Carole Mikita

Carole Mikita has been a television journalist for over thirty years. She has covered a variety of topics and specializes in religion, arts, and culture. She was also a co-anchor for many years.

Mikita was raised in a faithful Protestant home in Steubenville, Ohio. Part of her family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was fourteen years old. She eventually was baptized when she was a student at Ohio State University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in theater and planned to perform on Broadway. However, a friend from a local radio station introduced her to the world of broadcast journalism so she took classes in writing and reporting. She soon had a job in the news department of a station in her home town and she developed a love of telling other people’s stories.

Mikita landed a job as a nighttime anchor in a small news department in Pittsburgh, which soon afforded her opportunities to work in bigger markets. After her brother, Steve, moved to Utah to attend law school, she followed him there and landed a job at KSL-TV.

She has written and produced documentaries that air on KSL between sessions of General Conference, held every six months. She has traveled with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and President Gordon B. Hinckley.

She won a regional Emmy for "Gideon's Story" and has a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. She has also received many awards from the Society for Professional Journalists and the Utah Broadcasters Association for both news stories and documentaries. She was honored in 1994 by the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation, in 1996 by the Assistance League of Utah as a "Woman of Distinction," and in 2000 by the Utah-California Women's Association with its Legacy Award. She has hosted the Primary Children's Medical Center Telethon for more than 20 years,

Mikita and her husband, Neil York, an American history professor at Brigham Young University, are the parents of two daughters.