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OCTOBER’S DDD WILL KICK OFF WITH A DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABILITY

PHOENIX (Oct. 23, 2012) – For this month’s Downtown Devil Discussion, panelists and audience members will be discussing the topic of sustainability in Phoenix. Since Phoenix has been named as one of the least sustainable cities in the world, our panelists will focus on plans and innovations in sustainability, as well as their own thoughts and opinions on the issue.

Panelists include Stacey Champion, founder and owner of Champion PR and Consulting as well as creator and organizer at Rogue Green, Colin Tetreault, Senior Policy Advisor of Sustainability at the Office of the Mayor and faculty associate at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Jonce Walker, the sustainability manager at Maricopa County, Kevin Gurney, an associate professor at the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability, and Adriana Kale Johnson, a sustainable tourism student.

Rogue Green will be sponsoring this event, and La Tolteca will be providing refreshments.

As always, Downtown Devil Discussions is integrated with social media where questions are accepted from both audience members and Twitter followers. Participants can follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag, #DDChat.

Downtown Devil Discussions will take place on Tuesday, October 30, at 7 p.m. in the First Amendment Forum at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Avenue.

For more information, visit the pr.downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit downtowndevil.com  or pr.downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil Discussions

The Downtown Devil launched Downtown Devil Discussions in Fall 2011 with the hopes of bringing downtown’s diverse community together, which will in turn foster an increased connection and collaboration between the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus and the surrounding area.

The goal of the discussions is to engage students and community members alike, to bring together people of disparate backgrounds and challenge them to generate new ideas. By bringing together leading urban innovators, leaders and thinkers, Downtown Devil Discussions are a dynamic evening of conversation that forge lasting relationships, leading to positive change in Phoenix.

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Downtown Devil
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DOWNTOWN DEVIL DISCUSSIONS RESUMES SEPT. 25, 2012

PHOENIX (Sept. 16, 2012) – With school back in session, the Downtown Devil is bringing back another year of Downtown Devil Discussions, along with some changes.

Downtown Devil Discussions will now be split into two sessions. The first will be similar to the panel discussions as the year before. Audience questions and social media will still be incorporated within the program. But, to better communication and forge relationships with all members of the downtown community, there will be a breakout session once the discussion is done.

“The goal for this semester’s Downtown Devil Discussions is to be less formal and more inclusive,” said Connor Descheemaker, Director of Community Initiatives. “With that, we want to create more spontaneous dialogue between audience members and panel members. The breakout session will allow people to make personal connections with the movers and shakers within the city.”

There will be food and drinks provided during the breakout session, with the main goal to have audience members and panelists mingle and share deeper conversations and opinions.

La Tolteca will be providing food and refreshments for this event.

This will also be the first sponsored Downtown Devil Discussions with thanks to Pedalcraft, Grand Avenue Rail Project and Downtown Voices Coalition (DVC).

“Community leaders offering sponsorship to our organization speaks to our overall goals as the number one news source in downtown Phoenix,” said Daniel Zayas, Communities Editor. “Our friends and businesses have taken a vested interest in Downtown Devil’s future success and we are excited to have them on board.”

The topic to kick off the first discussion of the year will focus on downtown’s urban transportation landscape. Panelists include: Hillary Foose, the Director of Communication and Marketing for Valley Metro, Mike Kuby, a professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and the director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program in Transportation Systems at Arizona State University, Joseph Perez, the bicycle coordinator and traffic engineer II at the Phoenix Street Transportation Department, Nicole Underwood, a community activist and founder of SideWalk Phoenix, and Nick Gnat, a New York native and frequent commuter.

Downtown Devil Discussions will take place on Tuesday, September 25, at 7 p.m. in the First Amendment Forum at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Avenue.

For more information, visit the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/419579274772630/.

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit http://downtowndevil.com or http://pr.downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil Discussions

The Downtown Devil launched Downtown Devil Discussions in Fall 2011 with the hopes of bringing downtown’s diverse community together, which will in turn foster an increased connection and collaboration between the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus and the surrounding area.

The goal of the discussions is to engage students and community members alike, to bring together people of disparate backgrounds and challenge them to generate new ideas. By bringing together leading urban innovators, leaders and thinkers, Downtown Devil Discussions are a dynamic evening of conversation that forge lasting relationships, leading to positive change in Phoenix.

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Downtown Devil
business@downtowndevil.com
(602) 688-9610

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Jessica Choi
Director of Public Relations
(206) 819-2510
jessica.s.choi@asu.edu

DOWNTOWN DEVIL MANAGING EDITOR TO STEP DOWN TEMPORARILY

PHOENIX (May 9, 2012) – Evie Carpenter, one of the Downtown Devil managing editors and the current photography editor will be temporarily stepping down for the Fall 2012 semester.

Carpenter will be studying abroad in Ireland, but will be returning to the Downtown Devil in Spring 2013.

“I’m sad to be leaving my Downtown Devil family for a semester, but I know they are going to continue to do great things,” Carpenter said. “I am planning to return in the spring so this is not goodbye yet.”

Daniel Zayas, a copy editor for the news publication, will be filling in as managing editor for Carpenter during her absence. Zayas will also continue as the community news editor for the publication.

“With an interest in both our community and our organization’s internal relations, I plan to maintain our coverage as the top source for downtown Phoenix news, but also engage the community through our business relations and social media,” Zayas said. “I’m excited to see Evie gain experience through her studies abroad and wish her the best. When she returns I hope that we have made Downtown Devil better than when she left.

Jack Fitzpatrick, one of the Downtown Devil managing editors, said Zayas was chosen to because he has prior experience with new stories, social media, public relations and event organization.

“Zayas is the perfect fit for a small organization that demands a lot of work from its editors,” Fitzpatrick said. “He has consistently been an involved and proactive member of our team as our community news editor.”

Madeline Pado, currently the assistant photography editor will also be stepping in as photography editor during Carpenter’s absence.

For more information on any staff changes, visit the Downtown Devil masthead at http://downtowndevil.com/masthead/.

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit http://downtowndevil.com.

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Downtown Devil
business@downtowndevil.com
(602) 688-9610

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Jessica Choi
Director of Public Relations
(206) 819-2510
jessica.s.choi@asu.edu

DOWNTOWN DEVIL TO HOST ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

PHOENIX (April 3, 2012) – The Downtown Devil will host its fourth annual Undergraduate Student Government-Downtown (USG-D) Presidential Debate on Friday, April 6.

The debate will feature the two presidential candidates, current President Joe Grossman and nonprofit leadership and management sophomore Erika Green, as well as their executive tickets.

Joe’s executive ticket, current Vice President of Services, David Bakardjiev, and criminal justice and political science junior, Leighana Moldrem will be debating Erika’s executive ticket, health sciences pre-professional freshman Sally Lopez Bravo and journalism freshman, Travis Moore.

Dan Neligh, one of the founders and publishers for the Downtown Devil, will moderate the debate. Neligh has moderated the past three USG-D debates.

“Between the experience of the candidates and the new structure of the ticket this might be the best debate we’ve hosted so far,” Neligh said.

The Downtown Devil will incorporate social media by live tweeting the event. Audience members can follow the debate on Twitter using the hashtag, #DDDebate.

The Downtown Devil: USG-D Presidential Debate will take place on Friday, April 6, at 3 p.m. in the First Amendment Forum at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Avenue.

For more information, visit the Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/209982922440013/ or visit http://pr.downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit http://downtowndevil.com.

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Downtown Devil
business@downtowndevil.com
(602) 688-9610

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Jessica Choi
Director of Public Relations
(206) 819-2510
jessica.s.choi@asu.edu

DOWNTOWN DEVIL DISCUSSIONS: UPDATED GUEST PANELISTS

PHOENIX (March 26, 2012) – The Downtown Devil has an updated list of guest panelists for the Downtown Devil Discussion series in March. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton had to withdraw from the panel due to family obligations.

The current line-up of guest panelists include Jeff Moloznik, the general manager of CityScape from RED Development, Kirby Hoyt, a designer from Edge Industries, Sean Sweat, an industrial engineer and transportation-planning expert, and Derek Neighbors, co-founder of Gangplank.

This month’s Downtown Devil Discussions will focus on downtown Phoenix public spaces. More specifically, how businesses can successfully respond to the evolving needs of downtown Phoenix, in terms of the use of public spaces such as CityScape, Margaret T. Hance Park and Civic Space Park among others, as well as solutions for public spaces that have remained empty for years.

Downtown Devil Discussions is integrated with social media, where questions are accepted from both audience members and Twitter followers. Participants can follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag, #DDChat.

Downtown Devil Discussions will take place on Wednesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the First Amendment Forum at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Avenue.

Access the original press release here.

For more information, visit http://pr.downtowndevil.com

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit http://downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil Discussions

The Downtown Devil launched Downtown Devil Discussions in Fall 2011 with the hopes of bringing downtown’s diverse community together, which will in turn foster an increased connection and collaboration between the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus and the surrounding area.

The goal of these discussions is to engage students and community members alike, to bring together people of disparate backgrounds and challenge them to generate new ideas. By bringing together leading urban innovators, leaders and thinkers, Downtown Devil Discussions are a dynamic evening of conversation that forge lasting relationships, leading to positive change in Phoenix.

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Downtown Devil
business@downtowndevil.com
(602) 688-9610

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Jessica Choi
Director of Public Relations
(206) 819-2510
jessica.s.choi@asu.edu

DOWNTOWN DEVIL LAUNCHES NEW VERSION OF VANISHING PHOENIX BLOG

PHOENIX (March 16, 2012) – The Downtown Devil launched a new version of the Vanishing Phoenix blog earlier today. Downtown Devil’s Director of Community Initiatives and contributing reporter, Connor Descheemaker, will be managing the blog on a weekly basis, featuring posts on various historic buildings and their current uses, interviews with preservationists and architects, previews and reviews of building tours, other events and much more.

Vanishing Phoenix was a joint venture by Phoenix preservationists and planners, Yuri Artibise and Taz Loomans. The original blog was founded in 2010 with the goal to document the successes and failures in preservation in the Valley of the Sun. With the help of fellow Phoenix preservationists and historians, Jim McPherson and Marshall Shore, Vanishing Phoenix became the go-to source for news on Phoenix’s young history.

Similarly in 2010, Downtown Devil reporter and now managing editor, Jack Fitzpatrick, create the PHX History blog, which documented Phoenix landmarks through the eyes of an Arizona State University student. Each post featured a different Phoenix landmark that detailed its past, present and future, as well as highlighted its vitality and importance within the context of the city.

A couple weeks ago, the authors of Vanishing Phoenix came to the Downtown Devil with a proposition to take over the original blog and give it a new life under a Downtown Devil sub-site. The Downtown Devil decided to jump at this opportunity and create a new blog that combined both Vanishing Phoenix and PHX History blogs. The Downtown Devil will migrate all past content from both blogs onto the new Vanishing Phoenix blog, which will become a hub of information for all things related to Phoenix history.

“I have long been fascinated by Phoenix’s history and have been reading (the Vanishing Phoenix) blog since it started,” Descheemaker said. “I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the dialogue that goes on about Phoenix’s history!”

For more information, visit http://vanishingphx.downtowndevil.com.

About the Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit http://downtowndevil.com.

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Downtown Devil
business@downtowndevil.com
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
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jessica.s.choi@asu.edu

DOWNTOWN DEVIL TO PUBLISH 1000th STORY

PHOENIX (March 13, 2012) — The Downtown Devil will publish its thousandth story today after three years of covering the ASU Downtown campus and the surrounding downtown Phoenix community.

The story, an article on downtown student government releasing the names of candidates for next year, was written by journalism sophomore Connor Radnovich.

Radnovich said it is “a big honor” to have written the thousandth story since he joined the Downtown Devil staff just over a year ago, with his first story being published at the end of January 2011.

“For someone like me to come in and be accepted and contribute so much has been really great,” Radnovich said. ”The thousandth story just shows a small student-started publication in the dorm room can impact the community in just a few short years.”

Radnovich is an assistant news editor covering student government and primarily reports on the organization himself, and said that this story wasn’t monumental, but nonetheless important.

“It’s just another way the Downtown Devil reports its stories,” he said. “It takes more than just one big story to cover the community. It takes a bunch of small stories to capture it through excellent reporting over a long period of time.”

That community connection is what Radnovich says sets the Downtown Devil apart.

“It’s a lot more rooted in the community than a lot of other publications in the Phoenix area,” Radnovich said.

The number of comments on our website from community members demonstrates the reach the publication has had, he said.

“While the publication is run by students and is geared toward students, (community members) really do listen to what we have to say,” he said.

“Downtown Devil has (covered the community) well, and will continue to do it well as it continues to grow.”

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning news publication owned and operated solely by Arizona State University students. In just three short years, the Downtown Devil has won the 2011 SPJ Mark of Excellence Best of the West Award for Best Independent Online Publication in Region 11 (recognizing work published in 2010) and has been selected as a finalist for the same award in 2012 for its work in 2011.

The Downtown Devil published its first story on Feb. 5, 2009. Publishing its thousandth story marks an accomplishment for all involved with the news publication.

Jack Fitzpatrick, managing news editor, said of the achievement:

“Everyone at the Downtown Devil is proud to be able to say we’ve published 1,000 stories. It’s a good chance to look back at all the hard work our reporters, editors and photographers have put in over the years. But at the same time, it’s also an opportunity to think about what milestones we could hit in the future. Whenever I look at how many stories we’ve published or how many readers we reach, the growth we’ve had so far makes me wonder how much we could improve going forward.”

With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, the Downtown Devil publishes content five days per week, with an average of six stories daily, including multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events that can be shared via social media.

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Downtown Devil
business@downtowndevil.com
(602) 688-9610

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Jessica Choi
Director of Public Relations
(206) 819-2510
jessica.s.choi@asu.edu

MAYOR STANTON TO SPEAK AT MONTHLY DISCUSSION SERIES

PHOENIX (March 11, 2012) – Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is confirmed to speak at Downtown Devil Discussions, a monthly discussion series hosted by the Downtown Devil.

On March 28, Jeff Moloznik, general manager of CityScape from RED Development, and Sean Sweat, industrial engineer and transportation-planning expert, will join Mayor Stanton to discuss downtown Phoenix public spaces. More specifically, this month’s discussion will focus on how businesses can successfully respond to the evolving needs of downtown Phoenix in terms of the use of public spaces such as CityScape, Margaret T. Hance Park and Civic Space Park.

Downtown Devil Discussions is integrated with social media, where questions are accepted from both audience members and Twitter followers. Participants can follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag, #DDChat.

Downtown Devil Discussions will take place on Wednesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the First Amendment Forum at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Avenue.

For more information, visit http://pr.downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil

The Downtown Devil is an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing focused local news quickly, accurately and completely to students of Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, as well as businesses and households that comprise the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area.

Owned and operated solely by ASU students, the Downtown Devil has grown tremendously in its three years of existence.  With a staff of nearly 100 reporters, editors and digital media producers, this five days-per-week site publishes up-to-the-minute and strategic news stories daily, alongside multimedia projects, restaurant reviews, profiles and extensive coverage of arts and cultural events.

For more information, please visit http://downtowndevil.com.

About Downtown Devil Discussions

The Downtown Devil launched Downtown Devil Discussions in Fall 2011 with the hopes of bringing downtown’s diverse community together, which will in turn foster an increased connection and collaboration between the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus and the surrounding area.

The goal of the discussions is to engage students and community members alike, to bring together people of disparate backgrounds and challenge them to generate new ideas. By bringing together leading urban innovators, leaders and thinkers, Downtown Devil Discussions are a dynamic evening of conversation that forge lasting relationships, leading to positive change in Phoenix.

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