Alaska Dispatch. History

1.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/

2. History

It is an online-only news outlet
focusing on statewide
coverage of the U.S. state of
Alaska
Alaska Dispatch began as an
Alaska news blog in 2008 and
it is based in Anchorage,
Alaska
It was started by a
correspondent Tony Hopfinger
and journalist Amanda Coyne
In 2011, Alaska Dispatch won
first place in the breaking
news category in the "Best of
the West" journalism
competition

3. The main page

Contains numerous news articles
with photos
The top of the page includes:
The list of the most read
articles
Calendar shows the list of
events
Nation/world gives the links to
the latest worldwide news
Best of Dispatch – Alaska
Dispatch’s best of the week
Quick Read – all Alaska news
in one scroll

4. Content

The site covers many statewide topics, with focus on:
oil and gas policies in Alaska
fisheries and wildlife management
outdoor activities (such as sled dog mushing and
mountaineering)
rural affairs
Alaska Native corporations
Alaska politics
worldwide Arctic geopolitics
climate change
"Bush Pilot" section covers
aviation topics in Alaska and abroad

5. Sections

Sections have
different
background color
Every section has
plenty of subtopics
The list of the
most interested
events is available
on each page

6. News’ formatting

Every piece of news is
divided into paragraphs with
subheadings
Every news can be
commented on by the
readers
The list of the related
articles is available
Advertisement is interwoven
into the text of the news

7. Headlines

Headlines that tell
the main story
Headlines – questions
in doubt
Headlines with quotations
Headlines that tell the main story mostly are used
Colon is used in every second headline, sometimes even twice in one
headline