Jake Dye
@jakecdye.bsky.social
Freelance News Reporter in Kenai, Alaska.
Previously senior news reporter at the Peninsula Clarion, with work published in the Homer News, Juneau Empire, Chilkat Valley News, Wrangell Sentinel and Juneau Independent.
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Previously senior news reporter at the Peninsula Clarion, with work published in the Homer News, Juneau Empire, Chilkat Valley News, Wrangell Sentinel and Juneau Independent.
[email protected]
Dreaming of a better future for Alaska journalism; haunted by visions of the newsroom I gave years of my life to in ruins
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Dreaming of a better future for Alaska journalism; haunted by visions of the newsroom I gave years of my life to in ruins
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I worked on this editorial for more than half a year. I hope it adequately captures the challenges of Alaska media. Big thanks to @adndotcom for publishing it. www.adn.com/opinions/202... #akleg #AlaskaHistory
Opinion: The state of Alaska’s media
Journalism in the Last Frontier isn’t dying — but it’s fighting to survive in a louder, meaner world.
www.adn.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I worked on this editorial for more than half a year. I hope it adequately captures the challenges of Alaska media. Big thanks to @adndotcom for publishing it. www.adn.com/opinions/202... #akleg #AlaskaHistory
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Have you seen a perfect headline today? www.juneauindependent.com/post/juneau-...
Juneau’s first baby of 2026 is Bjorn at hospital
Bjorn Schroth welcomed on Jan. 3 with a boat fit for a possible future captain.
www.juneauindependent.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Have you seen a perfect headline today? www.juneauindependent.com/post/juneau-...
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Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said during an interview today he was part of a briefing on the United States' three-phase plan for Venezuela following the capture and arrest of Nicolás Maduro last weekend. Story + full interview to come. #AKleg
January 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said during an interview today he was part of a briefing on the United States' three-phase plan for Venezuela following the capture and arrest of Nicolás Maduro last weekend. Story + full interview to come. #AKleg
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Well, I thought I had retired from journalism… I’m now the volunteer editor for the Homer Independent Press. We went live on New Year’s Day. homerindependentpress.com/2026/01/01/e...
Editorial: Castles in the air – Homer Independent Press
by Michael Armstrong Interim editor, Homer Independent Press Decades ago, when my wife and I added on to our 320-square-foot dry cabin on Diamond Ridge, we had to jack up the building to put in a full...
homerindependentpress.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Well, I thought I had retired from journalism… I’m now the volunteer editor for the Homer Independent Press. We went live on New Year’s Day. homerindependentpress.com/2026/01/01/e...
A group of Homer folks launched their own news publication this morning, with Homer News veteran @maarmstrong.bsky.social at the helm as editor! Exciting things happening for the south pen!
#aknews
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Homer Independent Press Launches Today – Homer Independent Press
By Karen Wuestenfeld Homer Independent Press Today, NZP4H, a nonprofit corporation, launches the Homer Independent Press. This online news outlet will provide unbiased and factual weekly reporting foc...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A group of Homer folks launched their own news publication this morning, with Homer News veteran @maarmstrong.bsky.social at the helm as editor! Exciting things happening for the south pen!
#aknews
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This year in review, published in this week’s Homer News, cites my reporting on the UA Board of Regents slashing diversity policy, which is crazy because surely that happened at least three years ago? What an impossibly long year it’s been.
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2025: The year in review | Homer News
2025 has certainly been a year. Many would say that the past twelve months were hallmarked by division, upheaval and widespread change, and not for the better. Prices are still through the roof, there...
www.homernews.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This year in review, published in this week’s Homer News, cites my reporting on the UA Board of Regents slashing diversity policy, which is crazy because surely that happened at least three years ago? What an impossibly long year it’s been.
www.homernews.com/news/2025-th...
www.homernews.com/news/2025-th...
I was in the same IMAX showing of “The Magnificent Seven (2016)” in Anchorage as Alaska Native actor (and one of the seven) Martin Sensmeier. His whole family was there to cheer when his name came up and then he arrived. Truly the only thing I remember about that movie.
Saw Ted Danson going thru security with us at Anchorage airport
I nearly bumped into Joshua Jackson as he exited a Subway.
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I was in the same IMAX showing of “The Magnificent Seven (2016)” in Anchorage as Alaska Native actor (and one of the seven) Martin Sensmeier. His whole family was there to cheer when his name came up and then he arrived. Truly the only thing I remember about that movie.
Watching Fiddler on the Roof for the first time and maybe embarrassingly surprised to learn it’s not about a fiddler on a roof.
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Watching Fiddler on the Roof for the first time and maybe embarrassingly surprised to learn it’s not about a fiddler on a roof.
Markets are continuing to bounce back from recent lows in Southeast commercial salmon fisheries, and a pair of Wrangell gillnetters said they are hopeful to see continued improvement in the chum salmon fishery.
#aknews
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Fewer chums but better prices helped Southeast commercial fleet - Wrangell Sentinel
Markets are continuing to bounce back from recent lows in Southeast commercial salmon fisheries, and a pair of Wrangell gillnetters said they are hopeful to see continued improvement in the chum …
www.wrangellsentinel.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Markets are continuing to bounce back from recent lows in Southeast commercial salmon fisheries, and a pair of Wrangell gillnetters said they are hopeful to see continued improvement in the chum salmon fishery.
#aknews
www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/fewe...
#aknews
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The number of elk hunt permits issued for Zarembo Island will be doubled next year, from one elk bull available for harvest to two.
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State doubles next year’s Zarembo elk hunt to 2 permits - Wrangell Sentinel
The number of elk hunt permits issued for Zarembo Island will be doubled next year, from one elk bull available for harvest to two. It’s a slow climb after the state shut down elk hunting on the …
www.wrangellsentinel.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The number of elk hunt permits issued for Zarembo Island will be doubled next year, from one elk bull available for harvest to two.
#aknews
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#aknews
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Finally a wrapped I can be proud of.
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Finally a wrapped I can be proud of.
Reflecting on — by which I of course mean crashing out about — the fact that while walking the streets of Juneau today I encountered eight journalists who live and work in this city. That’s not even all of them!
Pretty stark contrast to my city, which is going into 2026 with one.
Pretty stark contrast to my city, which is going into 2026 with one.
December 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reflecting on — by which I of course mean crashing out about — the fact that while walking the streets of Juneau today I encountered eight journalists who live and work in this city. That’s not even all of them!
Pretty stark contrast to my city, which is going into 2026 with one.
Pretty stark contrast to my city, which is going into 2026 with one.
After five hours of gallery walk I’m prepared to revise this “pretty cool” to a “really cool.”
Main takeaway from one week in Juneau is that Juneau is pretty cool
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
After five hours of gallery walk I’m prepared to revise this “pretty cool” to a “really cool.”
Main takeaway from one week in Juneau is that Juneau is pretty cool
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Main takeaway from one week in Juneau is that Juneau is pretty cool
Didn’t listen to a ton of new music this year and I should fix that in 2026! It’s fitting, though, that mxmtoon is my top artist of the year since I got to see her live in March and she was incredible.
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Didn’t listen to a ton of new music this year and I should fix that in 2026! It’s fitting, though, that mxmtoon is my top artist of the year since I got to see her live in March and she was incredible.
En route to Juneau (my first time!) for training in my new day job as a field information officer at the Kenai Legislative Information Office.
I have a list of coffee shops and book stores to check out while I’m in town but I’m soooo open to recs!
I have a list of coffee shops and book stores to check out while I’m in town but I’m soooo open to recs!
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
En route to Juneau (my first time!) for training in my new day job as a field information officer at the Kenai Legislative Information Office.
I have a list of coffee shops and book stores to check out while I’m in town but I’m soooo open to recs!
I have a list of coffee shops and book stores to check out while I’m in town but I’m soooo open to recs!
Only a couple of years after first being spotted in SE Alaska, European green crabs are knocking on Wrangell's door. The State Department of Fish and Game is calling for folks to keep an eye out and report sightings of the invasive species.
#aknews
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Fish and Game concerned about northern spread of invasive green crab - Wrangell Sentinel
European green crabs, a particularly invasive species known for aggressively displacing native species and damaging important vegetation, have been found on Etolin Island just southwest of …
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November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Only a couple of years after first being spotted in SE Alaska, European green crabs are knocking on Wrangell's door. The State Department of Fish and Game is calling for folks to keep an eye out and report sightings of the invasive species.
#aknews
www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/fish...
#aknews
www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/fish...
Saw a movie at an AMC tonight for the first time and Nicole Kidman didn’t even say “heartbreak feels good in a place like this” so what was the point?
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Saw a movie at an AMC tonight for the first time and Nicole Kidman didn’t even say “heartbreak feels good in a place like this” so what was the point?
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Chloe Pleznac is a former reporter for Homer News, recently at the center of a story that got national attention when the newspaper's owner, Carpenter Media, changed her story about a local Charlie Kirk vigil. She discusses what happened next. #akleg
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November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Chloe Pleznac is a former reporter for Homer News, recently at the center of a story that got national attention when the newspaper's owner, Carpenter Media, changed her story about a local Charlie Kirk vigil. She discusses what happened next. #akleg
Listen:
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Listen:
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This week, union workers at Bend’s newspaper, The Bulletin, spoke out against its owners, Carpenter Media Group.
Carpenter became the largest media owner in Oregon and the 4th largest in the nation when it purchased a raft of newspapers in the Northwest in 2024.
Carpenter became the largest media owner in Oregon and the 4th largest in the nation when it purchased a raft of newspapers in the Northwest in 2024.
Bulletin newspaper union pickets in Bend over contract negotiations
In Bend, local newspaper union members stage a two day lunch-time picket to draw attention to stalled contract negotiations with owner Carpenter Media Group.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This week, union workers at Bend’s newspaper, The Bulletin, spoke out against its owners, Carpenter Media Group.
Carpenter became the largest media owner in Oregon and the 4th largest in the nation when it purchased a raft of newspapers in the Northwest in 2024.
Carpenter became the largest media owner in Oregon and the 4th largest in the nation when it purchased a raft of newspapers in the Northwest in 2024.
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Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Editorial: Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
From Homer to Washington, D.C., too many in power have forgotten that the First Amendment protects even speech that makes us uncomfortable.
www.adn.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Editorial Board of @adn.com
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Digital archivists Elizabeth Kell and Kevin Allen have been capturing forgotten visions of Alaska history by digitizing aging VHS tapes for nearly two years. A recent find has them seeking subjects of images from a decades-old depiction of Haines.
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Digital archivists find historic Haines photos in VHS tape case - Chilkat Valley News
Digital archivists have been capturing forgotten visions of Alaska history by digitizing aging VHS tapes for nearly two years.
www.chilkatvalleynews.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Digital archivists Elizabeth Kell and Kevin Allen have been capturing forgotten visions of Alaska history by digitizing aging VHS tapes for nearly two years. A recent find has them seeking subjects of images from a decades-old depiction of Haines.
#aknews
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#aknews
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On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Erin Thompson, Jeff Helminiak and Jake Dye, formerly of the Peninsula Clarion to talk about their decision to resign from the paper and the future of local news on the Kenai Peninsula. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/podcast/kena...
Kenai Conversation: Former Peninsula Clarion staff talk community journalism, resignations
On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Erin Thompson, Jeff Helminiak and Jake Dye, formerly of the Peninsula Clarion to talk about their decision to resign from the paper and th...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Erin Thompson, Jeff Helminiak and Jake Dye, formerly of the Peninsula Clarion to talk about their decision to resign from the paper and the future of local news on the Kenai Peninsula. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/podcast/kena...
Today is the first day that I'm really not employed at the Clarion, which also makes today the first day since January 2021 that I'm not employed to do journalism. By extension, it's the first day since I got into journalism that I'm not doing that. It's weirder (and sadder!) than I expected.
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today is the first day that I'm really not employed at the Clarion, which also makes today the first day since January 2021 that I'm not employed to do journalism. By extension, it's the first day since I got into journalism that I'm not doing that. It's weirder (and sadder!) than I expected.