John d’anna joins CalMatters as his next managing editor

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John D’anna joins Calmatters as a managing editor during the 10th anniversary of the news organization.

Most recently, he was the managing editor at Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, directed national awarded fire restoration projects, death with dignity, clean energy and corruption of the government.

D’anna inherits Vicky Hadok, who joined Calmatters in her second year 2016 and was the first managing editor of Calmatters. Hadok retired to spend more time with her family, but she will continue to lead Calmatters in an consultative role.

D’Anna will direct the award -winning team of journalists who conducts daily operations while working directly with five editors of tasks and other leaders at Calmatters.

“John has an impressive experience as a news leader and a journalist, but even more striking is his demonstrated commitment to serve the community with a powerful story of stories,” said CalMatters Kristen Go.

Previously, D’anna worked in the Arizona Republic. As an editor of Page 1, D’Anna released the front page of the edition and he led the printed presentation of their Pulitzer Award BorderlineS He was also a key member of two Pulitzer finalist teams: Coverage The shooting of American Rep. Gabriel Gifords and 18 others in Tuson and Yarnell Hill’s fire who killed 19 wildlife firefighters.

As a senior reporter in various strikes, D’anna decided the 87-year-old mystery of Arizona Habox’s baby, showcased racism in Arizona’s historic territorial capital and won a national Apsis Investigation Award for the selective pursuit of African-American youth in the high school scandal.

He was the founder of the first newspaper of the Republic, the Republic of Scottsdale, and directed the National Award for Investigative Journalism, resulting from the publication.

In 2016, D’anna struggled with a summons in the press case, which went to the Supreme Court in Arizona and led to significant legal protection for journalists in Arizona.

D’Anna has taught the Arizona School of Journalism in Arizona in Arizona in Arizona for 16 years, including a graduate seminar for the future of journalism and guest lectures on the first amendment and public records.

There is a MBA from Benedictine University Mesa and a bachelor’s degree in minority in political science from the University of Arizona. D’Anna is also a fifth -degree black belt and a three -time world champion in Taekwondo.

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