KFSK in Petersburg, Alaska is looking for a summer intern! This is a fantastic opportunity to get experience with all aspects of reporting for a small radio newsroom and helping run a small rural radio station. The intern will get on-air live hosting experience. They will emerge with a portfolio of stories as well as samples of their on-air work. This is our 20th year running the internship.
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Shelby Herbert recently joined the KFSK news team in Petersburg as a reporter. She moved around as a kid as part of a military family and went to high school in Whispering Pines, North Carolina.
In January, she moved up to Alaska after earning her Master’s degree in Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Herbert spoke with Rachel Cassandra and they talked about her journey to KFSK and what it’s like reporting in Petersburg.
As the year draws to a close, it’s a time to look back on a chock-full 2022. Here’s a review of the year’s events in Petersburg.
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KFSK has had doctors, epidemiologists and other experts on air over the past year talking about the coronavirus pandemic. But how has it been for residents? KFSK has reached out to them as part of a radio series. Sara Hadad-Dembs and her husband had intense COVID-19 symptoms but their 90-year-old mother did not. You can also find interviews here with Ruby Shumway, Pete and Kris Erickson, Callie Bell, Debby Eddy, and Megan Litster.
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