The ''Arizona Daily Star'' is the major morning
daily newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
that serves
Tucson and surrounding districts of southern
Arizona
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in the
United States
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.
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. The newspaper became the ''Arizona Daily Star'' in June 1879.
The paper was purchased by
Pulitzer in 1971;
Lee Enterprises
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bought Pulitzer in 2005.
Awards
In
1981, ''Star'' reporters Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe won the
Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
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for their stories about recruiting violations by
University of Arizona
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football coach,
Tony Mason.
References
External links
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''Arizona Daily Star'' Archives (1879 to present)*
The ''Arizona Daily Star''s 2014 project on SB1070, "State of Confusion," Arizona Daily Star, March, 2014The ''Arizona Daily Star''s 2013 series on poverty, "Losing Ground", ''Arizona Daily Star'', August, 2013
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