American journalism is a business in crisis. In Alaska, the state’s largest newspaper and by far largest news organization is teetering on the edge of financial disaster with losses reportedly running […]
Media faith fading
Just chillin’
Commentary The northern end of Alaska’s Cook Inlet remained thick with ice on Saturday as the 49th state marched into a chill, snowy April that was a white world away from a […]
Pressing changes
Regime shift, building sale; same old alt-weekly BY MATT TUNSETH For craigmedred.news The new boss at the Anchorage Press says readers shouldn’t notice much difference on the pages of the paper despite the looming […]
Victims upon victims
Valerie Anderson never went looking for media trouble, but she found it thanks to an over-zealous boss and an irresponsible press. The boss is to be excused because what happened to Valerie’s […]
An AK media fable
This is a story about the death of a dog, a horrible tragedy for those who loved the dog dearly. But more than that, it is a story about the decay of […]
Alaska’s everyday guns
c I walked up to a policeman yesterday carrying one of the world’s most powerful handguns in a holster in my right hand. He noticed. How could he not? But he didn’t […]
The Trail Blazer
The time has come to give Alaskan Sarah Palin her due for putting the lie to an old adage often misattributed to Mark Twain, but once adhered to as if the country’s […]
Journalism has to get better
The media have a credibility problem, and the reason is simple: There are too many people writing on topics about which they know absolutely nothing. They might as well just be making […]
Iditarod’s $ Dilemma
Alaska author, former newspaperman and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race fan Tim Jones has a pitch for you, but the odds are you’re not buying. “How much does a ticket to […]
