David McCumber

1 month ago | 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.

1 month ago | 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.

1 month ago | 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.

2 months ago | 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.

2 months ago | 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.