David McCumber

Tucson

Executive Editor at Arizona Daily Star

Arizona State Editor at Lee Enterprises

Executive editor, Arizona Daily Star. 9 years with Lee Enterprises. Author of 4 books of nonfiction. Cubs sufferer. Pool player, coffee addict.

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Articles

From the editor: Our regular format is on the way back

Mar 5, 2025 | tucson.com | David McCumber

Our readers have been patient this fraught February. But now, they want to get back to the Arizona Daily Star they know and love, not the reconfigured editions affected by the ongoing impacts of a cyberattack that has crippled our parent company’s production systems. They are making that clear. “I understand you … were hacked and salute the efforts of all the staff. But it has been a few weeks. What is the timeline for a return to full publication?” wrote Tim Mirochna this week.
From the editor: Thanks to you, our readers, for bearing with us

Mar 3, 2025 | tucson.com | David McCumber

What’s the best thing about The Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com? Easy: Our readers. Closely followed by our employees. When things get tough in this business — and they are plenty tough right now, don’t worry — that always becomes clear. The challenges of newspapering, and news-website-ing, in the 2020s are well-known.
Standard View: Daines’ knee-jerk rhetoric slides past gun facts

Feb 25, 2025 | mtstandard.com | David McCumber

Must our politicians’ knees jerk so predictably, and so thoughtlessly? U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., clearly believed he was correctly reflecting the will of his constituency – and his donor base – when he sent out a news release Tuesday headlined “Daines Statement on Obama’s Unlawful Gun Grab.”It took another few minutes for U.S. Rep.
From the editor: Our regular format is on the way back

Feb 22, 2025 | tucson.com | David McCumber

Our readers have been patient this fraught February. But now, they want to get back to the Arizona Daily Star they know and love, not the reconfigured editions affected by the ongoing impacts of a cyberattack that has crippled our parent company's production systems. They are making that clear. “I understand you … were hacked and salute the efforts of all the staff. But it has been a few weeks. What is the timeline for a return to full publication?” wrote Tim Mirochna this week.
From the editor: Thanks to you, our readers, for bearing with us

Feb 8, 2025 | tucson.com | David McCumber

What's the best thing about The Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com? Easy: Our readers. Closely followed by our employees. When things get tough in this business — and they are plenty tough right now, don't worry — that always becomes clear. The challenges of newspapering, and news-website-ing, in the 2020s are well-known.
From the editor: Thanks to our readers for bearing with us

Feb 7, 2025 | tucson.com | David McCumber

What's the best thing about The Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com? Easy: Our readers. Closely followed by our employees. When things get tough in this business — and they are plenty tough right now, don't worry — that always becomes clear. The challenges of newspapering, and news-website-ing, in the 2020s are well-known.
From the editor: John Wilder and the Arizona Daily Star just go together — every night

Nov 28, 2024 | tucson.com | David McCumber

When John Wilder went about the business of putting the news of Donald Trump’s victory on his customers’ porches this month, breaking down the newspaper bundles, folding and bagging each Arizona Daily Star, loading his 2000 Toyota Tacoma and driving along still-sleeping streets that wind around Skyline Country Club, he didn’t waste any time woolgathering about the fact that he had also carried news of a few other presidents. Well, yes.
From the editor: Rejoice, readers — Jumble returns to the Arizona Daily Star

Nov 2, 2024 | tucson.com | David McCumber

We heard you. We’re thrilled today to announce the return of Jumble to the Arizona Daily Star. You’ll find the scrambled word game, which has been challenging and entertaining generations of players since 1954, on Page C5 of today’s edition, as well as in our E-edition at Tucson.com/eedition. Also, on Tucson.com, you’ll find new games. Access to our digital content is included in your subscription.
From the editor: A new lineup of comics and puzzles debuts

Sep 14, 2024 | tucson.com | David McCumber

A new lineup of comics and puzzles debuts Saturday in the Arizona Daily Star and on Tucson.com — and we’re thrilled to have you take a look. You’ll notice our refreshed menu includes bringing back beloved comics, adding features that might be brand new to you, and replacing others that were previously in our pages.
From the editor: Meet columnist Mort Rosenblum

Jun 2, 2024 | tucson.com | David McCumber

How the heck do I introduce Mort Rosenblum? Tucson’s most distinguished journalist? Arguably the best journalist the University of Arizona has produced? One of the best reporters in the proud history of the Associated Press? The author, at last count, of 15 books on everything from olives to Africa to the French way of being?