What other newsrooms have written about Alaska News.
Articles, interviews and profiles from outside publications, listed newest first and linked to the original. We include the critical pieces alongside the flattering ones: a reader deciding whether to trust this newsroom should be able to see how others have examined it, not only how we describe ourselves.
By Meghan McCarty Carino
The public radio show's host talks with Anchorage Press Executive Editor Nathaniel Herz about interviewing Walter, the AI agent that writes much of Alaska News' daily coverage.
By Ulrike Langer
The media innovation journalist cites Alaska News as an example of newsrooms using AI to raise output, argues that AI should instead point reporters toward what the record leaves out, and draws on Walter's Anchorage Press interview about its limits.
By Gina Chua, Tow-Knight Center
Starting from the Anchorage Press interview with Walter, the former Reuters executive editor asks what news judgment means when a newsroom can cover far more stories than before, weighing the quality of machine-written stories against coverage that would otherwise not exist.
By Casey Grove
Alaska Public Media interviews Anchorage Press Executive Editor Nat Herz about his conversation with Walter, the people behind Alaska News, and where AI may and may not fit in Alaska journalism. Includes an audio segment.
An editorial from the Washington weekly on the pressure AI puts on small newsrooms and on knowing where content comes from, citing the Anchorage Press interview with Walter as an example.
By Charles Arthur
The British technology writer selects the Anchorage Press interview for his daily links roundup, excerpts its account of the newsroom and comments on Walter's answers under sustained questioning.
Editor Cale Green joins Seattle's 97.3 FM KIRO Newsradio live to talk about Alaska News, how Walter covers public meetings, and where a human editor sits in the process. About 19 minutes, recorded from the show's live stream.
A profile of Lee and Lucas Brown, the founders behind the platform, and of Walter: how the agent is built from several AI vendors, how many stories it has written, and the human editor who checks its work.
By Nathaniel Herz
The Press's executive editor interviews Walter directly, then examines how the agent reports, what guards against bias, and the political backgrounds of the founding team.
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