WASHINGTON—Alaska Public Media is the recipient of a $936,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to head a statewide collaboration of public media stations called the "Alaska Desk" that aims to strengthen and expand local news services, especially in rural communities, CPB said today.
“Alaska’s public media stations provide a critical lifeline for many rural and Alaska Native communities who depend on them as their sole source of news and public affairs,” said El Ulman, president of Alaska Public Media in Anchorage. “Roughly 80% of Alaska’s communities cannot be reached by road, which means that information access is critical to making everyday decisions in remote areas where resources can be costly to obtain.”
