News analysis Six months into the worst pandemic to sweep the globe since the Spanish Flu more than a century ago, it should now be clear to everyone that the SARS-CoV-2 virus […]
Where now?
A natural disaster
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is far from over, but already it can claim its place as the worst national disaster to strike the U.S in the lifetimes of nearly everyone reading this. As […]
Withering news
What a spooky week for news about news. First comes the Friday announcement that Facebook will launch a new headline-news site to push “deeply-reported and well-sourced” journalism from credible news organizations.
TMP v. SLP
A certain TMP has filed for divorce from a certain SLP in the Anchorage Superior Court. The initialized filing was unusual enough that some court watchers took note. Not only are the […]
Comment now
The time has come to talk about online comments, or maybe the time is well past. What seems a long time ago in a world now all different, Debbie McKinney, a reporter […]
Truth or confirmation
Do you want to know what journalists think? Or would you prefer they keep their views hidden and let you guess at their opinions?
New age-old
Update: This story was revised on March 26, 2019 to reflect the findings of a gross necropsy on the dog that died in the Iditarod. When Richie Beattie’s dog Oshi died […]
Goodbye news
The laws of nature increasingly point to the conclusion that journalism as most in this country have known it for decades is doomed. Anyone who stands back and looks at the environment […]
Journo-icide
NEWPORT, Ore. – All across America these days, the day-to-day decay of the mainstream media is on display. The big problem is not the oft-cited bias, though there is plenty of that […]
Shrinking news
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include the reported departure of high-profile KTVA commentator John Tracy. KTVA 11 news – “The Voice of Alaska” – is reportedly losing one of […]
