Juneau Independent

One of the first questions we received from a newspaper supporter at the Independent’s first fundraiser in February was, “How can we help the Independent?”

The bottom line is we are going to run out of money if our situation doesn’t change.

Rosemarie Alexander addresses attendees at a Juneau Independent fundraiser at TK Maguire's on Feb. 19, 2026. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Independent) (Editor’s note: The one-year anniversary of the Juneau Independent is Saturday, June 20. This is part of a series of articles focusing on the intent, to-date efforts and future plans of the nonprofit online local newspaper.) By Rosemarie Alexander Nearly 3,500 U.S. newspapers have closed since 2005, according to The State of Local

May 20 was the 11-month anniversary of the Indy’s launch. It was also the final day of the legislative session, budget decision day for the Assembly, and full of other routine duties and breaking news.

Carpenter Media’s downsizing means generic ‘staff’ bylines on articles that are mostly rewritten press releases — yet it may be a successful business model.

Five journalists who spent first half of 2025 at the Juneau Empire before launching the Independent explain how winning entries at both publications originated and were written.

A longtime local "liberal" columnist joined during the past week — what’s up with other "Voices" being published? (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Independent) By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent One of the primary goals when launching the Juneau Independent was ensuring it featured lots of Voices (hence the name for our opinion section) from a broad range of the community. That means going beyond liberal/moderate/conservative political leanings to include age (students, working p

Three recent incidents in Juneau offer useful examples of what makes news "reportable" by general media industry standards.

The Juneau Independent is debuting its 2.0 release as of Monday with a masthead featuring all six of the Juneau Empire’s newsroom staff as of earlier this year.

The Independent launched a "Community" section on Sunday evening after about 10 seconds of consideration and 30 minutes of work, in response to an email about a volunteer group completing some trail work.

What editing the Independent’s website looks like. This is about the "how" of launching the Juneau Independent (i.e. how Kepler got...