” campaign, which prepared Latter-day Saint youth to enter the temple and join the youth programs.
See videos that I filmed for the Liahona, YA Weekly, and Friend Instagrams here!
YA Weekly
During my internship with the Friend, I regularly contributed to YA Weekly, writing articles every other month and frequently peer editing content. Prior to that, I was the YA Weekly editorial intern. You can view more of my work for YA Weekly here.
From January to April 2024, I was the Editorial Intern for the YA Weekly digital magazine from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This internship focused on ghostwriting and content editing articles from our submission process. In this position, I had the opportunity to interview members of the Church from around the world—ages 18 to 35—every week. I asked about their religious experiences and organized this data so the YA Weekly team could better format content based on our demographic’s needs.
As the intern, I created new systems to monitor article analytics and created templates for future interns to use. I assisted in data questionnaires, article formatting, and choosing visuals for the Church’s website and YA Weekly social media. I proposed new projects to boost YA Weekly‘s SEO, and created easy-to-read content for our target audience. In this internship, I assisted in producing over 35 articles, including 7 with my own story.
I also helped re-vamp the YA Weekly’s introduction article by identifying and indexing popular articles and SEO topics. You can view this list by clicking here.
Due to the Church’s advanced publication schedule, many of my articles are not yet online. More information about my writing in this position can be made available upon request.
This article was written for BYU-I’s news organization, Scroll.
On Sept. 6, Isabelle Justice met with President Alvin F. Meredith III and Jennifer Edgin Meredith to discuss the couple’s hopes as the new leaders of BYU-Idaho.
“We know that (BYU-I students) can become disciples (of Jesus Christ) and become experts and scholars in their fields,” said President Meredith. “I am really grateful for that vision of BYU-I — a vision that we are inheriting.
On May 16, President Meredith was announced as BYU-Idaho’s 18th president, succeeding Henry J. Eyring who served for six years. His inauguration is on Oct. 10 in the BYU-Idaho Center.
“It’s just very humbling,” said Sister Meredith. “We know that this stewardship is a very sacred responsibility.”
The Merediths in an interview with Scroll. Photo credit: BYU-Idaho
The Merediths began their stewardship at BYU-I in the summer and are connecting with the Rexburg community.
“BYU-Idaho is famously friendly,” said President Meredith. “That’s the phrase that we’ve heard and we have felt that. You know, we’re from Tennessee and so we know southern hospitality when we see it. We just didn’t expect to see it in Southern Idaho.”
President and Sister Meredith have six children — four boys and two girls — and each served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Meredith is continuing to serve as a General Authority Seventy while president of BYU-I.
“(Our children) are excited to be here,” President Meredith explained. “When they learned of this assignment, they changed the name of our family group chat from ‘Meredith Family’ to ‘Tater Tots.’”
This article was written for BYU-I’s news organization, Scroll.
On May 16, Alvin F. Meredith III was announced as BYU-Idaho’s 18th president, succeeding Henry J. Eyring who served as president for six years. The announcement was made during Devotional by Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Meredith has served in many different Church capacities; he’s been the chairman of the Executive Committee of BYU-Idaho’s Board of Trustees, a General Authority Seventy, president of the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission, a bishop, stake president and Area Seventy in the North America Southeast and Asia Areas.
With his church service aside, who is Alvin F. Meredith III, the new president of BYU-I?
From the Bible Belt
Known as “Trip” by friends and family, President Meredith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 22, 1970. His mother, Mary Smartt Meredith, was a convert to the church, according to a Church Newsroom interview.
“We come from good stock, just not pioneer stock,” President Meredith said. “There were no handcarts in our family history, no crossing the Plains.”
President Meredith was an athlete in high school and served full-time in the Utah Salt Lake City mission after graduation.
Studied psychology and business
After his mission, President Meredith earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at BYU in 1994. He later earned a master of business administration in finance from the University of Chicago in 2001. He met his wife, Jennifer Denise Edgin, during his time in Provo.
“We were set up on a blind date by some mutual friends,” President Meredith said in a BYU-I Devotional. “My wife is the very best person that I know … Over time, the accumulation of small and quiet reassurances made me realize that she was someone that made me think my highest thoughts, aspire to my noblest deeds and made me wish that I was better than I was. And I just really loved her too.”
They were sealed on Feb. 8, 1998, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have been married for 26 years and have six children.
Sister Meredith’s parents are converts to the Church. She served a full-time mission in the Argentina Salta Mission and earned a bachelor’s degree in communication from BYU.
President Meredith has served in many different Church capacities and began his service at BYU-I on Aug. 1.
Lived and served overseas
After graduate school, President Meredith’s job offered a position in Hong Kong, China.
“At the time, our oldest child was ten years old and my wife, Jennifer, was six months pregnant with our sixth child,” President Meredith explained. “It was daunting to know that this decision would affect not only me, (but) the people I love the most — my family.”
President Meredith prayed, studied and counseled with Church leaders to make a decision.
“It became clear that this would be a good move — not an easy move — but a good move for our family,” President Meredith said.
The Merediths lived in Hong Kong from 2010-2011, and upon returning to the U.S., President Meredith was sustained as an Area Seventy in the North American Southeast Area from 2012-2016.
The Merediths returned to Asia once more for work in 2016, and President Meredith was sustained as an Area Seventy in the Asia Area where he served until 2018.
In the last decade, President Meredith completed Church assignments in Utah, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and North Carolina. In Asia, he served in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, China, Thailand and India.
Mission president and General Authority Seventy
President Meredith was later called as the mission president for a place that he knew well — Salt Lake City, Utah.
“We’ve learned that wherever you go, it’s the Lord’s work and it’s the Lord’s Church regardless of the language or culture they come from,” President Meredith said in a Church Newsroom interview.
After his service as a mission president, President Meredith was sustained as a General Authority Seventy in 2021. He will continue to serve as a General Authority during his time at BYU-I.
When is the inauguration?
Meredith began his duties as president on Aug. 1. His first act as president was leading the first devotional of the summer.
“It’s my first day of school,” President Meredith said to a chuckling crowd, according to a BYU-I Scroll article.
President Meredith’s inauguration is on Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m. in the BYU-Idaho Center. The event will be available online, BYU-I Radio and YouTube.
“The university invites students, employees and the public to gather to celebrate this milestone in BYU-Idaho history,” said Brett Crandall in a BYU-I news release.
This article was written for BYU-I’s news organization, Scroll.
On Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a no-cost print subscription for its three magazines: Liahona, For the Strength of Youth and Friend.
This offer is available in specific parts of the world, but over the next several months it will reach every part of the globe, according to the Church Newsroom. To qualify, users need a church account which allows one annual subscription per household.
“The Church wants to give greater access to the words of the prophets, and we are excited to make the printed copies of the Church magazines available at no-cost.” said Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in a press release.
In 2021, the Church magazines underwent major changes to better serve its readers across the world. Today, all magazines are available at no-charge in the Gospel Library and are translated into 50 languages.
Members 18 years and older can manage their Church magazine subscription and can sign up for email notifications.
Liahona
The Liahonais a Church magazine that contains messages from Church leaders about difficult topics and gospel principles. It also highlights inspiring stories from members across the world.
The Liahona‘s target audience is adult members of the Church.It began printing in 1907 and has been available worldwide since 2021.
For Strength of Youth
The For Strength of Youthwas created for adolescents ages 11 to 18, and shares spiritually strengthening messages and activities. The publication was originally called New Era, but, in efforts to be a global church, was rebranded in 2021. The For Strength of Youth has fewer pages than the New Era which allows it to be printed in 48 languages.
“This will be the first time that many youth … outside of English-speaking countries will be able to subscribe to a magazine with messages specifically directed to them,” stated a press release from the Church.
Friend
Formally called The Children’s Friend from 1902 until 1970, the Friend is a magazine curated by the Church for children under the age of 11. It includes scripture stories, child-friendly messages from Church leaders, coloring pages and testimonies.
On the Friend’s 50th anniversary, the magazine became global. In January of 2021, the Friend was printed into 48 different languages and sent to about 150 countries.
Isabelle Justice 