We’ve turned the lights off at 4850 S. Park after nearly 50 years, and I’m not feeling a bit nostalgic about the newsroom moving back downtown. Sure, I miss the pressroom with its inky smells and booming classic rock ‘n’ roll. But the newsroom? Nah. It was never about the place. I walked into the …
Author Archives: Stardom
Melissa Davis
Please tell me the story of where you came from and how you got here. Where born, where raised, where schooled and maybe a little about how your siblings are like/different from you. I was born in Toledo, Ohio in August 1979. My home life growing up was very chaotic. I spent a lot of …
Profile for April STARDOM: Sara Brown
In our work-from-work days, Sara Brown was, for many callers, the voice of the newsroom. As News Assistant, she heard from exasperated people with problems no one else had time to handle, confused people who’d called the wrong department, angry people itching to give the Arizona Daily Star a piece of their mind… and lonely …
Profile for April STARDOM: Maria Maldonado
If there was an employee award for the person born farthest from Tucson, Maria Maldonado, Advertising, surely would win. She’s come 5,724 miles—with a side trip or two—to be a translator on the Classified ad team. Recently she shared her journey and her thoughts with STARDOM. Maria’s origin story. I was born and raised in …
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Beading with Johanna Eubank
It’s refreshing to hear from a teammate who is engrossed in something besides the job. One such life-work-balance individual is Johanna Eubank, newsroom, who has strung together varied interests to create a happy hobbby. When I have free time, I get out my beads and jewelry supplies. I’m no pro, but it’s lots of fun. …
How goes it at home?
Julie Goksel, Digital Fulfillment I have the liberty of starting earlier and get a jump on my day. I can also circle back in the evening if necessary. I stand and stretch more as I have the privacy to do so and feel healthier. Because I am not rushed to get out of the house …
The wait is over. Now the wait begins.
After months of working remotely while prospective buyers toured our headquarters, one stepped forward with the winning bid in the auction held Sept. 17. Now begins planning for our new home…which is all but certain to be a spacious facility just off Thornydale Road and just behind Costco in Marana. It currently serves as our …
The Sentinel
Dannyle Norris projects an aura of calm from behind the Security Desk she occupies weekday afternoons at 4850. Like her early-shift partner, Sabrina Salinas (STARDOM, January), Dannyle keeps lookout quietly and mostly alone the entire shift. She’s all business. But away from the shop her life is fun, games and creative thinking. Here’s Dannyle on …
The Fixer
There’s much, much more to know about Jorge Rancano than his talent for keeping our old, Rube Goldberg-ish plant humming. His name, for one thing. He is happy to go by the Spanish pronunciation (phonetically, “Hor-Hey”) or the English, George. Oddly enough, as a kid growing up in Mexico, everyone called him George. Then there’s …
Josh Galemore, who joined the Daily Star last August, recently talked about the good fortune and good technique that went into “Cat-astrophe averted.”
How did you find out about the rescue operation? It was a mundane assignment and a lot of luck. I was given an assignment to photograph washes being cleaned for Metro. Rick Wiley, photo editor, gave me info on where TDOT would be working, and I showed up thinking I’d get far-off shots of some …
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