The media frequently report on research by ISER’s faculty and staff or ask for their input on current topics. We began listing these in 2014 to provide a historical record.
2020
- Here’s what the $900 billion pandemic relief bill could mean for thousands of unemployed Alaskans, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, December 28, 2020.
- Alaska faces huge short-term and long-term budget problems, and the Permanent Fund is at the center of both, by James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, December 19, 2020.
- Opinion: Murkowski must work to address climate change, by Zach Brown, Anchorage Daily News, December 11, 2020.
- Tanana Biomass as important as subsistence, by Mary Auld, KUAC, December 1, 2020.
- Alaska oil and gas jobs hit hard during the pandemic, by Hilde-Gunn Bye, High North News, November 2020.
- Alaska loses 3,000 oil, gas jobs during pandemic, price drop, AP News, November 16, 2020.
- Alaska is down thousands of oil and gas jobs, as the pandemic continues to squash demand, Alaska Public Media, November 13, 2020.
- In Alaska, an education activist is trying to unseat the House’s longest-serving Republican, by Kevin Mahnken, The 74, October 25, 2020.
- On the fence about Ballot Measure 1? Here are some facts to consider, commentary by Brett Watson, Anchorage Daily News, October 22, 2020.
- How would Ballot Measure 1 work? Commentary by Brett Watson, Anchorage Daily News, October 21, 2020.
- New claims for unemployment checks jump sharply in Alaska for the first time in weeks, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, October 15, 2020.
- Teacher shortage, commentary by Dayna DeFeo, Academic Minute, September 7, 2020.
- Petersburg Borough Assembly considers proposed land sought by Alaska Natives without lands, by Angela Denning, KFSK, September 2, 2020.
- Alaska’s Salmon Fisheries Confront COVID-19, by Kevin Berry and Brett Watson, The Conversation, U.S. News and World Report, August 31, 2020.
- Expert says economic recovery in Alaska will take years, by Amanda Bohman, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, August 26, 2020.
- Alaska had just emerged from recession when the pandemic hit. When will the state’s economy be back to pre-COVID levels? by Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media, July 27, 2020.
- Alaska economic recovery seen in 2022, university report says; but it depends on the virus, by Tim Bradner, Anchorage Press, July 20, 2020.
- Class of 2020 teaching graduates feel just as prepared for fall as previous classes, research shows, by Mayowa Aina, Alaska Public Media, July 9, 2020.
- Cellphone tracking gives real-time insight into Alaska’s economic recovery, by Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media, May 15, 2020.
- Recruitment opportunities dry up, teachers back out as districts look to hire for fall, by Mayowa Aina, Alaska Public Media, May 7, 2020.
- As Alaska starts to reopen, it’s already too little, too late for some small businesses, by Rashah McChesney, KTOO, April 30, 2020.
- Economists say more cash aid from the state makes sense, but it may not be as simple as another PFD, by Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media, April 23, 2020.
- Some conservatives are pushing to reopen Alaska’s economy. But elected officials, doctors and economists urge caution, by Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media, April 17, 2020.
- Thousands of fishery workers, many from outside Alaska, are headed to Bristol Bay. One tiny hospital says its coronavirus plan can’t handle them. by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, April 3, 2020.
- Can Alaska’s economy bounce back after COVID-19?, by Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media, April 3, 2020.
- Alaska faces triple threat from coronavirus due to reliance on oil, fishing, tourism, by Yereth Rosen, Reuters, March 23, 2020.
- How coronavirus could impact Alaska, by Kevin Berry and Mouhcine Guettabi, US News and World Report, March 13, 2020.
- Oil-producing U.S. states to lose revenue as crude prices collapse, by Liz Hampton and Jennifer Hiller, Reuters, March 10, 2020.
- Why do more Alaskans prefer a statewide sales tax to a state income tax?, by Cliff Groh, Anchorage Press, March 9, 2020
- Capitol Live: House committee looks at Medicaid over the next 20 years, by Peter Segall, Juneau Empire, February 18, 2020.
- This is what teacher turnover looks like in Alaska, by NEA-Alaska, Anchorage Daily News sponsored content, February 1, 2020.
- Elodea: Cordova’s most prolific invasive plant, by Ashley Taylor, Cordova Times, January 21, 2020.
