Stars of the Star: Jessica Votipka

Jessica Votipka is the Arizona Daily Star’s K-12 education reporter. Jessica is new to the Arizona Daily Star from Nebraska. She recalls being 6-years old when her interest for journalism started and she wrote her first article. Jessica has always been exposed to teachers through her family and talks with David about her early influences. ”There’s nothing more human than education,” Jessica said. In Nebraska she reported on a local school board shutting down a school newspaper for featuring LGBTQ+ content and won awards for her reporting and story. David and Jessica talk about the difference in her new role at the Arizona Daily Star and covering Arizona education versus Nebraska education, she talks about the challenges and hurdles, how she makes connections with sources and upcoming reporting with local education.

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