SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

PEOPLE: LISA BUTTON

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Lisa Button
Office: Marshall 323
Telephone - (520) 626-9219
E-mail - lbutton@email.arizona.edu

Lisa Button teaches The Cat Scan, a class that produces an online magazine, and serves as internship coordinator.

She holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in journalism from the UA. She has worked as a freelance writer, copy editor and translator.

In 1989 she founded and became editor of Tucson Parent, a bimonthly newspaper. The next year the publication added an annual resource book for families. She sold the company in 1996. Button later taught journalism and was the newspaper adviser at Green Fields Country Day School for seven years. During that time her students won the Division 1A Best Newspaper Award three consecutive years. While at Green Fields, she initiated a mentorship program that paired students with news media professionals.

In past semesters Button has taught Press and Society, Publication Design, Reporting the News and El Independiente, a capstone course. In 2009 she became director of the Journalism Diversity Workshop for Arizona High School Students.

Button encourages anyone who knows of internship opportunities to contact her.

University of Arizona School of Journalism / Marshall Building Room 334A / Tucson, AZ 85721 / (520) 621-7556 / journal@email.arizona.edu