What Is 'You Ask We Investigate' on KGUN 9 and How Do You Submit a Story?

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"You Ask We Investigate" is KGUN 9's viewer-driven reporting segment: the Tucson station invites its audience to raise local questions, concerns, or tips, and its newsroom follows up on selected ones. You submit through the station's "Share With Us" channel, and if your submission is picked up, reporters review it and may investigate and report the findings on air and online. Not every submission gets investigated, and the station's public pages do not spell out formal eligibility rules, so treat the segment as a general local-news tip line rather than a guaranteed response service.

What the segment is for

KGUN 9 brands itself as Tucson's source for local news, sports, and weather, and its site organizes coverage around local, statewide, and national news plus community features. "You Ask We Investigate" fits that local-first model: it turns audience questions into reporting assignments.

Based on the kinds of stories the station covers, submissions that fit the segment tend to involve:

  • Local accountability questions — how a public agency, school district, or county office is handling an issue.
  • Neighborhood problems — roads, sidewalks, safety concerns, or disruptive activity.
  • Consumer and service frustrations — situations where a viewer wants answers from an institution.
  • Tips about something the station hasn't reported — a lead worth a reporter's attention.

The station's recent coverage illustrates the local-issue territory the segment draws from: Pima County seeking guidance on a new lease holder for Old Tucson Studios, the Tucson Unified School District recommending school consolidations, county plans for sidewalk and pedestrian improvements along South Palo Verde Road, and a pedestrianization pilot on Congress Street for Halloween.

Where to find it and how to submit

The submission entry point is the "Share With Us" link in the site's navigation, alongside "In Your Community" and "Team Near You." That is the channel to use for a question, tip, or story idea.

To submit, follow these steps:

  1. Open kgun9.com and locate the "Share With Us" link in the site navigation.
  2. Choose the closest category to your topic (for example, a local news question versus a community item) if the form offers one.
  3. Write a specific question or tip. State the who, what, where, and when — for example, "Why has the sidewalk project on South Palo Verde Road been delayed, and what is the new timeline?"
  4. Include supporting details — names of agencies or businesses involved, dates, locations, and any documents or photos you can attach.
  5. Provide contact information so a reporter can follow up if your submission is selected.

A strong submission reads like a short assignment: one clear question, the facts behind it, and evidence a reporter could verify.

What happens after you submit

The station's public materials describe the segment's purpose but not a published review timeline or a promise to respond to every message. What you can reasonably expect:

  • Review: the newsroom reads submissions and decides which ones have reporting value.
  • Investigation: selected items are assigned to reporters, who gather records, make calls, and verify claims.
  • Follow-up: a reporter may contact you for more detail or an interview.
  • Possible coverage: findings can appear on air and on kgun9.com, sometimes as a full story.

Limitations to keep in mind

  • Selection is discretionary. The segment is a newsroom triage system, not a complaint hotline; many submissions will not lead to a story.
  • Not every topic fits. Breaking emergencies belong with emergency services, and personal legal or medical disputes are generally outside what a local TV segment will investigate.
  • No published pricing or access terms. The site's materials do not describe fees or login requirements for submitting, so don't assume a paid or account-based process — just use the "Share With Us" channel as presented.
  • Timing is uncertain. There is no stated turnaround, so don't rely on the segment for anything urgent.

If your goal is to get a local issue in front of Tucson reporters, "You Ask We Investigate" via "Share With Us" is the direct route: be specific, bring evidence, and leave contact details.