Commentators

KJZZ commentator Rich Kenney lives in Youngtown, AZ. He has a master’s degree in social work (MSW) from the University of Texas, and currently is the community relations coordinator at the Foundation for Blind Children in Phoenix.

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Robrt Pela is a staff writer at New Times, where he writes theater reviews as well as a weekly interview column called "Speakeasy." He holds staff positions at The Advocate and Men's Fitness magazines.

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Troy Pottgen is a pretty good husband, dad and Phoenix-based copywriter. People trust him. Kids relate to him. He claims to watch 100 movies and read 100 books a year.

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Amy Silverman is associate editor of Phoenix New Times, and co-instructor of the workshop "Mothers Who Write." She has a Master's in journalism from Columbia University, and has written for the New York Times and Salon.com. A Phoenix native, Amy lives in Tempe with her husband Ray Stern, an editor at the Scottsdale Tribune, and their daughters Annabelle and Sophie.

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Elizabeth Viator is a full-time English teacher at Dobson High School in Mesa and a part-time yoga instructor. A transplant from Massachusetts nearly thirty years ago, she now calls Arizona home...

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Shipherd Reed is a documentary film director and producer of video biographies who collected the stories for the Miners' Story Project...

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Deborah Sussman Susser is the associate editor of Jewish News of Greater Phoenix and the recipient of two consecutive awards from the American Jewish Press Association for excellence in editorial writing. Her reviews appear in Art in America, ArtNews and the Washington Post. She received a Master’s in English/creative writing from Hollins College and an M.F.A. in fiction from the University of Virginia. More...

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Jason Spisak is a voice actor who lives in Mesa and commutes back and forth to Los Angeles.

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