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David McCumber

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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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David McCumber is Washington Bureau Chief for the Hearst Corporation’s Newspaper Division. McCumber’s journalistic career spans four decades. He has worked for Hearst in a variety of other roles, including Sunday editor, City Editor and Assistant Managing Editor of the San Francisco Examiner; Managing Editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; and Editorial Director of Hearst Connecticut Media Group. He has also worked for Scripps-Howard, Pulitzer and the New York Times Co.
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Who is David Hoffmann? Lee chairman discusses business, philanthropy and local journalism

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From the editor: New opportunities beckon, but the Star is in very good hands

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Well, this is a tough column to write, but that’s no excuse for burying the lede, so here goes: I have accepted a new job in my company, Lee Enterprises, and, although I’m really looking forward to the new job, which I couldn’t resist, it means I will no longer be leading the Arizona Daily Star newsroom. First of all, rest assured: the Arizona Daily Star is in very good hands. From left: Hipolito R.
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From the editor: We're planning on celebrating America's 250th with you

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I've been in this business long enough to remember covering the Bicentennial. The country was ready to celebrate, having the twin traumas of Vietnam and Watergate in the rear-view mirror. I wouldn't say it was a more innocent time (see the previous sentence), but certainly it was less complex. I was out of the Navy and enjoying being a community newspaper editor.
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