Phoenix New Times detailed stories of abused children but with a chilling twist — these kids were routinely being mistreated by state officials in juvenile corrections facilites. The series and follow-ups sparked a federal inquiry and call for reform by dozens of state leaders and child advocates. That’s the sort of in-depth investigation Phoenix readers have come to rely on from New Times, which has kept the Valley of the Sun sizzling for more than three decades.

Over the years, New Times has attracted hundreds of thousands of loyal, involved readers who consider the paper an unparalleled source of information and insight, from politics and business to music and the arts. In the process, New Times has collected an unprecedented number of journalism awards, in prestigious national contests as well as in its home state, where it regularly dominates the Arizona Press Club contest and boasts an almost unbroken string of Arizona Journalist of the Year winners.