"He was brilliant and exuberant. He had great language skills, great writing skills," said John Peck, the former managing editor at the Arizona Daily Star who hired Skinner in 1984. "He was always looking for things to write about in a really wonderful way."
Arizona Daily Star writer M. Scot Skinner in 2009. “Anyone who ever met Scot has a favorite memory about him. He had a big personality — smart and funny and caring — that drew people in,” said Star Editor Bobbie Jo Buel.
