http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/media media news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_buckmaster/buckmaster-showdown-tombstone/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_buckmaster/buckmaster-showdown-tombstone/ 20:59:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Nick Dranias, director of the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, the Friday Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark B. Evans and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, and Matt Russell has the top weekend dining picks. 2012-05-18T20:59:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_buffett_newspapers/media-general-sells-63-newspapers-buffett-firm/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_buffett_newspapers/media-general-sells-63-newspapers-buffett-firm/ 19:54:00Z Talia Ralph Media General has sold 63 newspapers to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway for $142 million in cash. 2012-05-18T19:54:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ 01:38:00Z Roberto De Vido Anyway, Facebook shares will be priced at $38, valuing the company at $104 billion. 2012-05-18T01:38:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-vision-selling-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-vision-selling-tucson/ 21:17:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - State Sen. Al Melvin: Does he still believe Arizona should house nuclear waste? Also, a new vision for one of Tucson’s biggest industries with Brent DeRaad, the of the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2012-05-17T21:17:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mas_documentary/pbs-re-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mas_documentary/pbs-re-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ 17:03:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A documentary on the battle over Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program will re-air at 11 p.m., Thursday on KUAT Channel 6. 2012-05-17T17:03:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_cd8_debate/barber-kelly-clash-character-cd8-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_cd8_debate/barber-kelly-clash-character-cd8-debate/#When: 19:33:000 Dylan Smith Updated: The debate between Democrat Ron Barber, Republican Jesse Kelly and Green Party candidate Charlie Manolakis broadcast Wednesday night might as well have been pre-scripted, in addition to being pre-taped. But it would’ve made for a good drinking game. 2012-05-16T19:33:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_citizen/three-years-gone-rip-tucson-citizen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_citizen/three-years-gone-rip-tucson-citizen/ 00:54:00Z Dylan Smith I’ve got one of those calendars atop my monitor, the type you find in banks, with metal tiles for the days of the week, dates and month. One side I keep up to date. The other, no matter the date, says “Fri May 15.” That’s the last day the newsroom of the Tucson Citizen was filled with hustle and bustle. 2012-05-16T00:54:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ 15:02:00Z Allison Jackson Another journalist has been killed in Mexico, this time in the central state of Morelos. 2012-05-15T15:02:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_buckmaster/buckmaster-battle-independent-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_buckmaster/buckmaster-battle-independent-vote/ 22:21:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Monday Political Face-Off featuring commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Plus, a conversation with General John Wickham, former chief of staff of the U.S. Army. 2012-05-14T22:21:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ 17:21:00Z Roberto De Vido While Greece continues to circle the drain, Time magazine focuses elsewhere ... 2012-05-14T17:21:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051212_mas_documentary/pbs-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051212_mas_documentary/pbs-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ 21:08:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A documentary on the battle over Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program will air at 6 p.m., Sunday on KUAT Channel 6. 2012-05-12T21:08:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_buckmaster/buckmaster-civility-political-discourse-realistic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_buckmaster/buckmaster-civility-political-discourse-realistic/ 22:11:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with the Friday Focus interview with a conversation with Jane Prescott-Smith, managing director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse. 2012-05-11T22:11:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_cd8_debates/2-cd8-debates-set/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_cd8_debates/2-cd8-debates-set/ 19:03:00Z Dylan Smith Republican Jesse Kelly and Democrat Ron Barber will face off in two events as voters decide who will fill the congressional seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords. 2012-05-09T19:03:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050712_daily_show_vagina/vagina-diaries-daily-show-loses-round/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050712_daily_show_vagina/vagina-diaries-daily-show-loses-round/ 22:57:00Z Thomas Mucha Delta Airlines pulls its ads from “The Daily Show.” Jon Stewart nemesis Bill Donohue of the Catholic League claims victory. Up next: Kellogg’s? 2012-05-07T22:57:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_forward/forward/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_forward/forward/ 05:15:00Z Roberto De Vido “Forward.” Someone probably got paid (well) to think that one up. 2012-05-06T05:15:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_buckmaster/buckmaster-polite-politics-it-possible/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_buckmaster/buckmaster-polite-politics-it-possible/ 22:33:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a conversation with UA Communication Prof. Kate Kenski. 2012-05-04T22:33:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_stimulus_jobs/stimulus-money-jobs-overseas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_stimulus_jobs/stimulus-money-jobs-overseas/ 17:50:00Z Robert Farley An ad from the conservative Americans for Prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for “green jobs” going overseas. The ad, titled “Wasteful Spending,” introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack. 2012-05-04T17:50:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mexio_journalists_dead/journalists-found-slain-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mexio_journalists_dead/journalists-found-slain-mexico/ 16:37:00Z Global Post The dismembered bodies of two photojournalists were found in Mexico’s eastern state of Veracruz Thursday, less than a week after a magazine reporter was found dead in her home in the same state. 2012-05-04T16:37:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ 19:36:00Z Alex Leff It’s been another week of chilling reminders of the high risks for journalists in parts of Latin America, with two killings turning the news lens on reporters. Now, a possible kidnapping in Colombia has put the danger further into focus. 2012-05-01T19:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_murdoch_news_corp1/british-mps-rupert-murdoch-not-fit-run-global-firm/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_murdoch_news_corp1/british-mps-rupert-murdoch-not-fit-run-global-firm/ 16:38:00Z Jessica Phelan News Corporation’s Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run an international company, British lawmakers have said. 2012-05-01T16:38:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_taxes_press/taxmageddon-no-just-reprise-giving-hostage-takers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_taxes_press/taxmageddon-no-just-reprise-giving-hostage-takers/ 18:20:00Z Craig Gurian Despite a Times story that features the potential impact on the middle class — look, we’re all in this together — it is entirely clear that no one is looking to raise taxes on the middle class. What is at issue, just as it was in 2010, is whether the era of enormous tax cuts for the wealthy will continue. 2012-04-30T18:20:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_reporter_killed/mexican-crime-reporter-found-murdered-veracruz/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_reporter_killed/mexican-crime-reporter-found-murdered-veracruz/ 15:13:00Z Global Post Regina Martinez, a crime reporter who covered drug trafficking for investigative Mexican news magazine Proceso, was found dead in Veracruz state on Saturday. 2012-04-30T15:13:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042912_obama_jokes/obamas-top-10-one-liners-from-correspondents-dinner/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042912_obama_jokes/obamas-top-10-one-liners-from-correspondents-dinner/ 00:04:00Z David Trifunov No man, woman or dog was safe from barbs at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington. 2012-04-30T00:04:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_broadcasters_political_ads/broadcasters-must-post-political-ad-data-online/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_broadcasters_political_ads/broadcasters-must-post-political-ad-data-online/ 23:32:00Z Justin Elliott The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 this morning to require broadcasters to post political ad data on the Web, making it easier for the public to see how as much as $3.2 billion will be spent on TV advertising in this election. 2012-04-27T23:32:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_buckmaster/buckmaster-sahuarita-strives-economic-player/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_buckmaster/buckmaster-sahuarita-strives-economic-player/ 20:32:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - The Friday Focus with Sahuarita Mayor Duane Blumberg. Then the Reporters’ Roundtable with Tucson Weekly’s Jimmy Boegle and Green Valley News’ Dan Shearer, and Tucson’s Culinary Cruiser Matt Russell. 2012-04-27T20:32:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_buckmaster/buckmaster-no-major-regrets-says-tusd-president/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_buckmaster/buckmaster-no-major-regrets-says-tusd-president/ 21:54:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We talk with TUSD’s Mark Stegeman. Then, Sierra Vista Herald reporter Bill Hess on the latest San Pedro River water dispute. 2012-04-26T21:54:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_fcc_political_ads/broadcasters-make-last-ditch-push-hide-political-ad-data/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_fcc_political_ads/broadcasters-make-last-ditch-push-hide-political-ad-data/ 16:51:00Z Justin Elliott With the Federal Communications Commission set to vote Friday on whether to require broadcasters to post political ad data online, the industry has been scrambling to water down the proposed rule. 2012-04-26T16:51:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_buckmaster/buckmaster-wasting-water-will-cost-you/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_buckmaster/buckmaster-wasting-water-will-cost-you/ 22:20:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A conversation with Dr. Victoria Maizes, of the Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson Water cop Tony Almodova, and Tucson film industry advocate Eric Schumacher. 2012-04-25T22:20:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042412_padres_radio/padres-radio-broadcast-games-spanish/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042412_padres_radio/padres-radio-broadcast-games-spanish/ 17:42:00Z Dylan Smith The Tucson Padres will broadcast the rest of this season’s games in Spanish, the team announced Tuesday. 2012-04-24T17:42:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042312_media_transparency/big-media-lobbies-against-transparency/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042312_media_transparency/big-media-lobbies-against-transparency/ 15:02:00Z Justin Elliott Many of the country’s biggest media companies are fighting against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending. 2012-04-23T15:02:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_buckmaster/buckmaster-gop-chair-likes-kelly-barber-match-up/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_buckmaster/buckmaster-gop-chair-likes-kelly-barber-match-up/ 21:11:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Pima County Republican Party Chairwoman Carolyn Cox, Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith, and “Tucson’s Culinary Cruiser” Matt Russell. 2012-04-20T21:11:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_buckmaster_cox/got-questions-pima-gop-chair-carolyn-cox/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_buckmaster_cox/got-questions-pima-gop-chair-carolyn-cox/ 16:42:00Z Dylan Smith Got questions for the chair of the Pima County Republican Party, Carolyn Cox? Let us know. We’ll be interviewing her on the Buckmaster Show at noon on Friday. 2012-04-20T16:42:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041912_buckmaster/buckmaster-supervisors-poised-pick-new-lawmaker/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041912_buckmaster/buckmaster-supervisors-poised-pick-new-lawmaker/ 21:53:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias, Thomas Lindell about St. Philips In the Hills transition to solar, and consumer affairs contributor Tom Collier. 2012-04-19T21:53:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041712_access_tucson_benefit/access-tucson-celebrate-free-speech-with-humor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041712_access_tucson_benefit/access-tucson-celebrate-free-speech-with-humor/ 20:45:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The First Amendment will be the star of the show Wednesday when Access Tucson celebrates free speech with comedy featuring two hometown talents. 2012-04-17T20:45:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041712_lee_quarter_loss/daily-star-parent-reports-26-million-q2-loss/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041712_lee_quarter_loss/daily-star-parent-reports-26-million-q2-loss/ 20:33:00Z Dylan Smith Lee Enterprises, the beleaguered parent of the Arizona Daily Star, reported a $26.6 million second-quarter loss, mostly related to its recent bankruptcy, with advertising dipping another 5.3 percent the period ending March 25. 2012-04-17T20:33:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041612_buckmaster/buckmaster-growing-hispanic-population-may-turn-az-blue/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041612_buckmaster/buckmaster-growing-hispanic-population-may-turn-az-blue/ 20:58:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster: Political commentators John Munger and Paul Eckerstrom square-off. Also, a newsmaker interview with Tucson City Councilwoman Shirley Scott. 2012-04-16T20:58:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_broadcasters_ads/broadcasters-fight-online-disclosure-political-ad-buys/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_broadcasters_ads/broadcasters-fight-online-disclosure-political-ad-buys/ 22:05:00Z Justin Elliott The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online public information about political ad buys. 2012-04-13T22:05:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041312_buckmaster/buckmaster-dems-say-attacks-barber-are-false/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041312_buckmaster/buckmaster-dems-say-attacks-barber-are-false/ 21:29:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A conversation with Jeff Rogers, chairman of the Pima County Democratic Party, the Reporters’ Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen and Jimmy Boegle, then Culinary Cruiser Matt Russell. 2012-04-13T21:29:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_worst_best_jobs/lumberjack-worst-job-computer-programmer-best/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_worst_best_jobs/lumberjack-worst-job-computer-programmer-best/ 21:10:00Z David Trifunov CareerCast.com suggests lumberjack is the worst job you could have in 2012, while computer programmer ranks at the top. 2012-04-11T21:10:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041012_lewis_mike_wallace/honor-and-privilege-work-with-mike-wallace/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041012_lewis_mike_wallace/honor-and-privilege-work-with-mike-wallace/ 16:42:00Z Charles Lewis Mike Wallace piqued those in power for more than half a century, nowhere more famously than on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” between 1968 and 2008. 2012-04-10T16:42:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_buckmaster/buckmaster-mas-backers-confident-law-will-overturned/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_buckmaster/buckmaster-mas-backers-confident-law-will-overturned/ 22:15:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - The Monday Political Face-Off with Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom, then former TUSD Mexican American Studies teacher Curtis Acosta and attorney Richard Martinez. 2012-04-09T22:15:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_three_sonorans/three-sonorans-blog-reborn-after-citizen-pulls-plug/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_three_sonorans/three-sonorans-blog-reborn-after-citizen-pulls-plug/#When: 12:06:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Just days after it was pulled by the Tucson Citizen, the left-wing Latino blog Three Sonorans is back in business as an independent website. 2012-04-09T12:06:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040812_barrio_festival/photos-kxci-benefit-rocking-street-party/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040812_barrio_festival/photos-kxci-benefit-rocking-street-party/ 17:22:00Z Tim W. Glass The third annual Calexico and Friends Festival en el Barrio saw a party fill the streets downtown Saturday afternoon to raise money for KXCI, a local non-profit radio station. (with videos) 2012-04-08T17:22:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040612_buckmaster/buckmaster-downtown-braces-congress-st-closure/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040612_buckmaster/buckmaster-downtown-braces-congress-st-closure/ 20:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Tucson City Manager Richard Miranda, the Reporters’ Roundtable with Jimmy Boegle and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, and Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2012-04-06T20:49:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_three_sonorans/citizen-pulls-plug-three-sonorans-blog/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_three_sonorans/citizen-pulls-plug-three-sonorans-blog/ 18:03:00Z Dylan Smith The progressive blog Three Sonorans is no longer to be found at the Tucson Citizen website. David Morales’ blog, which focused on left-wing politics and TUSD’s ethnic studies, was pulled because of a “reckless disregard for the truth,” the Citizen’s administrator said. 2012-04-04T18:03:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_daily_show_tusd/daily-show-tackles-tusds-ethnic-studies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_daily_show_tusd/daily-show-tackles-tusds-ethnic-studies/ 16:31:00Z Dylan Smith Comic news program The Daily Show took on TUSD’s ongoing controversy over ethnic studies Monday night. Here’s the video. 2012-04-03T16:31:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032912_media_money_op/money-talks-media-walks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032912_media_money_op/money-talks-media-walks/ 19:56:00Z Eric Alterman Three related phenomena are today combining to strangle American democracy: Economic inequality, floodgates that have opened to the influence of outsized wealth — and the media’s failure to put these changes at the center of their election narrative. 2012-03-29T19:56:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032912_billboard_veto/electronic-billboards-vetoed-by-brewer-over-astronomy-concerns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032912_billboard_veto/electronic-billboards-vetoed-by-brewer-over-astronomy-concerns/ 16:14:00Z Dylan Smith A bill that would have allowed electronic billboards with changing messages along state highways was vetoed Wednesday by Gov. Jan Brewer, who cited concerns over light pollution by Arizona astronomers. Our dark skies make Arizona a national leader in astronomy, she said. 2012-03-29T16:14:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_lee_bonus/daily-star-parent-awards-ceo-500k-after-bankruptcy-exit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_lee_bonus/daily-star-parent-awards-ceo-500k-after-bankruptcy-exit/ 22:17:00Z Dylan Smith The CEO of Lee Enterprises was awarded a $500k bonus after the troubled newspaper chain emerged from bankruptcy, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Lee publishes the Arizona Daily Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and dozens of other newspapers around the U.S. 2012-03-27T22:17:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032412_newspapers_decline_op/the-end-newspapers-and-decline-democracy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032412_newspapers_decline_op/the-end-newspapers-and-decline-democracy/ 18:39:00Z Eric Alterman If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets—without the hope for “next year.” 2012-03-24T18:39:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032312_buckmaster/buckmaster-70m-invested-downtown-14-months/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032312_buckmaster/buckmaster-70m-invested-downtown-14-months/ 21:46:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Jimmy Boegle guest-hosts with Michael Keith of the Downtown Tucson Partnership, then the Reporters’ Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen and Dan Shearer, and Matt Russell has the Weekend Watch. 2012-03-23T21:46:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032212_newspaper_tree/el-paso-news-site-relaunching-as-nonprofit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032212_newspaper_tree/el-paso-news-site-relaunching-as-nonprofit/ 01:16:00Z Anna Whitney Newspaper Tree, once an El Paso news fixture, is relaunching as a nonprofit news site focused on investigative and community journalism. 2012-03-23T01:16:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032212_obama_campaign_film/obama-road-film-takes-some-detours/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032212_obama_campaign_film/obama-road-film-takes-some-detours/ 17:36:00Z Lori Robertson An Obama campaign film casts the president, not surprisingly, in the best light, but the video lacks context and takes liberties with some facts on health care and the auto bailout. 2012-03-22T17:36:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032112_star_paywall/daily-star-parent-institute-paywall-plan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032112_star_paywall/daily-star-parent-institute-paywall-plan/ 22:49:00Z Dylan Smith Lee Enterprises, the long-troubled parent company of the Arizona Daily Star and other daily newspapers, plans to charge readers to access the chain’s websites, the company announced Wednesday. 2012-03-21T22:49:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032112_ncaa_cartoon/the-real-ncaa-rankings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032112_ncaa_cartoon/the-real-ncaa-rankings/ 16:14:00Z Matt Davies As people compare how well their picks are doing in the NCAA championship tournament, Matt Davies observes that those dominating college basketball may not be the teams you expect. 2012-03-21T16:14:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032012_perry_facebook/angry-women-flood-rick-perrys-facebook-page/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032012_perry_facebook/angry-women-flood-rick-perrys-facebook-page/ 21:09:00Z Sarah Wolfe Women are flooding Rick Perry’s presidential campaign Facebook page with angry comments over his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. 2012-03-20T21:09:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032012_university_transparency_op/sunshine-best-disinfectant-even-campus/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032012_university_transparency_op/sunshine-best-disinfectant-even-campus/ 17:47:00Z Carrie Ann Sitren As national Sunshine Week comes to a close, some legislators are trying to close out the sunshine. A new proposal would expand a current exemption to Arizona’s public records laws and limit public information at universities. 2012-03-20T17:47:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031912_buckmaster/buckmaster-homeschooling-right-your-child/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031912_buckmaster/buckmaster-homeschooling-right-your-child/ 21:43:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - The Monday Political Face-Off with John Munger and Vince Rabago, an interview with state Attorney General Tom Horne, and Robert Hendricks discusses homeschooling. 2012-03-19T21:43:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031612_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-must-win-back-communitys-trust/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031612_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-must-win-back-communitys-trust/ 20:56:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone, the Reporters’ Roundtable with The Tucson Weekly’s Mari Herreras and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith, and Culinary Cruiser Matt Russell. 2012-03-16T20:56:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031512_limbaugh_corporatocracy/democracy-lost-unraveling-limbaugh-from-his-boycott/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031512_limbaugh_corporatocracy/democracy-lost-unraveling-limbaugh-from-his-boycott/ 17:04:00Z Jimmy Zuma In today’s America your most powerful vote is in your purse or back pocket. 2012-03-16T17:04:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031512_az_sunshine_week/open-govt-advocates-give-az-a-minus-spending-transparency/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031512_az_sunshine_week/open-govt-advocates-give-az-a-minus-spending-transparency/ 17:03:00Z Devin McIntyre An advocacy group gives Arizona an A-minus on how it helps taxpayers research online how and where state government spends their money. 2012-03-15T17:03:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031412_kolker_immigrants_book/journalist-chronicles-traditions-first-generation-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031412_kolker_immigrants_book/journalist-chronicles-traditions-first-generation-immigrants/ 23:39:00Z Julian Aguilar Reporter Claudi Kolker drew on her experiences as a world traveler to focus on what traditions first-generation immigrants bring to this country in her new book “The Immigrant Advantage.” 2012-03-14T23:39:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031412_limbaugh_poll/poll-limbaugh-should-fired-over-slut-remark/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031412_limbaugh_poll/poll-limbaugh-should-fired-over-slut-remark/ 21:45:00Z Global Post More than half of Americans think Rush Limbaugh should be fired for attacking a female law student and calling her a slut, according to a new Bloomberg poll. 2012-03-14T21:45:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031412_az_public_notices/lawmaker-offers-new-public-notices-legislation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031412_az_public_notices/lawmaker-offers-new-public-notices-legislation/ 16:11:00Z Nicole Gilbert Thwarted in his attempt to allow statutory public notices to appear on websites rather than in newspapers, a lawmaker now wants to create a state-run database of public notices that have been published in newspapers. 2012-03-14T16:11:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031312_bipartisan_claims/gops-bogus-bipartisan-bill-claims/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031312_bipartisan_claims/gops-bogus-bipartisan-bill-claims/ 18:22:00Z Ben Finley In a mailer to constituents, a Republican congressman claims 27 “bipartisan bills” have passed the House but “hit a brick wall” in the Democratic-controlled Senate. But most of the bills are in fact not very “bipartisan.” 2012-03-13T18:22:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031312_brooks_arrested_murdoch/ex-murdoch-editor-arrested-uk-phone-hacking-scandal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031312_brooks_arrested_murdoch/ex-murdoch-editor-arrested-uk-phone-hacking-scandal/ 17:28:00Z Global Post Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World editor, and her husband were among six people arrested by British police in dawn raids Tuesday connected with the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. 2012-03-13T17:28:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031212_women_world_summit/women-world-unite/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031212_women_world_summit/women-world-unite/ 23:22:00Z Jean MacKenzie Lessons from the third annual Women in the World Summit. 2012-03-12T23:22:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031212_leahy_foia_sunshine/balancing-security-and-open-government-cyber-age/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031212_leahy_foia_sunshine/balancing-security-and-open-government-cyber-age/ 18:55:00Z Patrick Leahy Sen. Patrick Leahy: The Freedom of Information Act has been a bulwark of our open society since it was signed into law 45 years ago. Today, amid debates in Congress about how best to improve the nation’s security in cyberspace, we must remember we have a compelling duty to safeguard the public’s “right to know” about threats to their health and safety. 2012-03-12T18:55:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031112_egypt_revolution_women/the-hidden-feminine-side-egypts-revolution/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031112_egypt_revolution_women/the-hidden-feminine-side-egypts-revolution/ 20:18:00Z Kevin Douglas Grant If not for a group of Egyptian women leading the way to Tahrir Square last Jan. 25, the revolution might never have begun. 2012-03-11T20:18:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030912_buckmaster/buckmaster-huckelberry-wants-debate-over-bonding-battle/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030912_buckmaster/buckmaster-huckelberry-wants-debate-over-bonding-battle/ 21:44:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A newsmaker interview with Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, the Reporters’ Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen, of the Arizona Daily Star, and Tucson Weekly’s Jimmy Boegle, and Matt Russell with the Weekend Watch. 2012-03-09T21:44:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030812_ten_women/10-women-you-should-know/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030812_ten_women/10-women-you-should-know/ 22:38:00Z Hayley Miller On International Women’s Day, 10 larger-than-life women are celebrated. 2012-03-08T22:38:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071111_whattheysaying/what-theyre-saying-tucsonsentinelcom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071111_whattheysaying/what-theyre-saying-tucsonsentinelcom/#When: 12:50:000 Dylan Smith Updated: In the past months, we’ve received a number of emails, comments and actual letters from readers telling us how much they appreciate the quality reporting of TucsonSentinel.com. We thought we’d share a few. 2012-03-07T12:50:59-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030412_slutsandpoliticians/sluts-politicians/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030412_slutsandpoliticians/sluts-politicians/ 15:40:00Z Roberto De Vido Carl von Clausewitz said, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” If he were alive today, he might note that very often, politics is the continuation of sluttiness by other means. 2012-03-05T15:40:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030212_buckmaster/buckmaster-groundbreaking-modern-streetcar-nears/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030212_buckmaster/buckmaster-groundbreaking-modern-streetcar-nears/ 22:13:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — The RTA’s Jim DeGrood on Friday Focus, then the Reporters’ Roundtable with TucsonSentinel’s Dylan Smith and Jimmy Boegle of the Tucson Weekly, and Matt Russell checks in with the Weekend Watch. 2012-03-02T22:13:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030212_az_principal_evaluations/attempt-dropped-exempt-principal-evals-from-public-records/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030212_az_principal_evaluations/attempt-dropped-exempt-principal-evals-from-public-records/ 16:29:00Z Connor Radnovich A state lawmaker has dropped language from a bill that would exclude school principals’ evaluations from the state public records law. The chairwoman of the House Education Committee said she included the provision by mistake. 2012-03-02T16:29:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030112_buckmaster_sentinel/got-questions-rta/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030112_buckmaster_sentinel/got-questions-rta/#When: 08:26:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Sentinel editor Dylan Smith will help interview the RTA’s Jim DeGrood on the Buckmaster Show on Friday. If you want to know more about the Regional Transportation Authority, let us know your questions. 2012-03-02T08:26:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030112_mudochs_op/cracks-worldwide-murdoch-empire/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030112_mudochs_op/cracks-worldwide-murdoch-empire/ 01:53:00Z Eric Alterman James Murdoch stepped down as News International executive chairman Wednesday morning over allegations of bribery at The Sun. This is just the latest in a series of tumultuous events surrounding News Corporation. 2012-03-02T01:53:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030112_business_social_media/social-media-helping-azs-small-buisnesses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030112_business_social_media/social-media-helping-azs-small-buisnesses/ 01:12:00Z Amanda Sedberry In a slumping economy, Arizona small businesses have a modern trick up their sleeves: social media. 2012-03-02T01:12:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022612_bullying_psa/students-asked-step-up-speak-out-end-bullying/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022612_bullying_psa/students-asked-step-up-speak-out-end-bullying/ 21:12:00Z Rachel Cabakoff The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding is sponsoring “Step Up, Speak Out, End Bullying,” a contest for students in the community to create public service announcements to combat bullying. 2012-02-28T21:12:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022812_buckmaster/buckmaster-litter-tarnishing-tucsons-image/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022812_buckmaster/buckmaster-litter-tarnishing-tucsons-image/ 20:38:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — Democrat David Crowe, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Mark Koskiniemi talks about his failed effort to get on the ballot for the special April 17th primary in CD8, and Joan Lionetti of Tucson Clean and Beautiful. 2012-02-28T20:38:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022812_anonymous_wikileaks/anonymous-joining-wikileaks-hacks-into-big-time/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022812_anonymous_wikileaks/anonymous-joining-wikileaks-hacks-into-big-time/ 17:05:00Z Jeb Boone Analysts say that Anonymous’ collaboration with Wikileaks, along with recent hacks against the FBI and its release of a video Monday declaring “war” on the U.S. government, has elevated the hacker group from its previous status as a petty annoyance to a real threat. 2012-02-28T17:05:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022712_bodfield_star/reporter-bodfield-leaving-daily-star/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022712_bodfield_star/reporter-bodfield-leaving-daily-star/ 22:43:00Z Dylan Smith Longtime reporter Rhonda Bodfield is leaving the Arizona Daily Star. Bodfield — who’s held down the politics and local government beats, and previously covered education at the morning daily — confirmed Monday that her last day at the newspaper will be March 9. 2012-02-27T22:43:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-losing-political-influence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-losing-political-influence/ 20:52:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster: Commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom tackle Tucson’s diminishing influence, John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation, and Tom Collier with his monthly consumer affairs report. 2012-02-27T20:52:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022412_buckmaster/buckmaster-any-end-sight-rising-gas-prices/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022412_buckmaster/buckmaster-any-end-sight-rising-gas-prices/ 20:43:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We tackle the week’s top stories on the Reporter’s Roundtable with Mark B. Evans of TucsonCitizen.com and Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News. Next, it’s the Friday Focus with U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl. 2012-02-24T20:43:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022412_napolitano_border/napolitano-visits-tucson-border-patrol-press-not-invited/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022412_napolitano_border/napolitano-visits-tucson-border-patrol-press-not-invited/ 20:10:00Z Dylan Smith Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with Border Patrol agents in Tucson on Monday in a series of events to which the media were not invited. 2012-02-24T20:10:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022212_az_most_wanted/az-man-americas-most-wanted-nabbed-montreal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022212_az_most_wanted/az-man-americas-most-wanted-nabbed-montreal/ 19:08:00Z David Trifunov Steven Dyer, a regular on America’s Most Wanted, is back in police custody after a decade running from a dozen sexual abuse charges in Arizona. 2012-02-22T19:08:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022112_linsanity_op/what-linsanity-reveals-our-nation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022112_linsanity_op/what-linsanity-reveals-our-nation/ 20:11:00Z Sam Fulwood III Many have succombed to Linsanity — the excitement surrounding New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin. Unfortunately, his celebrity carries a racial edge to it. 2012-02-21T20:11:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021812_buchanan_msnbc/pat-buchanan-fired-from-msnbc-blames-left/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021812_buchanan_msnbc/pat-buchanan-fired-from-msnbc-blames-left/ 19:50:00Z Talia Ralph Pat Buchanan, a controversial conservative commentator, was fired from MSNBC on Thursday, four months after the network suspended him for the publication of his latest book, “Suicide of a Superpower.” 2012-02-18T19:50:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021712_anthony_shadid/the-loss-anthony-shadid-profound-listener/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021712_anthony_shadid/the-loss-anthony-shadid-profound-listener/ 22:45:00Z Charles M. Sennott Anthony Shadid was the living embodiment of the idea of ground truth. He won two Pulitzer Prizes and a legion of other professional awards and was widely regarded by his colleagues. His death in Syria of an apparent asthma attack Thursday at age 43 stunned us all. 2012-02-17T22:45:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-business-climate-looks-brighter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-business-climate-looks-brighter/ 21:59:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a conversation with Mike Varney, of the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce. Then, it’s the Reporter’s Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen and Mark B. Evans, and Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2012-02-17T21:59:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021712_public_notices/panel-rejects-bill-move-public-notices-online/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021712_public_notices/panel-rejects-bill-move-public-notices-online/ 19:20:00Z Nicole Gilbert A House panel rejected a bill Thursday that would have allowed governments to post required notices about public meetings, budgets and other matters on their websites instead of purchasing ads in newspapers. 2012-02-17T19:20:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021112_murdoch_sun/5-sun-newspaper-workers-arrested-bribery-sweep/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021112_murdoch_sun/5-sun-newspaper-workers-arrested-bribery-sweep/ 21:39:00Z Global Post Global media baron Rupert Murdoch pledged to not close The Sun newspaper after five of its staff were arrested Saturday morning in London on suspicion of bribery. 2012-02-11T21:39:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021012_buckmaster/buckmaster-supervisors-races-could-referendum-rosemont/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021012_buckmaster/buckmaster-supervisors-races-could-referendum-rosemont/ 21:29:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- It’s the Friday Focus interview with Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll. Then it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star and Jimmy Boegle of the Tucson Weekly. Plus, the Weekend Watch with the “Culinary Cruiser” Matt Russell. 2012-02-10T21:29:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020712_manning_nobel/bradley-manning-nominated-nobel-peace-prize/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020712_manning_nobel/bradley-manning-nominated-nobel-peace-prize/ 20:37:00Z Lillian Rizzo Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of leaking information to WikiLeaks, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the group The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament. 2012-02-07T20:37:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020612_gingrich_wikipedia/60-changes-made-gingrichs-wikipedia-page/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020612_gingrich_wikipedia/60-changes-made-gingrichs-wikipedia-page/ 23:51:00Z Talia Ralph Joe DeSantis, Newt Gingrich’s communications director, has come under fire for making significant changes to Gingrich’s Wikipedia page. 2012-02-06T23:51:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020412_war_on_stupid/mainstream-pundits-join-war-stupid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020412_war_on_stupid/mainstream-pundits-join-war-stupid/ 18:28:00Z Jimmy Zuma More and more mainstream pundits are joining our War on Stupid. 2012-02-04T18:28:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_az_printed_notices/publishers-lawmakers-wrangle-over-printed-public-notices/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_az_printed_notices/publishers-lawmakers-wrangle-over-printed-public-notices/ 01:34:00Z Nicole Gilbert With budgets tight and the world increasingly connected by the Internet, state lawmakers and publishers are wrangling over whether the future of public notices should include paying for ads to run in newspapers. 2012-02-04T01:34:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_buckmaster/buckmaster-legislation-would-create-new-pima-bonding-authority/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_buckmaster/buckmaster-legislation-would-create-new-pima-bonding-authority/ 22:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is the Friday Focus Newsmaker. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star and Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News. Plus, Weekend Watch with Matt Russell, “The Culinary Cruiser.” 2012-02-03T22:49:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_media_execs_pacs/media-execs-firms-giving-conservative-super-pacs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_media_execs_pacs/media-execs-firms-giving-conservative-super-pacs/ 22:40:00Z Corbin Hiar News companies and their executives donated more than $350,000 to conservative super PACs in 2011, according to financial disclosure forms filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. 2012-02-02T22:40:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/#When: 12:25:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Every Feb. 2, it’s time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Here in the Sentinel newsroom, we’d rather watch the same old Youtube videos than check whether some rodent is having a bad hair day. Enjoy! 2012-02-02T12:25:39-07:00