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NPR Reporter Reflects on His Alaska Beginnings

Many National Public Radio personalities got their start inAlaska. 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-AnchorageDownload Audio (MP3)

Lori Townsend is the news director 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.