Where the coverage actually is
Every article names the places it is about. We extract those places from each outlet's published stories (one model reads the title and text; pins appear only where it is confident of the location) and put them on one map, so "who covers your community" becomes something you can look up rather than take on faith. Bubble area scales with how many articles an outlet has published about that place: reporting volume, not a literal service territory. Where colors overlap, outlets compete; where the map is empty, nobody is reporting. Data as of 2026-10-09; the map fills in as the index grows.
The same data as a table
| Outlet | Articles located | Statewide | Top places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska News | 507 | 111 | Anchorage (97), Juneau (33), Fairbanks (21), Kodiak (16), Nome (12), Ketchikan (12) |
| Anchorage Daily News | 403 | 63 | Anchorage (44), Whittier (3), Chugiak (3), Matanuska-Susitna Borough (3), Fairbanks (3), Palmer (2) |
| Alaska Beacon | 186 | 82 | Anchorage (5), Fairbanks (4), Matanuska-Susitna Borough (3), Whittier (3), North Slope (2), Petersburg (2) |
| Must Read Alaska | 56 | 30 | Anchorage (8), Wasilla (2), Fairbanks (2), Talkeetna (1), Cook Inlet (1), Ambler Mining District (1) |
| Anchorage Press | 18 | 8 | Anchorage (4), Spenard (1) |
| The Alaska Current | 20 | 16 | North Slope Borough (1), Utqiaġvik (1), Prudhoe Bay (1), Bethel (1), Seward (1), Kenai Fjords National Park (1) |
| The Alaska Story | 67 | 37 | Anchorage (6), Fairbanks (5), North Slope (4), Naknek (1), Bristol Bay Borough (1), Nikiski (1) |
| Alaska's News Source | 342 | 24 | Anchorage (44), Fairbanks (12), Wasilla (5), Whittier (4), Katmai National Park and Preserve (3), Juneau (3) |
Locations come from each outlet's public feed window, so counts grow daily and early numbers are small. Alaska Public Media is absent for the same reason as elsewhere: no feed we could find. A story can be about more than one place; statewide stories carry no pin.