Al Macias
Reporter/EditorAl Macias, former KJZZ news director, is part of an elite class of trusted, veteran journalists who have covered Arizona news for more than 30 years.
Macias helped oversee daily operations for the KJZZ newsroom and Fronteras: the Changing America Desk. This is second nature for Macias, who is a National Association of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle Society member and an inductee of the Society of Professional Journalists Order of the Silver Key Society.
Macias began serving the KJZZ news team in October 2010, helping the station launch Fronteras: The Changing America Desk as the project's managing editor. He became the news director in January 2015. Macias, who has an extensive television background, is helping Fronteras Desk reporters disseminate reports using a multimedia platform that includes radio, web, video and social media tools to engage listeners across the globe.
Macias retired as news director in 2022. He rejoined the station as a features reporter in 2023 and also as a part-time editor in 2024.
He also is no stranger to building a news team from the ground up. Macias was part of the management team that launched the KNXV newsroom in 1994 and oversaw its growth from a staff of twenty to more than sixty in less than a year. Additionally, he served in managerial roles at KPNX from 1981-1994 and as an assignment editor and manager for KTVK.
During his television career, Macias won two Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards for spot news coverage and public service programming.
Macias takes great pride in his public service work, as well. He is a founding board member of the Arizona Latino Media Association. In addition, he served Maricopa County’s communications department and spent time as a partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau.
A Phoenix native, Macias earned a journalism degree from Arizona State University. He has been married since 1978 and has two adult daughters.
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The Horton Fire near Payson and several fires in the L.A. area have burned thousands of acres with little containment, stressing resources within the states. California has sent requests to Arizona for resources.
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The direction of the office will be determined by the winner of November’s county attorney election. The race features an incumbent and a challenger, both with more than 30 years of experience in criminal justice. And the two candidates have very different visions. -
Democrat Tyler Kamp and Republican Jerry Sheridan agree on two things: Filling all those vacancies is critical. And so is finding a way to get out from under the court order that requires federal monitoring of the sheriff’s office. They disagree, though, on who is best qualified to accomplish those tasks. -
Learn more about the candidates in the Maricopa County attorney race: incumbent Rachel Mitchell and challenger Tamika Wooten.
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Watch Democrat Tyler Kamp and Republican Jerry Sheridan face off in a debate at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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Phoenix police said 30-year-old Chase Christman was jailed on suspicion of three counts of murder and one count of misconduct involving weapons. -
Holiday weekends are an opportunity for many Valley residents to get out of town, relax and recharge. But for ADOT officials and many first responders, the three-day weekend is anything but a vacation. Keeping the busy roads safe and clear for holiday travelers is a round-the-clock job. -
The first-of-its-kind system in Arizona will feature 8 miles of flex or reversible lanes on Interstate 17. The flex lanes will carry northbound traffic most of the time, then with more traffic headed back to Phoenix, the lanes will be reversed to handle the southbound traffic. -
Maya Tilousi-Lyttle, a high-school student from Cave Creek who is Havasupai and Hopi, also spoke about her mother’s efforts as a Havasupai tribal leader to protect the Grand Canyon. -
Declaring it good “not only for Arizona but for the planet,” President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, turning the decades-long visions of Native American tribes and environmentalists into reality.→ Cattle ranchers in uproar over Biden's monument announcement
