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.

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 are among the 205 awarded $100,000 each by the Press Forward national coalition to Close Local Coverage Gaps.

The Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism is opening two grant application opportunities September 1, 2024, closing October 15, 2024.

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.

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.

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.