Legislative Exchange Reporter hits the ground running in Juneau
Legislative Exchange reporter Anna Lionas of the Nome Nugget covering a joint session of the Alaska Legsilature.
Legislative Exchange Reporter, Intern cross paths en route to this year’s session
The 2025 Legislative Reporter Exchange hosted by the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism is underway, with KUCB Reporter Andy Lusk and UAA journalism student Taylor Heckart crossing paths in the Unalaska airport as Heckart arrived and Lusk took off toward the State Capitol.
Nellie Moore Alaska Native Journalism Scholarship opens for applications
Applications for the Nellie Moore Alaska Native Journalism Scholarship will be open Jan. 15-March 15, 2025, on the Alaska Community Foundation’s scholarship portal.
Grateful, Reflective, Empowered
As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back at all we have to be grateful for. We at the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism fund are thankful for the support we’ve received over the past year.
Seven Alaska News Organizations Awarded Prestigious Press Forward Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps Grants
Seven Alaska news organizations are among the 205 awarded $100,000 each by the Press Forward national coalition to Close Local Coverage Gaps.
ACEJ opens grant applications for Impact, Arts reporting through Oct. 15
The Alaska Impact Reporting Initiative is looking for stories that increase public understanding of complex, underreported issues in Alaska. The Alaska Arts Reporting Initiative is looking for arts and cultures stories in Alaska that expand beyond current coverage.
Legislative Exchange program to accept applications for 2025
The Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism is opening applications for its Legislative Reporter Exchange program. The deadline for reporters to apply is Sept. 30. The deadline for students is Oct. 15.
ACEJ and Alaska Press Club offer extra assistance with your Press Forward application to the national pooled fund
Alaska news organizations applying for Press Forward’s national pooled fund open call for coverage in underserved communities may sign up for office hours with a nonprofit philanthropy consultant before the June 12 application deadline.
Press Forward Alaska launches with leaders of the national movement
Prospective donors, community leaders and journalists gathered in Anchorage for the launch of Press Forward Alaska this April. Events took place during "J-Week," the annual conference of news professionals hosted by the Alaska Press Club. The Atwood Foundation, Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism fund and Alaska Press Club hosted John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Jim Brady of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.
Press Forward’s first Open Call for funding
Local news outlets can now apply for Press Forward’s first open call for funding, focused on addressing local news’ historic coverage gaps.
Press Forward Announces Network of Local Chapters, Starting with Alaska
Press Forward Alaska will be led by the Atwood Foundation, with administrative assistance from the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism fund.
The Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism announces its 2024 Legislative Reporter Exchange Program
Alaska newsrooms can send a reporter to cover the Legislature in Juneau for a month, and a UAA journalism student will fill in at the newsroom while the reporter is away.
Fall 2023 Grants Announced
The Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism has awarded nearly $45,000 in grants to Alaska news outlets and freelance journalists through its Fall 2023 Alaska Impact Reporting and Alaska Arts Reporting initiatives.