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Christopher Fox Graham

Congratulate Anya Blue Lior and Gary Every, Sedona’s new poets laureate

On Tuesday, May 13, the Sedona City Council formally crowned Poet Laureate Gary Every and Youth Poet Laureate Anya Blue Lior. The process to establish these two positions began two years ago when Sedona poet Rex Arrasmith suggested it to...

Celebrate newly opened Forest Road Extension

After six years of planning, construction, road narrowing, explosions, rock removal, grading and paving in Uptown, the Forest Road Extension is finally open. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Monday, May 12. We’ve covered the long process to build the...

Celebrate mothers here and gone for all in your life

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11, the day when we celebrate our mothers, grandmothers, wives and daughters with brunches or breakfasts, flowers or just a phone call for those of us who live too far away to travel. The day...

End of World War II in Europe 80 years ago reshaped world

Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from one of fear and conflict into one largely of fairness, competition and international law. The war...

Police catch burglary suspect after manhunt near Rufous and Gambel Lanes

Sedona police were reportedly searching between Rufous and Gambel in the Chapel area Wednesday, April 30, for an alleged burglar, described as white man, 6 feet 2 inches tall with short hair, blue shirt, black pants and possible neck...

Verde Valley Fair returns to Cottonwood from April 30 to May 4

The Verde Valley Fair will return to the Verde Valley Fairgrounds in Cottonwood from Wednesday, April 30, through Sunday, May 4. ■ Gates will open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, for livestock shows and arts and crafts, with...

Seven Sedona Poet Laureate finalists to read at two more free events

The city of Sedona, in collaboration with the Community Library Sedona and the Sedona Poetry Slam, have selected the seven finalists for appointment as Sedona’s inaugural Poet Laureate. One senior and one junior poet will serve as ambassadors for a...

Sedona Red Rock High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame Committee names 9 athletes to inaugural list

The Sedona Red Rock High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is excited to announce its inaugural class for 2025, which includes some of the top athletes to ever walk the halls in the history of the program. SRRHS HOF...

Ethics govern what we journalists do to report the news

We have a lot of discussions in our newsroom about how to cover stories, the ethics of reporting on sensitive topics or persons like minors, victims, confidential sources or criminal suspects and how to handle sensitive information provided to...

Acts of violence don’t help change political stances

On March 30, the Flagstaff Police Department issued a press release about a March 19 road rage incident that resulted in violence. The incident began at Butler Avenue and Milton Road and continued along Route 66 through the heart...

About Me

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism, media law and the First Amendment and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."
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