The Arizona Daily Star is on Instagram! And exciting things are brewing over there.

Here are 7 reasons why you should follow us.

(Psssst: Click here to see our Instagram... or to follow us...)

We won't say exclusivity, but...

We share photos that might not be seen in print, on our website or on our other social media platforms.

We often run interesting photos in print, but those photos might not always have a story attached to them — so they might not make it to our website or on Facebook. But you might catch them on Instagram.

Like this heartwarming one, for example:

We dig through our archives — a lot

If you’re an avid tucson.com user, you’re familiar with our historical galleries. But we have even more photos in our archives that sometimes don’t make it into those galleries.

On Instagram, we post #ThrowbackThursday photos every Thursday. Sometimes it’s a throwback to a relevant event in Tucson. Sometimes the throwbacks are completely random. And sometimes we do throwback quizzes (more on that later...). 

Even if you haven’t been in Tucson long, you’ll be amazed at what the city used to look like!

We post a variety of photos

Beyond historical photos, you’ll find photos attached to relevant news stories, feature stories, and sometimes — just your good ol’ cactus photo. Or maybe a sunset. Maybe some wildflowers?

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We do weekly news roundups

We get it — sometimes you just want to relax over the weekend. So, every Monday morning, we use the Stories feature to post links and summaries of articles you may have missed over the weekend. That way, you won’t have to dig to catch up on the weekend news.

We do the same thing on Fridays. Plus, we post COVID-19 updates twice a week.

We love interacting with you!

We post fun throwback quizzes — we’ll post a throwback photo of a popular street and have you guess where the photo was taken, for example — sometimes we do polls and other Q&As. We just like to talk with you!

We want to hear your ideas, see your photography skills and chat about what’s important to you.

And if you ever have any questions for us, we're more than happy to help.

(This isn't limited to just Instagram. Ask us questions on Facebook and Twitter, or just give us a ring!)

It's another way to read our stories

Maybe you're a visual person and would rather get your news through photos. Instagram is a good place for that.

But even if you prefer reading our stories, instead of just looking at pretty photos (which we think is always an added bonus), we do that too! We try our best to include very informational captions to photos.

We're constantly trying new things...

...and we're open to new ideas! That means if you want to see something specific from us, we're all ears!