Madison Knutson
Madison Knutson Pronunciation (she/her)
News Digital Producer, Phoenix

Madison Knutson expects to graduate in spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and a minor in Spanish. Knutson has interned as a reporter at Alaska’s News Source in Anchorage and as a digital producer at The Arizona Republic.

Latest from Madison Knutson

2 agriculture-to-urban programs explore conserving groundwater in Arizona by retiring farmland

PHOENIX – Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, and the Arizona Department of Water have both created agriculture-to-urban programs that look to turn unused agricultural land into housing that uses less water than farming does. While both programs intend to tackle the same issue, they differ in some key ways.


Life along 27th Avenue: Realities differ for Grand Canyon University, surrounding community

PHOENIX – Communities around Phoenix’s 27th Avenue want better for the area, but what “better” means depends on who you ask.


The Phoenix Zoo aims to attract more visitors with new $5.4 million big cats habitat

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Zoo in April opened Big Cats of Arizona, a $5.4 million habitat paid in part with a grant from the Arizona Office of Tourism.

Caipora, one of the Phoenix Zoo’s two jaguars, stares at onlookers from the catwalk

Arizona’s national parks and forests already feeling strain from thousands of federal worker firings nationwide

PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon and other Arizona national lands are navigating the Trump administration firings and hiring freeze ahead of the busiest season.