Take a deeper dive into the local journalism you love. Stars of the Star, a look inside the Arizona Daily Star newsroom talking with the people who Tell Tucson’s story. Join David McCumber, Executive editor at The Arizona Daily Star as he talks to the people that bring you award winning journalism and takes a look behind the scenes of the reporting that makes it happen. Find out the stories behind the stories and listen wherever you get your podcasts or at Tucson.com. Subscribe to support local Journalism and comment on, rate and share this podcast. Find more con...
Latest episodes
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15 min
Stars of the Star: Erika Wurst
Erika Wurst is the Public Safety Reporter for the Arizona Daily Star. She recently moved back to Arizona after working with Sun-Times Media. Erika and David talk about the Public S…
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18 min
Stars of the Star: Pascal Albright
Pascal Albright is the Digital Producer for the Arizona Daily Star and the producer of Stars of the Star. Pascal started at the Star in 2022, previously working as the Journalist P…
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24 min
Stars of the Star: Norma Coile
Norma Coile is the Metro Team Leader for the Arizona Daily Star. Norma is a veteran to the Star having worked at the Tucson Citizen previously and talks to David about her long car…
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15 min
Stars of the Star: Michael Schmelzle
Michael Schmelzle is a copy editor for the Arizona Daily Star. Michael has been with the Star since 2009, following in his father’s footsteps – who worked at the Tucson Citizen. He…
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20 min
Stars of the Star: PJ Brown
PJ Brown is a sports reporter for the Arizona Daily Star. She joined the Star in 2016, after working at an accounting firm while taking a break from sports reporting. PJ's journali…
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17 min
Stars of the Star: Mamta Popat
Mamta Popat is a Photographer for the Arizona Daily Star. She started her career at the Star in 2003 and has seen the Star evolve from film cameras to digital. Mamta and David talk…
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23 min
Stars of the Star: Brett Fera
Brett Fera is the Sports Editor for the Arizona Daily Star. Brett is originally from California, he moved to Arizona for school, eventually working at the University of Arizona as…
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15 min
Stars of the Star: Grace Trejo
Grace Trejo is a photographer for the Arizona Daily Star. Trejo is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona and joined the Arizona Daily Star in 2023. Grace has covered many…
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14 min
Stars of the Star: JT Thorpe
JT Thorpe is a Copy Editor for the Arizona Daily Star. A recent graduate from the University of Arizona, JT joined the Arizona Daily Star in 2023 and has helped the newsroom with t…
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14 min
Stars of the Star: Charles Borla
Charles Borla is the local government reporter for the Arizona Daily Star. He started covering public safety for the Arizona Daily Star after graduating from the University of Ariz…
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28 min
Stars of the Star: Michael Lev
Michael Lev is a sports columnist and reporter for the Arizona Daily Star. He started his career at Pro Football Weekly, then moved to the Orange County Register before starting at…
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14 min
Stars of the Star: Hipolito Corella
Hipolito Corella is the Senior Editor for the Arizona Daily Star. A native Tucsonan and University of Arizona graduate, he joined the Star in 1991. He has held several reporter and…
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22 min
Stars of the Star: Sara Brown
Sara Brown joined the Arizona Daily Star in 2014 after working for the San Pedro Valley New Sun in Benson, Arizona. She works mainly on the opinion pages, curates columns such as K…
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16 min
Stars of the Star: Jamie Donnelly
Jamie Donnelly is the food reporter for This Is Tucson and the Arizona Daily Star. She majored in journalism at the University of Arizona and graduated in 2021, getting her first r…
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15 min
Stars of the Star: Henry Brean
Henry Brean joined the Arizona Daily Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University o…
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23 min
Stars of the Star: Kimberly Kalil
Kimberly Kalil is the Arizona Daily Star’s News Editor and she overseas both digital and print content for Tucson.com. Kimberly comes from a military and PR background and has work…
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21 min
Stars of the Star: Justin Spears
Justin Spears is the Arizona Daily Star's Arizona football beat writer, while also writing stories and producing digital content on UA basketball and local high schools. A Tucson n…
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22 min
Stars of the Star: David Wichner
David Wichner is the business reporter at the Arizona Daily Star. He joined the Star in 1997, after working as a consumer and business reporter in Phoenix for more than a decade. A…
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21 min
Stars of the Star: Cathy Burch
Cathy Burch has covered music, arts and entertainment for the Arizona Daily Star for more than 20 years. She's a graduate of Arizona State University and has worked at Sedona Red R…
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14 min
Stars of the Star: Jessica Votipka
Jessica Votipka is the Arizona Daily Star’s K-12 education reporter. Jessica is new to the Arizona Daily Star from Nebraska. She recalls being 6-years old when her interest for jou…