Okay, so in this episode, guest host Aurora Ford and I sit down with Julia O'Malley.

Julia has been involved in Alaska journalism since she was 16 years old.

She even talks about how the current editor of the Anchorage Daily News, David Hewlin, has known her as a journalist since she was a kid.

In addition to that, her family roots are embedded within the Anchorage community.

I mean, O'Malley Road was named after her grandpa, Doc O'Malley.

We'll get to all that in just a second though.

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Now on to our conversation with Julia.

This is the longest I've had the chance to sit down and talk with her,

and I think her perspective is really important to consider as we think about the future of Alaska journalism

and the most effective way to tell Alaskans the stories that entertain and inform them.

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