reporter's toolbox


ALASKA MEDIA GROUPS
ALASKA / YUKON NEWSPAPER SITES

Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage Press (alternative weekly)

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Juneau Empire

Peninsula Clarion (Kenai Peninsula)

The Frontiersman (Mat-Su Valleys)

The Ketchikan Daily News

Kodiak Daily Mirror

Alaska Star (Chugiak-Eagle River)

Alaska Newspapers,Inc. (Chain of weeklies, including Arctic Sounder, Bristol Bay Times, Cordova Times, Dutch Harbor Fisherman, Seward Phoenix Log, Tundra Drums and Valdez Vanguard.)

ALASKA BROADCASTING SITES

Alaska Public Radio Network (includes links to member stations)

KTOO TV-Radio (Juneau)
KSKA Radio/KAKM TV (Anchorage)
KNBA Radio (Anchorage)
KUAC Radio (Fairbanks)
KMXT Radio (Kodiak)
KBBI Radio (Homer)
KBRW Radio (Barrow)
KIYU Radio (Galena)
KTNA Radio (Talkeetna)
KRBD Radio (Ketchikan)
KFSK Radio (Petersburg)
KCAW Radio (Sitka)
KCHU Radio (Valdez)

KTUU TV Anchorage TV news station

KTVA TV Anchorage TV news statio

KINY Radio (Juneau)

Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network

Alaska Public Broadcasting Network Iditarod coverage

Alaska Super Station (KIMO-TV Anchorage)

ALASKA MAGAZINE/INTERNET SITES

Alaska Magazine

Alaska Coast Magazine

The Kanoe (Ketchikan) Internet news service (ceased publication; archives only)

AlaskaOutdoors.com Internet-only magazine

Outdoors Directory An Alaska hunting and fishing Internet magazine

Alaska Outdoor Journal

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Alaska Business Monthly

Petroleum News Alaska

Alaska Fishermen's Journal

The National Fisherman

Fishermen's News

Alaska Superstation Iditarod page

Tribal News.com

Anchorage Daily News Iditarod coverage

In Alaska Internet travel information

Alaska Sports Online

Scott Gomez fan club (for the Alaskan NHL star)

JOURNALISM LINKS

Associated Press Sports Editors (Must be sports editor or assistant editor to join APSE, but the web site is free.)

Editor and Publisher (has links to many newspapers in USA and world)

American Journalism Review (has links to most newspapers in USA and world)

Detroit Free Press Journalism home page (has links to job boards, career development sites,etc)

Poynter home page (good site for continuing education classes for all media types)

American Press Institute (online journalism courses)

JournalismJobs.com

Reporter.org Direct link to Reporter.org's beat page

The Slot.com (a good page for copy editors)

American Copy Editors Society (another good page for copy editors)

American Society of News Editors journalism links

Comics.com

Reporter.org Good reporter links by Duff Wilson

The Internet Movie Database

The Wire, Associated Press AP breaking news

Reporter's Committee on Freedom of the Press home page

ALASKA NATIVE SITES

Many of the Alaska Native corporation sites also have links to their regional non-profits.

Alaska Native Villages Links to regional and village corporations

Ahtna, Inc.

Aleut Corporation

Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

Bering Straits Regional Corp.

Bristol Bay Native Corp.

Calista Corporation

Chugach Alaska Corp.

Cook Inlet Regional Inc.

Doyon, Limited

Koniag, Inc.

NANA Corp.

Sealaska

Alaska Native Heritage Center Alaska Native culture

American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Office

Aboriginal Alaska Alaska Native web directory from Link-Up Alaska

ALASKA LEGAL/COURT SITES

Alaska Court System

Alaska Legal Resource Center (Good source for key Alaska case decisions.)

Alaska Bar Association

UAA Justice Center

Motznik Private, paid subscription archives of state records.

U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit

ALASKA POLITICS SITES

Alaska Democratic Caucus

Alaska Republican Legislative Majority

Stateline.org (A national collection of state government reporting.)

Project Vote Smart

Gov. Tony Knowles

Voter.com (Run by Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein and others, from both Republican and Democratic camps.)

Democracy.net (From Grassroots.com and the League of Women Voters. Type in zip code for local races.)

PBS Democracy Project

THOMAS U.S. Congress on the Internet

Common Cause Group seeking end to special interest politics.

Alaska Division of Elections

APOC Alaska Public Offices Commission campaign disclosure link

OpenSecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics campaign finance reform Web site; group run by former Alaskan Larry Makinson.)

Alaska State Legislature

Alaska State Legislature Statutes, etc.

ALASKA/ ALASKA-RELATED GOVERNMENT SITES

State of Alaska

Alaska Marine Highway SystemAlaska State Ferry home page

U.S. Forest Service Alaska Region home page

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Alaska State Parks

National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region home page

National Weather ServiceAlaska Region home page

U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAlaska Region home page

U.S. Geological Survey Alaska home page

Alaska State Troopers Media Guide PDF (requires AdobeAcrobat)

Trooper Times Alaska Dept. of Public Safety press release page

National Transportation and Safety Board

Alaska oil prices Current oil prices home page

Official Federal Government Sites

AIDEA Alaska Industrial Development and Economic Authority

Alaska Division of International Trade and Market Development

ISER UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research

Regulatory Commission of Alaska (check on utilities, etc.)

U.S. Census Tiger Map server browser

VisitAlaska Offers a digital topographic map of Alaska

PFD News Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation site

SEC Security Exchange Commission disclosures list

ALASKA SPORTS SITES

Alaska School Activities Association (the group that oversees all school sports, extracurricular activities, etc.)

UAA Sports University of Alaska Anchorage sports

UAF Sports University of Alaska Fairbanks sports

Iditarod Sled Dog Race Official Home Page

Arctic Winter Games Team Alaska home page

Special Olympics Alaska

Yukon Quest - Alaska Alaska site for the international sled dog race

Yukon Quest - Canada Canada site for the international sled dog race

NFHS National Federation of State High School Associations (national overseer of high school actvities)

NCAA National Collegiate Athletics Association

NAIA National Association of Interscholastic Athletics (NAIA)

ALASKA EDUCATION SITES

AASB Association of Alaska School Boards

Education and Early Development State of AK office

Alaska Public School District Directory (has links to Alaska school districts on the Web)

Clearinghouse on Rural Education ERIC home page

Route 66Alaska schools links

American Universities directory (links to most major universities in the U.S.)

University of Alaska (links to all campus sites, UAA, UAF, UAS)

UAA University of Alaska Anchorage

UAFUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks homepage

University of Alaska Southeast Juneau campus

Sheldon Jackson College Sitka college

APU Alaska Pacific University - a private Anchorage university

Cooperative Extension Service University of Alaska-run page

University of the Arctic

Anchorage School District

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Juneau School District

Mat-Su Borough School District

Kenai Peninsula School District

Alaska History Toolbox (resource for teachers of Alaska history)

Arctic Circle education Page maintained by U. of Connecticut

ALASKA COMMUNITY SITES/SEARCH ENGINES

Alaska Community Directories Linkup Alaska's guide to AK

Alaska WebDirectory Linkup Alaska group of statewide links, with local pages for most larger communities

Alaska Activities and Outdoor Recreation Directory

Alcanseek Search engine for Alaska and Canada

Guide to Southeast Alaska (Mostly Southeast Alaska links, but also has several statewide links

SLED Statewide Library Electronic Doorway
(A service of the state library system.)

Yahoo Search engine.

Google home page A clutter-free search engine.

Northern Light News archive site. Many articles require fees to read.

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