Tom Maxedon

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Previous to joining the KJZZ staff in September 2017, Tom lived on the island of Guam in the Western Pacific where he was news director for KPRG, Public Radio Guam and Saipan and also worked as a freelance writer for the Guam Daily Post.

He is the Weekend Edition host, as well as a reporter and producer for KJZZ. He is a second-generation broadcaster with a wide vocational background in media, telecommunications and education.

Tom is a 1996 graduate of Ball State University with a M.A. in English and also hosts KJZZ's "Word," a podcast about literature in Arizona and the region which he created.

Title	Author(s)	Publication Date
Legislation permitting hand counts of ballots is moving through AZ Senate	Tom Maxedon	March 28, 2023
Mayes aligns with other states in support of U.S. 'right-to-repair' laws	Tom Maxedon	March 28, 2023
Report finds UA campus safety gaps in wake of fatal shooting	Tom Maxedon Associated Press	March 28, 2023
Tempe Town Lake reopens for boating activity	Tom Maxedon	March 27, 2023
Funds available for homes damage by wildfires	Tom Maxedon	March 26, 2023
A Phoenix police officer is recovering after being shot	Tom Maxedon Associated Press	March 25, 2023
368 affordable housing units coming to Glendale	Tom Maxedon	March 24, 2023
Lesko joins lawmakers calling for limits on TikTok in U.S.	Tom Maxedon	March 24, 2023
Biden and Gosar agree: Chinese owners should sell TikTok	Tom Maxedon	March 20, 2023
Feds, states want Supreme Court to end Navajo fight for Colorado River water	Tom Maxedon NPR, Associated Press	March 20, 2023
Maricopa County Attorney to host forum on fentanyl	Tom Maxedon	March 20, 2023
Cactus League attendance strong midway through season	Tom Maxedon	March 14, 2023
Here's how to nominate someone for a Hands on Humanities Award	Tom Maxedon	March 12, 2023
KJZZ's 2023 haiku contest winner	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 28, 2023
Over 125K fans attended Cactus League opening weekend	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 28, 2023
Superintendent Horne backs bill to raise teacher salaries	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 27, 2023
Word S9.3 — Shakespeare, hiking, poetry on vinyl and a haiku share some thematic space	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 28, 2023
Griner and Taurasi return, but questions surround Mercury	Mark Brodie, Tom Maxedon	Feb. 21, 2023
Arizona lawmakers want to reduce the length of trains following Ohio derailment	Tom Maxedon Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services	Feb. 19, 2023
Arizona Matsuri seeks 'harmony' in the Valley, in person, for the first time since COVID-19	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 24, 2023
Word S9.2 – From prison to park, a festival of haiku	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 14, 2023
Tempe's Section 8 housing waitlist opens Feb. 28	Kirsten Dorman, Tom Maxedon	Feb. 13, 2023
New exhibit explores baseball through lens of AZ's Japanese internment camps	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 3, 2023
How is Black History Month examined in Arizona? It depends who you ask	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 1, 2023
Word S9.1 — Sci-fi, Black history and haiku	Tom Maxedon	Feb. 1, 2023

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