Lacey's papers prized investigative reporting and set a high bar for writing. The company focused on long-form, magazine-style journalism, and included such papers as the Village Voice in New York, LA Weekly, Miami New Times and the OC Weekly in Orange County, California, among others. He is the founder and former executive editor of the Phoenix New Times, which he and his business partner, publisher Jim Larkin, expanded into a nationwide chain of 17 alternative weeklies, known as Village Voice Media (VVM). Lacey (born July 30, 1948) is an Arizona-based journalist, editor, publisher and First Amendment advocate.
