January 2013

Engaged and informed-- that's been Alisa Joyce Barba's mantra throughout her journalism career and as KJZZ's Senior Editor for Fronteras: the Changing America Desk.  Barba is an award-winning journalist, producer, writer and editor with more than 25 years’ experience in commercial and public broadcasting.
January 18, 2013
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer released her $8.9 billion budget proposal on Friday. KJZZ's Mark Brodie spoke with Cynthia Zwick, Executive Director of the Arizona Community Action Association, about what the plan might mean for low-income Arizonans.
January 18, 2013
“I fell in love with broadcasting when I was 14,” said KJZZ Senior Field Correspondent Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez.Arroyo Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico to Puerto Rican and Belgian parents and grew up in La Villita, a predominantly Mexican-American community in Southside Chicago.
January 18, 2013
Mesa officials will open a new city park Saturday morning. The Mesa Grande Cultural Park includes an earthen mound created by the Hohokam, along with trails and pottery. It will include trails and several stations to interpret what visitors are looking at.
January 18, 2013
Governor Jan Brewer’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes new money for Child Protective Services, Medicaid expansion and implementing new education standards. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie reports.
January 18, 2013
Print Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday ThursdayApril 11 Friday Saturday Sunday 03:00 AM Morning EditionNational and Arizona News, Traffic and Weather Reports with Steve Inskeep, Renée Montagne, Dennis Lambert   BBC World Service 04:00 AM 05:00 AM   BBC World Service 06:00 AM Weekend Edition 07:00 AM 08:00 AM 09:00 AMThe Diane Rehm Show1-800-433-8850    The Diane Rehm Show1-800-433-8850The Diane Rehm Show1-800-433-8850 10:00 AMCan We Talk About Guns? Car Talk A Prairie Home Companion 11:00 AMHere and NowRobin Young Here and NowRobin Young Here and NowSteve Goldstein Here and NowRobin Young Here and NowRobin Young Wait, Wait .
January 18, 2013
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January 18, 2013
The Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center is the latest oncology hospital in the Valley to announce it’s expanding. As KJZZ’s Nick Blumberg reports, the announcement comes a little more than a year after the center first opened.
January 18, 2013
What do New York subway riders and Arizona golf courses have in common? Hopefully a lot, if the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors’ Bureau latest campaign works. KJZZ’s Al Macias reports.AL MACIAS: New Yorkers on the 42nd Street subway will be looking at pictures of the Sonoran Desert, Scottsdale spas and sunny golf courses.
January 18, 2013
Recent conflicts over the fiscal cliff and gun control have renewed focus on the importance of civil discussion in the wake of disagreements.STEVE GOLDSTEIN: The National Institute for Civil Discourse was founded at the University of Arizona one month after the January 2011 shootings in Tucson with the goal of reducing inflammatory rhetoric in public life.
January 17, 2013

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