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Taken at the 2019 Tucson Pride celebration.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 5: The Roots of Transphobia

Why is gender identity so controversial?
Journalist Christiane Amanpour shows AZPM reporter Christopher Conover a sweater embroidered with her motto, "be truthful, not neutral," during an interview for Arizona 360 on September 20, 2019.

Arizona 360 interviews Christiane Amanpour

The renowned journalist was in Tucson to receive the Zenger Award for Press Freedom.
UA Communication Department professor Bo Yang sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera on September 11, 2019.

How effective are anti-tobacco campaigns?

A discussion with UA professor Bo Yang, an expert in health communications.
San Xavier del Bac, photographed by Ray Manley.

Ray Manley's Arizona

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "From Grief to Acceptance" with Misty Proffitt-Thompson; HOCO Fest 2019 is the biggest yet; and a visit to the Vegan restaurant Tumerico.
Flyer for the binational contest Cinema On The Border, which is accepting short film submissions from Arizona and Sonora residents through Oct. 7.

Arizona-Sonora short film contest, workshop open for submissions

The contest is accepting films about life in the borderlands by students and nonprofessionals.

'Fearless' student podcasters explore big issues

A profile of some of the students and the teacher behind Tucson's City High Radio.
Sonora's Luis Gonzalez (left) hands a signed copy of a memorandum of understanding to Arizona's Matthew Earl Jones on the first day of meetings for the Arizona-Mexico Commission.

Arizona, Sonora ink nonbinding deal to draw more filmmakers

Officials hope the region will compete with other world film destinations.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at one of his press conferences at Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City.

Tensions Between the Press and State Arise In Mexico

The president's viral commentary has sparked worry about the impact of that rhetoric on journalists in the country.
Protesting reporters stand in front of the Government Palace in Hermosillo to demand resolution of Santiago Barroso's murder as well as broader protection of press freedom.

Another Reporter Murdered in Sonora, One Month After Last Killing

Santiago Barroso was shot and killed Friday evening after the reporter answered a knock at his door in San Luis Río Colorado.
International journalist Joanna Lillis, left, speaks with University of Journalism professor Maggy Zanger at the UA Bookstore Feb. 4.

UA Students Explore World of International Reporting With Visiting Journalist

British reporter Joanna Lillis emphasized truth, fairness and objectivity.
Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver on Creating "Unsheltered"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The hosts of "Boom Goddess Radio" tell about creating a podcast designed for their generation; and travel writer Jane Stern on exploring the very best American "Roadfood".
Actor, comic, "Daily Show" reporter and former lawyer Ronny Chieng can even rock a shirt that might have once been a tablecloth.

The Ronny Chieng Explosion

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Why candidates may be changing messaging before the general election; kindness in action on the UA campus; and helping hands for nature.
A sign for Arizona State University, in Tempe.

Universities Get $6M for Investigative Journalism Centers

The graduate-level programs will focus on training hands-on investigative journalists.
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto

Asylum-Seeking Mexican Journalist Freed

Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was detained almost a year by U.S. officials.
The University of Arizona School of Journalism is joining critics of Sinclair Group's campaign ordering broadcasters to read scripts friendly to President Trump.

UA Journalism School Signs Letter Critical of Broadcast Group

Among more than 20 schools protesting the Sinclair media corporation's political scripts.
Walking passageway to a port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales.

Sonora Journalist: Arizona is Like a Second Home for Sonorans, and Vice Versa

Claudia Orduño speaks about the unique strengths of and challenges facing the media in Arizona and Sonora.

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