11/05/2025
Join us in recognizing the dedication of Debbie Guerrero, the WNPA's 2025 Dixie Lee Bradley Award Recipient.
She was nominated by Roger Harnack of the Cheney Free Press with the following tribute:
Debbie has been at the Sun several decades, surviving at least three owners, four publishers and multiple editors, ad managers, etc. Debbie has managed circulation and preprint advertising, while simultaneously serving as the bookkeeper. She also knows the postal service system inside and out, making sure newspaper readers got their papers on time.
When the Sun operated as a daily, she handled those duties as well as selling advertising to Spanish-speaking business clients. And when the newspaper still had a press, you could often find Debbie handling quality control, as well, directing color corrections and helping mailroom employees and child carriers. Debbie knows how to run a newspaper from the ground up.
She has been the glue that held the Sunnyside newspaper together through multiple transitions. Today, Debbie is not only the office manager, but also a co-owner of the Sunnyside Sun, a testament to her knowledge of newspapers and what it takes behind the scenes.
The Dixie Lee Bradley award is given to an individual whose behind-the-scenes devotion and passion for community newspapers is consistent and considerable.
📸 Courtesy the Sunnyside Sun. Debbie is pictured at left, with Ileana Martinez and Job Wise, all co-owners of the newspaper.
