Alaska Teen Media Institute

03/25/2025

In the latest episode of our podcast Zoom Room, ATMI producer Michael Hunter speaks with ADN staff photographer Marc Lester. He talks about his early days as a photographer, some of the standout moments in his career, and his advice for budding journalists.

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[Photo by Loren Holmes / ADN] The Anchorage Daily News is the most widely read newspaper in Alaska. When journalists are writing a news story, photos can be just as important as the stories themsel…

03/25/2025

In the latest episode of our podcast Zoom Room, ATMI producer Michael Hunter speaks with ADN staff photographer

Marc talks about his early days as a photographer, some standout moments in his career, and his advice for budding journalists.

Link in bio to listen!

[Michael asks Marc about two of his photos in particular. One of Vine Road south of Wasilla in the aftermath of the 2018 earthquake, and another of a humpback whale in Resurrection Bay. Swipe see them.]

03/24/2025

🚨 Alert for the Class of 2026! 🚨 The Freedom Forum is seeking Alaska applicants for this summer's Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C. Spend a week with other upcoming high school seniors learning about journalism, and more! Link in the comments 👇

03/20/2025

“I’ve been working on this project for a while and it’s finally coming out now!”

Former ATMI producer Madison Knutson has launched “Getting It Right: Adapting Lawless for Television”, a limited series podcast that explores the representation of journalists in modern and popular media.

This series was completed as part of her Honors College Thesis at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

It is about meta adaptations of journalistic work, specifically looking at the show Alaska Daily ABC.

If that sounds interesting to you, like it does us, feel free to give this podcast a listen and a follow! We are so proud of this effort by Madison!

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Exploring the meta-narrative around adaptations of journalistic work — specifically, through the show “Alaska Daily.” We’re looking at what works in this adaptation, what doesn’t, and how we move f…

03/20/2025

In the latest episode of Film Club, ATMI producers Cat Whited, Elle Engel, and Mo Spooner chat about the 2025 Oscar winners. Out now!

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In our last episode, ATMI producers Cat Whited, Mo Spooner, and Elle Engel discussed the 2025 Oscar nominations. Now that the awards have been handed out, they’re back to talk about the results.

03/06/2025

03/05/2025

Our March episode of our radio show "In Other News" is up on our website. We had local up-and-coming band Glimpse in the KNBA 90.3 FM studio, as well as local actor Anthony Lounsbury to talk about Cyrano's production of Cabaret. Plus, horror movie reviews, a vox pop from protesters, and much more!

[Back row from left: Indigo Schlee, Lily, Tor Engebretsen, Tyler Varner, Jordan Kehl, Xander Rose, and Will Evans. Middle row from left: Kiowa Cosgrove, Rhys James, and Michael Hunter. Down in fron…

02/27/2025

Announcing a new video series: AFTER AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL where we interview the filmmakers behind the films of our 2024 youth film screening at the Anchorage International Film Festival.

For our first edition, ATMI producer AJ Yambao speaks with Robert Myers about the making of his film "Drift Away." See the full interview and Myers' short on our website.

More interviews with youth filmmakers coming soon!

Robert Myers on “Drift Away” ATMI producer AJ Yambao speaks with Robert Myers about the making of his film “Drift Away.” Filmed by Rhys James, Eleanor Poe, and Ormund Alaois…

02/27/2025

Tune in this Saturday, March 1, for the latest "In Other News," a production of Alaska Teen Media Institute on KNBA 90.3 FM from 4-5 p.m.

02/26/2025

Film Club is back! For our first episode of 2025, we’re talking about this year’s Academy Award nominations. ATMI producers Cat Whited, Mo Spooner, and Elle Engel sat down to go through some of the main Oscar categories, what they think will win versus what they hope will win, shine a light on movies that were not nominated, and their favorite films and performances of last year.

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Film Club is back! For our first episode of 2025, we’re talking about this year’s Academy Award nominations. ATMI producers Cat Whtied, Mo Spooner, and Elle Engel sat down to go through…

02/22/2025

Shout out to Taylor Heckart a valued member of the ATMI team and student at Journalism and Public Communications at UAA! Taylor is currently interning at KUCB thanks to an exchange opportunity made possible by Atwood Foundation and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism Fund. We look forward to following her work to inform Alaskans!

Taylor Heckart is a senior at the University of Alaska Anchorage studying journalism and public communications with a minor in history and political science. Taylor is a lifelong Alaskan with a background in student media through UAA. She loves public radio and community storytelling.

02/12/2025

An opportunity for up and coming radio and multimedia producers!

The Next Generation Radio Project is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report and produce their own multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired

02/07/2025

Our February radio show is up on our website for your ears to hear!

Featuring an interview with ADN photographer Marc Lester, a profile of one of Alaska's sassiest mayors, a chat with one of our senior producers about his new music project, an inside look at one of the films from our annual youth film screening, and much more!

[From left AJ Yambao, Jordan Kehl, Elle Engel, Logan Ehrhart, Onyx Thomas, Kendrick Whiteman, Eli Rucksdashel, and that’s Taylor Heckart in the front.] Hosts: Jordan Kehl and AJ Yambao News: …

02/07/2025

With access to 🤖 AI and 🗳 political change, there are a lot of misleading images and posts out there.

Alaska Teen Media Institute's "Wait A Minute!?" News Literacy program encourages civil discourse and a news-savvy community. Check out our page for resources on how to spot misinformation, where to find fact-checks of current trending topics, and learn how to get involved or learn more about news literacy right here in Alaska!

A Project to Encourage Civil Discourse and a News-Savvy Community “Wait a minute?!” is about the moment when you stop yourself to be skeptical of the information you just heard. “…

02/05/2025

Love Sports? 🏈 Love information? 📝 Not sure how sports and investigative journalism may meet? 📰 Tomorrow morning NewsLit.org presents a webinar on just that.

Hard hits, hidden truths: How investigative journalism tackled the NFL’s concussion problem, features a discussion with investigative reporter Jeanne Marie Laskas on her reporting on the issue, despite pushback from the National Football League, and the watchdog role investigative journalists play in uncovering wrongdoing by powerful organizations, people, and government.

Today, most of us know that a professional football player can sustain potentially devastating brain injuries after years of repeated high-impact collisions with other players. That awareness is due in large part to the reporting of investigative journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas, whose 2009 GQ magazin...

02/04/2025

It's National News Literacy Week! One of the first things you can do when you come across information that shocks you online is ask, "Is this legit?"

NewsLit.org gives five steps to help answer this question:

1. Do a quick search
2. Look for standards
3. Check for transparency
4. Examine how errors are handled
5. Assess news coverage

Learn more specifics about these steps at NewsLit.org

Many sources compete for attention online, including partisan blogs and bogus sites posing as legitimate news organizations. It can be tough to know what information to trust. So what does “credibility” look like, and how can you recognize it?

02/02/2025

Tune in today Sat. Feb. 1 from 4-5 p.m. on KNBA 90.3 FM

01/06/2025

Our first "In Other News" radio show of the year is up on our website! Featuring some highlights from our 2024 work, Jordan and Kaylee running back their top music of the year, events from Michael, news from Rhys, and more!

[From left: Logan Ehrhart, Taylor Heckart, Kaylee LaTocha, Rhys James, Jordan Kehl, AJ Yambao, and Michael Huner] For the our first radio show of 2025 we’re taking a look back on some of our …