Arizona Newspaper Directory August 2020 Arizona Newspaper Directory How to Use this Directory While researching the newspapers for the information in this directory I spoke to countless staff members about our cause, as I was trying to get two jobs done at the same time. I wanted to place ads free of charge for volunteers and also advertise our Friday Webinars. Most of the staff I encountered seemed hurried and disinterested but a few of them took the time to ask questions and offer advice. I’ve highlighted in yellow these few people, as they stand out as potential resources for AZELO. A good starting point when using this directory, would be to target these highlighted people first. This directory is meant to be a living document. Contact Marie MacWhyte at (360) 306-1532 (voice or text) or [email protected] if corrections or additions are needed. Like many other industries during our tumultuous times, the newspaper industry is an area of constant change, and only by continuingly updating this directory will we have a reliable resource. I’ve arranged the newspapers by county with the most populated counties appearing first. After county, comes parent company. I discovered that very often, several newspapers reside under one umbrella, with one classified ad manager, one event designer, and often one editor overseeing several newspapers, and a submission to one will make it into one or more newspapers, especially if you specify how much coverage you are targeting. Therefore, all newspapers under the jursidiction of one editorial staff are listed by parent company. I hope you find this directory useful! Marie MacWhyte Table of Contents Contents Statewide Pima County Pima County . Arizona News Service . 7 . Ajo Copper News . 12 Arizona Capitol Times Ajo Copper News . Arizona Republic . 8 . Arizona Daily Star . 13 The Arizona Republic Arizona Daily Star . Green Valley News . 14 Green Valley News Maricopa County Sahuarita Sun . Independent News Media . 9 Marinty Anthem Independent Apache Junction Independent Pinal County Daily Independent . Casa Grande Newspapers . 15 Pi- Eastmark Independent nal nty Arizona City Independent Estrella Independent Monthly Glendale Independent Casa Grande Dispatch Litchfield Park Independent Coolidge Examiner Weekly Northwest Valley Homes Eloy Enterprise Monthly Paradise Valley Independent Florence Reminder/ Peoria Independent BladeTribune Weekly Queen Creek Independent Maricopa Monitor Scottsdale Independent Pinal Central Sun City Independent Pinal Ways Sun City West Independent San Tan Valley Sentinel Sun Life Magazine Tri-Valley Dispatch Surprise Independent . Times Media Group . 10 Ahwatukee Foothills News Yavapai County East Valley Tribune . Prescott News Network . 16avapai Gilbert Sun News unty The Daily Courier The Glendale Star The Chino Valley Review Peoria Times Prescott Valley Tribune SanTan Sun News . Larson Newspapers . 17 West Valley View Sedona Red Rock News The Camp Verde Journal . Brehm Communications. 11 Cottonwood Journal Extra Wickenburg Sun tatewide , . Verde Valley, Inc . 18 Apache County The Verde Valley Independent Apache County Camp Verde Bugle . Kramer Media . 26 The Villager White Mountain Independent The Verde Valley Independent & Camp Verde Bugle E-Edition Graham, Greenlee, N. Cochise Countiesh Graham, Greenlee, North Cochise Counties Yuma County . Gila Valley Central . 27 . RISN . 19 Gila Valley Central Yuma Sun raham County . Eastern Arizona Courier . 28 Eastern Arizona Courier Mohave Countyhave County . Mohave County Miner . 20 The Miner La Paz Countyh . News West Publishing . 21 La Paz County Mohave Valley Daily News . Desert Messenger . 29 . River City Newspapers . 22 Desert Messenger Today’s News Herald Parker Pioneer All Newspapers, Alphabetized 30 Coconino Countyh .. Arizona Daily Sun . 23 Newspapers not Included Arizona Daily Sun in this Directory 31 Arizona Newspapers Cochise Countyh Cochise County . Bisbee Observer . 24 The Bisbee Observer . Herald Review Media . 25 Bisbee Review Douglas Dispatch My Herald Review San Pedro Valley News-Sun Wilcox Range News Arizona Newspapers Statewide Publication: Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com/ Covering: State wide Corporate office: Arizona News Service, Phoenix, AZ Circulation size: 5,250 The Arizona Capitol Times is a non-partisan, weekly newspaper covering state politics and government; published every Friday in Phoenix, Arizona. The paper focuses on the Arizona Legislature, the state’s politicians, government agencies and elected leadership. Media Bias Factcheck: Wikipedia rates Arizona Capitol Times Least Biased for story selection and word choices and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information. Main Number: (602) 258-7026 Covers the Capitol news but is distributed throughout the entire state. March and April the newspaper focuses on Health topics. This publication is good for influencing lawmakers. Offers a webinar program. The paper records the webinar and posts onto their youtube page. Cost is $3500. Lisa suggested we can have sponsors to offset costs. Audience is trained to watch webinars. Sometimes they can get an elected official to panel participants in the webinar. They also produce “The Breakdown” an award-winning weekly podcast on the latest news from the Arizona political scene. Classifieds: Not their best read section Contact person: Lisa Simpson: [email protected] Calendar of Events: Don’t have Opinion/ letters to the Editor: Contact person: Gary Grado [email protected] Word limit: 600-800 words for letters to the editor. Arizona News Service . 7 Statewide Publication: The Arizona Republic https://www.azcentral.com/ Covering: Throughout Arizona Corporate office: Owned by the Gannett Newspaper chain, Phoenix Circulation size: 130,000 Format: Digital and Broadsheet Gannett Co., Inc. is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. It is the largest U.S. newspaper pub- lisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns quite a few national newspapers including USA Today, The Indianapolis Star; The Cincinnati Enquirer; the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, and also major papets in Des Moines, Fort Myers; Great Falls and others. Main Number: (602) 444-1000 Greg Burton, Executive Editor [email protected] Maria Polletta, State Govenment and Politics Reporter https://www.azcentral.com/ Classifieds https://classified.azcentral.com/azcentral-marketplace/ Calendar of Events Online submission: http://azcentral.eventsabout.com/add.aspx Opinion/ letters to the Editor • Letters to the Editor must be no longer than 200 words. Use the online form at: https://static.azcentral.com/opinion/letters/?_ga=2.179765933.86805882.1596811293- 1891799220.1596811293&_gac=1.149614276.1596811293.jwKCAjw97P5BRBQEiwAGflV6bk- wh1PFZJv6wEEmI1SrJuqmRd1Axxp5w9LNrRMluvju_4wPYETj_BoCADMQAvD_BwE • All letters must be verified prior to publication. They don’t publish anonymous letters. • E-mail op-eds to [email protected] with “My Turn” in the subject line. These pieces should be no longer than 550 words. Tip: they warn that they only publish a fraction of the submissions received. The best chance for getting published is to submit a letter to the editor. • Letter writers may have no more than one letter published per month 8 . Arizona Republic . Maricopa County Publication: The Daily Independent and Community Papers (Part of Independent News Media) Yourvalley.net Covering: Anthem, Apache Junction, Buckeye, El Mirage, Gilbert, Glendale, Gold Canyon, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Mesa, Peoria, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, Town of Paradise Valley, Youngtown Corporate office: Independent News Media, Sun City, AZ Circulation size: 250,000, papers are published weekly, biweekly or monthly. Main Number: 623-972-6101 Jim Headley, Editor [email protected] Ext 225 Daily (Daily Paper) Weekly or Monthly Papers Anthem Independent Litchfield Park Independent Scottsdale Apache Junction Northwest Valley Homes Independent Independent Paradise Valley Independent Sun City Independent Eastmark Independent Peoria Independent Sun City West Estrella Independent Queen Creek Independent Independent Sun Life Magazine Classifieds Contact person: Call 623-445-2822. Debbie Kelly or email [email protected] A classified for volunteers would be placed in the Employment section or a display ad could be run with the non-profit rate discounted to a 6 month contract rate. Calendar of Events/Letters to Editor/Press Releases/Volunteer search Contact: Editorial staff: Rusty Badshaw. News editor. 623-445-2725 Rusty Bradshaw is the editor covering Sun City, Sun City West, Peoria, Surprise. But he will work with us to direct our news/announcements to the appropriate editors; including the daily paper. But if it’s in the daily paper, it will not run in the community papers. Rusty will take notices on volunteers wanted, webinars, meetings, etc., BUT the announce- ments must have a local focus. No real word limit but concise is best. Rusty will also take “Guest Commentary” articles from someone with expertise. But it must relate to the community ie. NW Valley (have a “local hook”). Independent News Media . 9 Maricopa County Publication: Times Media Group https://timespublications.com/#brands Covering: Gilbert, Mesa, Scottsdale, Chandler, Gilbert, Ahwatukee Foothills Corporate office: Tempe Main Number: (480) 898-7900 Largest family of free publications in the state of