Tom Maxedon

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Tom Maxedon is the host of KJZZ’s Weekend Edition on Saturday and Sunday from 6-10 a.m. and All Things Considered on Monday from 3-6 p.m.

He reports on arts & culture in the Valley and state, while also hosting KJZZ’s Word podcast about literature.

Maxedon joined the KJZZ News team in September 2017, following his work as news director for KPRG, Public Radio Guam/Saipan — the U.S. Territories in the Western Pacific region — where he also worked as a freelance writer for the Guam Daily Post.

He’s a second-generation broadcaster with a wide vocational background in media, telecommunications and education.

Title	Author(s)	Publication Date
HS Football Continues Despite Coronavirus-Related Cancellations	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 19, 2020
Glendale Bond Questions Ask Taxpayers To Cover $188M	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 13, 2020
Performing, Visual Artists Innovate To Keep Audiences Engaged	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 13, 2020
Hot Moons Of Jupiter Have Stronger Tides Than The Planet They Orbit	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 11, 2020
Arizona Theatre Company Eyes New Year For Live Performances	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 10, 2020
O'Halleran, Shedd Debate COVID-19 Spending, Broadband	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 9, 2020
Arizona Voter Registration Deadline Extended	Bridget Dowd, Jimmy Jenkins, Tom Maxedon, Steve Goldstein, Lauren Gilger Associated Press	Oct. 6, 2020
Word S4 E3: Young Poets, Old Poets And Indian Fantasy Fiction	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 9, 2020
MCC Student Wins National Literary Competition	Tom Maxedon	Oct. 2, 2020
Grijalva, Wood Draw Sharp Distinctions For Candidacies In Debate	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 29, 2020
Trump, Biden Try To Win Voters In First Debate	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 29, 2020
Stage 1 Restrictions Continue As Sears Fire Burns Over 12,000 Acres	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 28, 2020
Word S4 E2: Puppets, Children's Literature And Zoomoetry	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 29, 2020
How The Pandemic Is Impacting The Arts Community	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 25, 2020
Nez: Navajo Nation Curfews Likely Continue Until Vaccine Available	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 16, 2020
Kingman Regional Medical Center To Launch Antibody Testing Study	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 15, 2020
What Herd Immunity Is, Why It Isn't A Strategy For Handling COVID-19	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 29, 2020
California Condors Released In Virtual Event This Year	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 13, 2020
Kelly Apologizes For Insensitive Joke He Made 2 Years Ago	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 12, 2020
DPS Officials Urge Patience And Caution Over Labor Day Weekend	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 4, 2020
EPA Announces Rio Reimagined–Rio Salado Project As 20th Member Of Urban Waters Federal Partnership	Tom Maxedon, Mark Brodie	Sept. 1, 2020
'Herd Immunity' Isn't Smart Strategy For Fighting COVID-19	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 1, 2020
Homeless Life In Phoenix: In And Out Of 'The Zone'	Tom Maxedon	Sept. 1, 2020
Late Sen. McCain's Chief Of Staff: GOP Must Change Or Face Extinction	Tom Maxedon	Aug. 25, 2020
'Dream Hou$e' Wins 2020 National LatinX Playwriting Award	Tom Maxedon	Aug. 23, 2020