Explore histories, neighborhoods, business and cultural communities in Anchorage, using Alaska’s largest city as a laboratory to strengthen skills in community-based reporting. Though the class focuses on Anchorage, the methods can be applied anywhere. LEARN THE CITY Semester begins Aug. 26, 2024 Tuition reimbursement available  ABOUT THE CLASS JPC A194 (CRN 75397) Learn the city  Read more

Making photos can be challenging when you’re living in an environment with an unprecedented political and partisan divide. And making images that transcend party lines requires its own special technique.  Andrea Bruce, a freelance photographer, visited the 2022 Alaska Press Conference to share her insights on making images in a divided political landscape. Read more

Recorded at the April 2022 Alaska Press Club conference. Andrew Losowsky – the founding head of Coral, a commenting platform that’s used in more than 500 newsrooms in 28 countries – guides Alaska Press Club members on how they can use their social media platforms to promote their work and engage with their audience, while Read more

Veteran Alaska reporters Nat Herz and Kyle Hopkins share tips for becoming a public records ninja — or at least someone who doesn’t waste time on wild records chases. In the presentation, Herz said records requests are a really useful function of his job.  “It helps me find stories, but also enhance stories with information, Read more