June 6, 2013–To Russia With Love, An Alaskan’s Journey–Victor Fischer
Born in Berlin, Germany, Victor Fischer was a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, served in the territorial House of Representatives and the Alaska State Senate, and worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A member of the faculty of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and Alaska, he was director for […]
April 4, 2013–The Circuitous Route of a Raven: the story of publishing The Raven’s Gift–Don Rearden
Don Rearden is the author of the award winning novel The Raven’s Gift and a produced screenwriter. His films have aired on Showtime, and TMC. He is the board president of 49 Writers and an Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Visit his website.
March 7, 2013–The Future of Rural Journalism in Alaska, and Why the Best is Yet to Come–Rhonda McBride
After many years at KTUU-Channel 2, Rhonda McBride is moving across town to KTVA-Channel 11. Currently she’s employed by GCI, which is in the process of buying KTVA. Until the sale goes through, Rhonda will be working with her old boss at KTUU, former news director John Tracy, who has been hired by GCI as a consultant […]
Feb. 7, 2013–Author of a children’s book hot off the press, The Oh-ee-O Story–Shirley Mae Springer Staten, illustrated by Dianne Barske
Shirley Mae Springer Staten, international keynoter, singer and workshop facilitator, moves people forward beyond their limiting ideas. A born storyteller and dynamic a capella vocalist, she brings an unrivaled blend of vision, passion and sheer virtuosity to her work. From the age of five, Shirley Mae picked cotton in the fields of Georgia. Her transformation […]
Jan. 3, 2013–The Trials and Tribulations of an Alaskan Columnist–Elise Patkotak
Elise Sereni Patkotak was born many, many years ago into a much kinder and gentler world. Her initial view of life was bounded by the Italian immigrant neighborhood in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in which she was raised and the nuns who taught her throughout her early years. She is now a recovering Catholic. Elise […]