Newsroom Staff
ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES EDITORS:
Jim Small
Arizona News Service Editor
jim.small@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7133
@JimSmall on Twitter
Jim has covered the Arizona Legislature for the Arizona Capitol Times since 2004. An award-winning reporter, Jim also covers the complex state budget process and reports on education, immigration and corrections issues. Before coming to the Capitol Times, he covered city government, public safety and business issues for a pair of community weeklies in the West Valley. He is a graduate of Grand Canyon University.
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Bill Bertolino
Managing Editor
bill.bertolino@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7132
@BillBertolino on Twitter
Bill is a veteran journalist who has worked at a number of news organizations in Arizona and Colorado. Before rejoining the Arizona Capitol Times in 2011 as managing editor, Bill was the assistant editor for the news organization. In his current position, Bill oversees the day-to-day news operations of the Capitol Times and its website. Before this, Bill spent time as co-owner/Senior Political Editor of the Arizona Guardian website. He also spent a decade at the Pulitzer Prize-winning East Valley Tribune, where he was an assistant editor overseeing news coverage of cities, Maricopa County and public safety. Bill has won his fair share of awards, including a National Headliner for coverage of northern Arizona’s wildfires. His work has been published in the Arizona Republic, Orange County Register and Colorado Springs Gazette, among other publications. Bill lives in Phoenix with his wife, two daughters and two dogs.
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Don Harris
Copy Editor
don.harris@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7136
Don joined Arizona Capitol Times as copy editor/reporter in 2001, capping a journalism career that began in Chicago. Immediately prior to his service with the Capitol Times, for nearly nine years Don was a public information officer for state of Arizona agencies, first with the Department of Commerce and then the Department of Insurance. Don also covered politics, organized labor and general assignments at The Arizona Republic for 19 years, periodically serving as an assistant city editor. At The Republic, Don covered the Arizona House of Representatives for 10 years, as well as five national political conventions and most major political races. Political figures he covered extensively include Barry Goldwater, Bruce Babbitt, Burton Barr, Evan Mecham, and Rose Mofford. He received several journalism awards in Arizona and Chicago. Don, his wife and their three children moved to Arizona from Chicago in 1973, after having been a reporter for the Chicago Today/Chicago American for a number of years.
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Josh Coddington
Special Sections Editor
josh.coddington@azcapitoltimes.com
(602) 889-7141
@JoshCoddington on Twitter
Josh Coddington has worked for the Arizona Capitol Times since early 2006. He produces the award-winning “Focus” special sections that appear regularly in the Capitol Times, as well as magazine-style political resources such as the Citizen Government Guide, Government Resource Directory and the Book of Lobbyists. Josh also writes stories and shoots photos for the paper, and he assists with administration of www.azcapitoltimes.com and www.azlobbyists.com.
Before joining the staff, Josh graduated magna cum laude from California State University in Fresno, where he studied mass communication, journalism, public relations and meteorology.
Assignments:
*Special Sections
*Times Past
*Feature Stories
*Special Publications
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ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES REPORTERS:
Caitlin Coakley Beckner
House Reporter
caitlin.coakley@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7126
@NewsroomCait on Twitter
Caitlin joined the Arizona Capitol Times after working at The Mecklenburg Times, a Charlotte, North Carolina paper also owned by The Dolan Company. She covered the city and county government, transportation and business news and won an award in news enterprise reporting from the North Carolina Press Association. Before that, she worked as a freelance writer in Roanoke, Virginia. Caitlin is a graduate of Hollins University in Roanoke, where she served as coeditor-in-chief of the Hollins Columns.
Beat Assignments:
*State House of Representatives
*Education Issues
*Economic Development
*Transportation Issues
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Luige del Puerto
Senate Reporter
luige.delpuerto@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7131
@LdelPuerto on Twitter
Luige covers the Arizona Senate for the Arizona Capitol Times. He is a native of the Philippines and most recently worked in Manila for the nation’s largest daily newspaper, The Philippine Daily Inquirer. At the Inquirer, he covered crime, labor, elections and national security. He was also part of the paper’s special projects team and covered several coup d’état attempts in his home country before moving to the Unites States in 2005. Luige graduated with honors from the school of journalism at the University of Philippines.
Beat Assignments:
*State Senate
*Auditor General
*Congressional Elections
*Transportation Issues
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Jeremy Duda
Governor’s Office Reporter
jeremy.duda@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7146
@JeremyDuda on Twitter
Jeremy covers the governor’s office for the Arizona Capitol Times. A Phoenix native, he graduated from the University of Arizona in 2002 with a degree in journalism. After starting as a sports writer at the Hobbs (New Mexico) News-Sun, he moved to the news desk, where he covered city government and cops. From New Mexico, he moved to Provo, Utah, where he covered courts and cops for the Daily Herald. He has won numerous awards in New Mexico and Utah, including the Society of Professional Journalists 2007 award for best reporter at a mid-sized Utah daily newspaper.
Beat Assignments:
* Governor’s Office
* Secretary of State’s Office
* Attorney General’s Office
* Treasurer’s Office
* Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Office
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Gary Grado
Reporter
gary.grado@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7111
@geegra on Twitter
Gary has been a journalist since 1994 and worked at two other newspapers in the Valley before joining the Arizona Capitol Times in 2010. Gary, a Valley resident since 1988, spent 13 years at the Pulitzer Prize-winning East Valley Tribune, where he covered courts, public safety and municipal government. He won third place for Best News Story in the 2008 Arizona Newspapers Association Better Newspapers Contest for a story about a jailhouse interview with a mass murderer, and he also contributed to other award-winning stories throughout the years. At the Chandler Independent, he covered municipal government for three years. Gary covers courts and county government for the Capitol Times. He is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Beat Assignments:
* Courts
* County Government
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Evan Wyloge
New Media Specialist
evan.wyloge@azcapitoltimes.com
602-889-7143
@AbsolutEvan on Twitter
Evan joined the Arizona Capitol Times in the spring of 2010, shortly after finishing a master’s in mass communication from Arizona State University, where he focused on online journalism and media innovation. Having earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and French from Northern Arizona University, he reported on state politics while working for ASU’s Cronkite News Service, and contributed to the 2008 presidential race coverage for both Congressional Quarterly and France 24. Evan’s position at the Capitol Times combines general reporting with multimedia production, social media direction and online innovation.
Beat Assignments:
*Website Administration
*Social Media
*Immigration
*Congressional Races
*Redistricting
*Medical Marijuana
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