Annie Feidt
Broadcast Managing EditorAnnie is the managing editor for broadcast at Alaska Public Media. She’s worked at Alaska Public Media since 2004 in various roles including producer, health reporter and managing editor for Alaska’s Energy Desk.
As broadcast managing editor, Annie helps guide and manage our main broadcast programs like Alaska News Nightly, Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight. She also oversees a team of reporters focused on statewide issues.
Before coming to Alaska Public Media, Annie worked at CNN in Atlanta and Minnesota Public Radio. Outside of work, she can usually be found skiing, hiking or backpacking with her husband and daughter.
Reach Annie at afeidt@alaskapublic.org.
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During a normal winter sea ice grows quickly in the Arctic Ocean, filling up nearly the entire ocean basin. This year though, unusually warm weather and storms are keeping the sea ice extent at record lows. Listen now -
This week we’re responding to a listener who asked: What the fog? Why has there been so much fog in Anchorage this winter? Listen now -
The wind chill dropped to -77 in Arctic Village last week. That’s the coldest wind chill recorded this winter in a populated spot in Alaska. 77 below may sound bitterly cold, but climatologist Brian Brettschneider said its not even close to record territory. Listen now -
The ingredients for picture perfect snowflakes came together in Southcentral Alaska this past weekend. Climatologist Brian Brettschneider said the snowflakes that fell in were especially large and piled up quickly. Listen now -
John McPhee’s book Coming into the Country starts with a river trip: six men, nine days- floating nearly the entire length of the Salmon river in northwest Alaska. The 26 year old leading the trip was Pat Pourchot, a recent Alaska transplant who had the job of a lifetime with the Interior Department. Listen now -
It was -50 degrees today in Fairbanks. Anchorage hit -15 degrees. Much of the state is enduring the coldest temperatures in nearly five years. Listen now -
The last person John McPhee talks to in his book Coming into the Country is a man who calls himself River Wind. At the time, River Wind was 32 years old, about to head down the Yukon in a 15 foot aluminum canoe to find a place to live. Forty years later, he goes by his given name, David Cornberg and spends most of the year in Fairbanks. Listen now -
Alaska marked the solstice early Wednesday morning at 1:44 a.m. So what does that mean for the amount of daylight across the state? Listen Now -
Anchorage residents have been waking up to fog most days recently. But do the cold temperatures that go along with it make it technically “ice fog"? Listen Now -
It’s winter again in Alaska. There’s snow on the ground across most of the state. Some places, notably Juneau, have a lot of fresh snow. It’s cold too, and those below normal temperatures are expected to stick around for the rest of the month. Listen Now
