PEOPLE: LISA BUTTON
Office: Marshall 323
Telephone - (520) 626-9219
E-mail - lbutton@email.arizona.edu
Lisa Button teaches Reporting the News 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 and El Independiente, a capstone course.
She encourages anyone who knows of internship opportunities to contact her.