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Autumn among the aspens.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC, receives the 2024 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the UA School of Journalism; and Richard Cachor Taylor's talks about his book "Birds of Arizona".
by Mark McLemore

california candor hero An adult California Condor, as featured in Richard Cachor Taylor's 2022 book "Birds of Arizona".
Charles Trapani

Arizona Spotlight

November 14, 2024

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Featured on the November 14, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • Danyelle Khmara talks with Lyse Doucet, the Chief International Correspondent for the BBC. Doucet was presented with the 2024 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona School of Journalism, in recognition of her reporting on armed conflicts and human rights around the world.

lyse doucet hero Lyse Doucet and AZPM's Danyelle Khmara talk in the AZPM studio. Lyse received the 2024 Zegner Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona School of Journalism.
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  • Nature writer Rebekah Doyle shares her love for the season of autumn, and the unique pleasure of walking through an aspen grove with multi-colored leaves, blue sky, and a chill in the air.
Sabino canyon in fall unsized VIEW LARGER Sabino Canyon in the Fall.
Rebekah Doyle

Aspen tree forest A stand of Aspen trees in the San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona.
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fall trees mt lemmon The leaves changing colors during the Fall on Mt. Lemmon.
Rebekah Doyle

rebekah doyle hero Rebekah Doyle is a short fiction and essay writer who is inspired by the outdoors.
courtesy of Rebekah Doyle

  • Birdwatching is one of our state’s most popular outdoor activities, and Tony Paniagua talks with author and avid birder Richard Cachor Taylor about his book Birds of Arizona. It is a field guide to more than 500 of Arizona’s native species, including 17 varieties of hummingbird, plus many new observations about their activities.
birds of arizona unsized 5 VIEW LARGER A male Elegant Trogon, as featured in Richard Cachor Taylor's 2022 book "Birds of Arizona".
Fred Forssell
birds of arizona 1 unsized VIEW LARGER A male Blue-throated Mountain-gem, as featured in Richard Cachor Taylor's 2022 book "Birds of Arizona".
John Hoffman
birds of arizona unsized 3 VIEW LARGER A Montezuma Quail, as featured in Richard Cachor Taylor's 2022 book "Birds of Arizona".
Tony Battiste
birds of arizona unsized 4 VIEW LARGER An adult Whiskered Screech-Owl, as featured in Richard Cachor Taylor's 2022 book "Birds of Arizona".
Richard Cachor Taylor

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