I was born and raised in an urban, working-class neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio. Blue-collar and proud of it! As a kid I was precocious and adventurous. As a teenager I was precocious and independent. As a young adult I was precocious and ambitious. And now? I am precocious and curious. I think I’ve had enough …
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Behind the Byline with Gabi Rico, Business Desk
Where were you born and raised? I am a third generation Tucsonan on my father’s side. I was born in Florence, Ariz. because my father was teaching in Coolidge, but he moved the family back to Tucson before my first birthday. I attended Jefferson Park Elementary, Doolen Jr. High and Catalina High School. I attended …
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Hello, Star Teammates!
Our second issue of Stardom gets personal with a diverse trio of your coworkers: a terrific writer with a penchant for the past, a people-pleasing product designer and a pinpoint digital pro. There’s also a smiley look back at the Daily Star’s most ambitious advertising project of the year, the Readers’ Choice Awards.
Paula Varela
10 Quotes from Paula Varela There may not be a more recognizable face in our company than Paula Varela’s. As Product Design Planner, the 25-year veteran of daily deadlines works simultaneously with the Newsroom, Advertising, Marketing and Production to create a blueprint for the daily paper. Here are her thoughts about her life and her …
The stars came out at the Aug. 29 Readers’ Choice Awards ceremony…and they included Daily Star employees.
Clockwise from top: RC honorees found a thriller in a Michael Jackson impersonator; Daily Star Event Sales Manager Kim Bergeron achieved self-fulfillment at the selfie station with Advertising Account Executive Ivan Rodriguez; part of the crowd of more than 1,200 at the awards event; Ad Account Execs Renee Rodriguez and Tatyana Anderson stopped by for …
Julie Goksel’s Sewing Projects
Julie, the Advertising Department’s Digital Fulfillment Supervisor, spends her days threading together schedules for the scores of ads running on Tucson.com and other sites. However, she spends her nights and weekends threading one-of-a-kind items of a more personal nature.
Henry Brean brings stories to life…even when the setting is a graveyard.
Tucson native Henry Brean made his way to the Daily Star by way of Nevada. He joined the paper in July and has quickly captured readers with his vivid writing. His story earlier this month about the ancient cemetery below Tucson’s Dunbar neighborhood is a prime example. Recently he talked about that story and his …
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Tim Steller earns prestigious honor from Society of Professional Journalists
Our metro columnist Tim Steller, has been chosen for the 2019 Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing. He plans to use the $75,000 fellowship studying ways in which public opinion regarding the border and immigration policy are manipulated – by politicians and governments on both sides of the border, and by interest groups and …
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Norma Gonzalez
Sportswriter Norma Gonzalez, a native of McAllen, Texas, made her way to the Daily Star four years ago by way of the Today’s News Herald and the Nogales International. She has been the beat writer for UA softball and covered Pima Community College sports, as well. She and teammate Justin Spears have just wrapped up …
Behind the by-line
Reporter Brenna Bailey’s July 7 piece on an updated TUSD sex education curriculum was what the newsroom calls “enterprise” story. It was an exhaustive roundup of the policies and people involved in reshaping the program to include LGBTQ issues. Recently she sat down to talk about how the story came together and about her passion …
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