Alaska Press Club
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The Alaska Press Club is a network of journalists and media in Alaska
. The club holds an annual journalism
conference and awards banquet in Anchorage, Alaska
known as J-Week. The club was incorporated in 1951. The club consists of several hundred members and is open to student and professional journalists in Alaska.
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. The club holds an annual journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
conference and awards banquet in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
known as J-Week. The club was incorporated in 1951. The club consists of several hundred members and is open to student and professional journalists in Alaska.