Arizona Daily Star
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
Founder(s) | L. C. Hughes |
Founded | March 29, 1877 |
Headquarters | 4850 South Park Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85714 |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 96,682 weekdays 116,010 Saturdays 154,715 Sundays in 2012 |
ISSN | 0888-546X |
OCLC number | 2949521 |
Website | tucson |
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The Arizona Daily Star is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States.
History[]
L. C. Hughes was the Arizona Territory governor and founder of the Arizona Star, in 1877. The first issue was published on March 29, 1877.[1] The newspaper became the Arizona Daily Star in June 1879.[2][3]
The paper was purchased by Pulitzer in 1971; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005.
Awards[]
In 1981, Star reporters Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting for their stories about recruiting violations by University of Arizona football coach, Tony Mason.[4]
References[]
- ^ "About The Arizona star. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, Ariz.) 1877–1877". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "About Arizona Daily Star 1879–current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Wagoner, Jay J. (1970). Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political history. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-0176-9.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes". Retrieved September 5, 2019.
External links[]
- Official website
- LCCN sn84020668
- Arizona Daily Star Archives (1879 to present)
- Today's Arizona Daily Star front page at the Newseum website
- The Arizona Daily Star's 2014 project on SB1070, "State of Confusion," Arizona Daily Star, March, 2014
- The Arizona Daily Star's 2013 series on poverty, "Losing Ground", Arizona Daily Star, August, 2013
Categories:
- Newspapers published in Arizona
- Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners
- Mass media in Tucson, Arizona
- Lee Enterprises publications
- Daily newspapers published in the United States
- Companies based in Tucson, Arizona
- Publications established in 1877
- 1877 establishments in Arizona Territory