July/September 2015

Paul Cicala’s anchoring & reporting career has also
included stops in Las Vegas, where he served as a sports
anchor & reporter, and Yuma, Arizona. In Las Vegas,
Paul had the chance to cover some of the biggest boxing
matches in recent history.
Cicala’s first TV job was at FOX Sports in
Los Angeles, while attending the University
of Southern California (USC), where he
graduated magna cum laude and was
honored as the school’s “Outstanding
Graduating Senior” in Broadcast
Journalism. He then worked as a
producer for NBC Network News in
Burbank, where he had the chance
to travel and cover stories all
throughout the U.S. and Mexico.
Paul Cicala’s endeavors in news have
also landed him on national TV shows.
In 2004, Cicala had the honor of being a guest on
the Oprah Winfrey show, providing perspective
as an objective journalist after covering a story
(when he worked as a news report at KOLD News
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who posed nude in an adult magazine. Cicala’s
reporting has also landed him on the NBC
Today show, the Jimmy Fallon show, and & Ellen
DeGeneres. Cicala has had an equally active life
outside of news, with experience as an educator at
Sunnyside & Desert View High School, a mentor
to at-risk youth on Tucson’s south side, and as
a Rotary Ambassador of Goodwill in Puebla &
Mexico City.
When Paul’s not anchoring & reporting at News
4, he can be found at local gyms working out or
playing basketball. He also enjoys cultural activities,
taking the quick drive south of the border to
Mexico, and volunteering in the Old Pueblo with a
variety of groups. Cicala is active in the community
as a speaker at local schools, and is a weekly
volunteer with patients & their families at University
Medical Center. Feel free to e-mail any sports story
ideas to Paul at pcicala@kvoa.com.
Feel free to e-mail any sports story
ideas to Paul at pcicala@kvoa.com.
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