Alaska Media Blog

February 27, 2008 5:48 AM - Posted by Dennis Zaki
KUDO-1080 Radio's Aaron Selbig broke a huge story Tuesday on the air with a phone message left on an answering machine between Anchorage Assemblymen Dan Coffey and Bill Starr that details illegally collected money fo. ... Read More ...

January 31, 2008 3:21 AM - Posted by Dennis Zaki
Steve over at the "What Do I Know" blog has a great piece today about Frank Murkowski's motivation for returning to Alaska. Why Did Frank Murkowski Leave the US Senate to Become Governor? Steve hints at what we all assume, Murkowski is getting a payoff some.... Read More ...

January 28, 2008 5:54 AM - Posted by Dennis Zaki
The Anchorage Daily News' owner, McClatchy Company, took another 6% drop in it's stock price on Friday. Declining advertising revenue, fewer readers and the housing market are hurting the "old" med... Read More ...

January 23, 2008 4:49 AM - Posted by Dennis Zaki
Steve over at the "What Do I Know" blog writes about yesterday's ADN piece covering rural sex abuse. "The Anchorage Daily News had a front page story today on sexual abuse in rural Alaska. It gives no context at all. If I were relatively new to Alaska, or just uninformed about rural Alaska, I might conclude, from this story, that Alaska Natives are nothing but sex abusers." Read More ...

January 22, 2008 7:16 AM - Posted by Myrl Thompson
Do you feel that the main-stream media is making the grade in relationship to political coverage in Juneau and D.C? Do they send enough reporters and writers to give an adequate account and coverage of the political issues at hand? Read More ...