How PR stole the show If a New Orleans law firm is to be believed, Alaska is the nation’s deadliest state for “freeway driving.” The 10-person firm of Scott Vicknair Law did […]
New, “new journalism”
Gone viral
A lost hiker, a camera and an internet sensation A neophyte hiker did what no neophyte hiker should do in Alaska and went off trail. He ended up lost atop barren […]
The narrative
A lesson in how news is spun The Alaska Department of Fish and Game made a huge mistake in the wake of the aerial execution of nearly 100 brown/grizzly bears and a […]
Rest matters
Tired Iditarod dogs could be seen to look ‘exhausted’ Yet again, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a public relations problem because people have noticed the esoteric little race across the […]
Spinning the news
Gas stoves are heating up in the news, and Boston Globe reporter Travis Andersen is bragging about it like a teenage boy: “Happy new year, Into the Red readers, “I can’t believe […]
Hand-out news
The climbing season on North America’s tallest mountain is now well over, and if it feels like you missed it, well, there’s a reason. And that involves a story not about mountaineering, […]
Bearly ignorant bliss
Commentary Alaska’s mainstream media has dialed up the perfect solution to the fear gripping the 49th state in the wake of two extremely rare, fatal bear attacks in two days in June: […]
Journalism in decay
The race to the bottom appears to be over. CareerCast.com, a website that ranks jobs in the U.S., now puts journalism at the bottom of the list of worst jobs […]
