NPR Reporter Reflects on His Alaska Beginnings

Many National Public Radio personalities got their start in
Alaska. NPR’s one and only sports reporter, Tom Goldman, is one of them. He moved to Anchorage from Oregon fresh out of journalism school and worked as a engineer, reporter and producer of this program, Alaska News Nightly. That was 27 years ago.

Lori Townsend, APRN-Anchorage

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Lori Townsend

Lori Townsend is the chief editor, senior vice president of journalism and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452. Read more about Lori here.

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