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Rober-Zucker.com: Publishing More than Four Decades of PublishingRobert Zucker developed and produced one of the nation's first newspapers for youth in 1978 called Youth Alternatives. The title changed to Youth Awareness Press (later became Tucson Teen), and in 1985 was expanded to the Entertainment Magazine,
a regional guide of entertainment in Tucson and Phoenix areas. Over the decades, Bob supervised and trained hundreds of students and volunteers; managed marketing and distribution of the newspapers; developed promotions and managed large scale events - such as indoor/outdoor concerts, weekend Mardi Gras carnivals, teen dances, movie screenings and conferences. The Entertainment Magazine published as a tabloid newspaper from 1978 through 1995 when the newspaper went online in January 1995 as EMOL.org as one of the first newspapers in Arizona to publish on the Internet. Robert E. Zucker Publishing:
The early staff of the youth newspaper Youth Awareness Press. Photo taken about 1979 at the Tucson YWCA basement. Originally, the first publication was a pamphlet produced in December 1977 by Robert Zucker, a newly graduated journalist from the University of Arizona. The handout was an event and activity guide distributed to hundreds of youth who lived in group homes and went to community centers. The first newspaper tabloid edition was published through the Tucson YWCA in the summer of 1978 called Youth Alternatives Press. The YWCA continued to sponsor the youth newspaper project, directed by Zucker, for several more years with funding from the United Way of Tucson, Pima Community Juvenile Justice Collaboration, Youth Services Bureau and other local Tucson, Arizona organizations The Youth Alternatives Press became Youth Awareness Press with additional funding from city, state and federal grants. Hundreds of youth had been involved with the newspaper project over the decades. They learned skills in writing, reporting, newspaper design and operations. The publishing project also sponsored special events to raise funds during the late 1970's and 1980's. The Gazebo Teen Night Club, Tucson Mardi Gras and numerous club and movie benefits helped support the publishing costs. In the early 1980's, the monthly newspaper was produced from the publisher's house. Many late nights were spent by the staff piecing together each edition to distribute at the beginning of the month to hundreds of locations throughout Tucson. Photos from 1980.
Above (left to right) publisher Robert E. Zucker, editors Becky Corbett and Kaye Boyd. c 1981. Robert Zucker also provided consultation and production assistance to several Tucson and Phoenix publisher's in the start up and maintenance of their newspapers:
When public grants became scarce in the 1980s, Zucker began advertising as a source of revenue for the publication and the youth project. The publication was then titled Tucson Teen. A sister publication for the entire community, Entertainment Magazine, was published to expand readership and content. Read more about Robert Zucker's publishing. Zucker instructs in web publishingFrom 1992 through 2006, Robert Zucker was also an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Arizona Department of Journalism. His earlier courses covered the principles and concepts of designing and producing newspapers and desktop publishing. As the Internet became a growing presences in 1995, his course covered new technologies used in journalism, publishing web sites and researching on the Internet. He developed the Department of Journalism web site in 1995. During his time at the UA, he provided technical maintenance of the department's computer lab and assisted in budget planning, grant writing and recommendations for computer hardware and software purchases. In mid 1995 through 2005, Robert Zucker also was employed by Pima Community College to manage the journalism department computer lab. He later became advisor to the college newspaper, The Aztec Press, developed the department's web site and started a course in web publishing. Zucker publishes as an authorAfter retiring from
teaching at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College in
2005, Zucker concentrated on publishing on the World Wide Web. In 2013, he self-published his first book, Traveling Show, a collection of poetry composed during his teenage years about the many people who pass through ones life and how their traveling shows impact the people they meet. Autobiographical. ISBN: 978-1-939050-00-7 (electronic). ISBN: 978-1-939050-00-4 (print) He also published Treasures of the Santa Catalinas, the lost legends and history of the Catalina
Mountains north of Tucson– the Iron Mine Mine, the Tucson Gold Rush of
the 1880s, and many other stories from the past. Over 400 pages with
over 1,000 footnotes for further reading. ISBN: 978-1-939050-00-7
(paperback and Kindle). Other books include:
These books are available in print and in Kindle electronic format. Read chapters from these books, download free PDF samples from the book and purchase online through Amazon.com. To order directly from Robert, call 520-623-3733, use your MasterCard, VISA, Discovery or AM Express card.
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