Nome Nugget reporter Julie Lerner deserves a journalism award for digging down into a sketchy claim of a bear attack on the Seward Peninsula earlier this month, but you can pretty […]
Getting it right
Hunting trust
This just in: A new study has concluded most of the people reading this don’t think about news the way journalists think about news. Surprise, surprise. But first the good news: The study […]
The futurist
If you are an Alaska commercial fisherman or someone who simply cares about the fate of the state’s small, rural communities still dependent on commercial fishing as their economic reason to […]
The Big Empty
News analysis The federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Friday reported its busiest day at U.S. airports since March 25. Just under 215,500 people passed through TSA checkpoints on that day – […]
Banning books
When and how was it that American journalists became so contumelious toward the U.S. working class? On second thought, let me rephrase that to head off the comments from conservative critics of […]
Who to believe?
Alaska winter 2020 is either icier than in a long time, or so short on ice the census takers can’t drive the ice roads. Public radio will tell you both. The latest […]
Stormy seas
The problems for Alaska’s commercial fishing industry – once the state’s largest employer but now second to tourism – are growing by the day. Seafood News today reported the lastest survey by […]
Unkindly killing
The state of Maine has cleared a Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm of animal abuse, according to various reports, or at least the state has decided it can’t prosecute the company because its […]
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.
The failed ban
The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. It would seem an appropriate time […]
