Paula Dobbyn
@907808.bsky.social
Snedden Chair of Science and Environmental Journalism at University of Alaska Fairbanks; independent journalist
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It's not just the newspapers.
"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's not just the newspapers.
"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
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Anchorage is setting up four shelters that could potentially accommodate more than 1,000 people displaced by unprecedented storms that left entire Western Alaska communities largely uninhabitable.
Anchorage preparing to house more than 1,000 Western Alaska storm evacuees across 4 shelters
Anchorage will temporarily shelter people at the Alaska Airlines Center, the Egan Center and the Fairview and Spenard recreation centers.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Anchorage is setting up four shelters that could potentially accommodate more than 1,000 people displaced by unprecedented storms that left entire Western Alaska communities largely uninhabitable.
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In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Flights continued on a C-17 military transport plane Thursday evacuating hundreds of residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok after the devastation of ex-Typhoon Halong.
alaskabeacon.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
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In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok began evacuating en masse on Wednesday, flying in military aircraft from their western Alaska communities which were devastated by ex-Typhoon Halong. On Wednesday…
alaskabeacon.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
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This is a very good paragraph.
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is a very good paragraph.
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
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Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest Monday.
“We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us," they wrote.
https://akpub.io/4o371i7
“We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us," they wrote.
https://akpub.io/4o371i7
Staff at 3 Alaska newspapers quit after owners give in to pressure from Republican lawmaker
Much of the staff behind the Kenai Peninsula Clarion, the Homer News and the Juneau Empire resigned Monday, citing owner Carpenter Media's decision to edit a story without consulting them.
akpub.io
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest Monday.
“We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us," they wrote.
https://akpub.io/4o371i7
“We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us," they wrote.
https://akpub.io/4o371i7
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Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel
September 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel
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New study says more than 70 percent of Atlantic corals will "begin dying by 2040 even under optimistic climate warming scenarios."
Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds
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September 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
New study says more than 70 percent of Atlantic corals will "begin dying by 2040 even under optimistic climate warming scenarios."
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Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River, reports Alyssa Chioniere for @prismreports.org via @alaskabeacon.com
Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River | Alaska Beacon
Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River are fighting for the right to manage the river and save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the…
alaskabeacon.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River, reports Alyssa Chioniere for @prismreports.org via @alaskabeacon.com
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Born of necessity, far from ideal, High Plains Public Radio will build out a “contributors network” using part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.
Goal: "to serve more and to serve better." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...
I wish them luck, do you?
Goal: "to serve more and to serve better." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...
I wish them luck, do you?
With public media under siege, High Plains Public Radio builds a blueprint to cover more rural news with fewer resources
To expand regional coverage while keeping costs down, HPPR aims to build out a “contributors network” of part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.
www.niemanlab.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Born of necessity, far from ideal, High Plains Public Radio will build out a “contributors network” using part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.
Goal: "to serve more and to serve better." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...
I wish them luck, do you?
Goal: "to serve more and to serve better." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...
I wish them luck, do you?
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One of at least 16 events planned across Alaska today, tomorrow and Saturday to protest the Trump-Putin summit and show solidarity for Ukraine.
The largest Ukrainian flag in the world is on its way to Anchorage and we need your help to set it up! 1:30 pm | Park Strip (H Street) | Friday afternoon.
#AlaskaStandsWithUkraine #SlavaUkraine #AlaskaVisit
#AlaskaStandsWithUkraine #SlavaUkraine #AlaskaVisit
August 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of at least 16 events planned across Alaska today, tomorrow and Saturday to protest the Trump-Putin summit and show solidarity for Ukraine.
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If you're a storymap kind of person, here's one that nicely explains what's happening & why with the glacial lake outburst flooding now underway on the Mendenhall River near Juneau. #akwx #ClimateChange #Flood #Glacier @spiraledu.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social
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Glacier Outburst Floods: Mendenhall Glacier
Every year since 2011, Juneau, Alaska, has been impacted by a unique type of flood that can only occur near places with glaciers.
storymaps.arcgis.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If you're a storymap kind of person, here's one that nicely explains what's happening & why with the glacial lake outburst flooding now underway on the Mendenhall River near Juneau. #akwx #ClimateChange #Flood #Glacier @spiraledu.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/72ce...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/72ce...
President Trump has said he wants the U.S. to build or acquire 40 new icebreakers to close the gap with Russia and to counter the growing influence of both Russia, and more recently China, in the #Arctic.
Business leaders eye effect of future icebreakers on Arctic, reports Paula Dobbyn
@907808.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com
@907808.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com
Business leaders eye effect of future icebreakers on Arctic | Alaska Beacon
Icebreakers are particularly important to Alaska, especially in the Bering Strait region, where a strip of water separates Alaska and Russia.
alaskabeacon.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
President Trump has said he wants the U.S. to build or acquire 40 new icebreakers to close the gap with Russia and to counter the growing influence of both Russia, and more recently China, in the #Arctic.
Although he wants to rid his island of reef-killing cesspools, Mayor Kimo Alameda said there's no money to help homeowners make the costly conversions to septic tanks. “It’s an unfunded state mandate and it’s stressing everybody out… especially on our island,” Alameda told me in recent interview.
August 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Although he wants to rid his island of reef-killing cesspools, Mayor Kimo Alameda said there's no money to help homeowners make the costly conversions to septic tanks. “It’s an unfunded state mandate and it’s stressing everybody out… especially on our island,” Alameda told me in recent interview.
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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The ICE agents did not care that he had a driver's license or service card. They also did not know or care about the fact his family, like many of us, has a 400-year history here in New Mexico. Their only concern was his last name — a very common Hispanic last name.
A brush with ICE: Be prepared to prove citizenship
Last weekend my sister-in-law’s brother — both are originally from New Mexico — was heading to Oklahoma to take care of some business. He thought he was going through a
www.santafenewmexican.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The ICE agents did not care that he had a driver's license or service card. They also did not know or care about the fact his family, like many of us, has a 400-year history here in New Mexico. Their only concern was his last name — a very common Hispanic last name.
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Toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning blamed for Alaska seal deaths, reports Yereth Rosen, @yjrosen.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/14/t...
Toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning blamed for Alaska seal deaths | Alaska Beacon
A die-off of fur seals last year at St. Paul is the first compelling case of fatal saxitoxin poisoning in marine mammals, scientists say.
alaskabeacon.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning blamed for Alaska seal deaths, reports Yereth Rosen, @yjrosen.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/14/t...
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BBC News - Tuam: How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave - BBC News
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Tuam: How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave
Excavators are to begin a full investigation at the site of a former children's home.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
BBC News - Tuam: How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New: How UnitedHealth is trying to quiet its critics through legal threats against journalists, investors, doctors, filmmakers and others. The giant company is invoking the murder of its CEO to argue that intense criticism risks inciting future violence. 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...
UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New: How UnitedHealth is trying to quiet its critics through legal threats against journalists, investors, doctors, filmmakers and others. The giant company is invoking the murder of its CEO to argue that intense criticism risks inciting future violence. 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...
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Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline, reports Ames Alexander for @floodlightnews.org, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/f...
Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline. | Alaska Beacon
On May 2, the U.S. EPA canceled a grant to the Alaska village of Kipnuk to protect the bank of the Kugkaktlik River.
alaskabeacon.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline, reports Ames Alexander for @floodlightnews.org, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/f...
Whales are considered a sentinel species because they feed throughout the water column by scooping up tiny crustaceans.
“They’re a good proxy for what’s in the environment,” said climate scientist Rick Thoman of UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, a study co-author @alaskawx.bsky.social
“They’re a good proxy for what’s in the environment,” said climate scientist Rick Thoman of UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, a study co-author @alaskawx.bsky.social
Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds, reports Paula Dobbyn, @907808.bsky.social, for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/b...
Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds | Alaska Beacon
An interdisciplinary team of scientists studied bowel samples from subsistence-harvested bowheads, looking for evidence of toxins from algae.
alaskabeacon.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Whales are considered a sentinel species because they feed throughout the water column by scooping up tiny crustaceans.
“They’re a good proxy for what’s in the environment,” said climate scientist Rick Thoman of UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, a study co-author @alaskawx.bsky.social
“They’re a good proxy for what’s in the environment,” said climate scientist Rick Thoman of UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, a study co-author @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Local sheep(s).
July 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Local sheep(s).
Just some backyard beauty in Anchorage. #summervibes #alaska
July 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Just some backyard beauty in Anchorage. #summervibes #alaska
Alaska’s state flower, advancing across my friend’s garden. So delicate but feisty. #forgetmenot
June 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Alaska’s state flower, advancing across my friend’s garden. So delicate but feisty. #forgetmenot