The Alaska Desk is a statewide reporting collaborative between Alaska Public Media and public radio stations KHNS in Haines, KNBA in Anchorage, KUAC in Fairbanks and a regional Aleutians partnership split between KUCB in Unalaska, KSDP in Sand Point and KUHB in St. Paul. The partnership supports four reporters, three editors and a grants writer and manager.
The goal of the Alaska Desk is to better serve the communities where we live, and all Alaskans, by enhancing local news coverage of rural communities throughout the state. The Desk provides editing support and professional development to public media reporters, many of whom are in one- and two-person newsrooms. Another purpose of the Alaska Desk is to build stronger collaboration with the 27 public broadcasting stations in Alaska.
This partnership is made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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New data shows the industry has lost more than a third of harvesting jobs over the past decade. -
Lightning caused most of the fires that swept across the Interior this summer, burning thousands of acres and dozens of structures. -
The Dahl Memorial Clinic and Chilkoot Indian Association are gathering supplies and food from community members, which will be shipped to Anchorage. -
The village has sued a federal agency over its canceled climate resilience grant and refutes claims that the money would have been wasted. -
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract. -
The program subsidizes energy bills for about 50,000 Alaskans, many of whom live in rural and tribal communities. -
The report paints a picture of the so-called Cascade Point ferry terminal as a project with more pros than cons – especially in the long term. -
Even though soldiers are still getting paid, nonprofit groups that serve military members around the state say they’re seeing increased need for essentials and assistance with bills. -
Many of the Western Alaskan residents displaced by Typhoon Halong also lost their subsistence harvests. -
New research finds that mountain goat populations require 11 years – or 1.5 generations – to recover from more extreme avalanche years.
