Alaska Public Media is shaking up its election coverage with a project we’re calling ‘The View From Here’

Alaska Public Media reporters Eric Stone and Liz Ruskin guidelines extracurricular nan Homer station office, 1 of galore stops wherever we asked dozens of voters for their thoughts. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)

As we attack this fall’s election, Alaska Public Media is striving to study what’s connected voters’ minds. It’s a task we telephone “The View From Here.” We kicked it disconnected pinch a roadworthy travel crossed Southcentral Alaska, positive a mates of flights to sojourn communities disconnected nan roadworthy system.

Now, we’re asking for your help.

What are we doing?

We’re asking folks a fewer questions:

1. What issues are astir important to you and your community?
2. What do you want politicians to talk astir arsenic they compete for your ballot — what would get you excited astir voting for someone?
3. Does your organization consciousness much polarized aliases divided than it has successful years past? If so, what person you noticed?
4. What do you want for nan early of your community? What could your governmental leaders do to move toward that goal?

We’re willing successful what you deliberation of each level of authorities — federal, state, local, each bit. 

Want to stock your thoughts? Keep reference — location are instructions astatine nan bottommost astir really to nonstop successful your ain answers to our questions. We dream to perceive from you.

Why are we doing this?

We’re flipping nan book connected our predetermination sum to amended bespeak nan Alaskans that make our authorities great. It’s a measurement of breaking retired of our Anchorage- and Juneau-centric bubbles to get america successful touch pinch what’s connected Alaskans’ minds.

Often, predetermination sum focuses connected who’s ahead, what politicians are saying, who’s raising much money, etc. We’ll do those stories, but we besides want to find retired what Alaskans want from their candidates. 

Where person we gone?

So far, Alaska Public Media reporters Liz Ruskin and Eric Stone person visited 10 communities:

• Eagle River
• Wasilla
• Palmer
• Valdez
• Soldotna
• Kenai
• Ninilchik
• Anchor Point
• Homer
• Kotzebue
• And, coming soon: King Cove

In each community, we’re spending clip astatine station offices, java shops and organization gathering places, holding up microphones and asking group if they’re consenting to talk authorities pinch us. You’d beryllium amazed astatine really galore group person said yes.

And now, we’re widening our net. No matter wherever you are successful Alaska, we want to perceive from you.

How tin I stock my thoughts?

Email us! Send america your answers to those 4 questions, on pinch your name, community of residence, age and occupation. And nonstop america a selfie too!

Email news@alaskapublic.org pinch “The View From Here” successful nan taxable line, aliases put your answers successful nan shape below. We can’t hold to perceive from you!