Alaska Public Media Joins PMFA

Ed Ulman, President & CEO of Alaska Public Media, offered the following about why they decided to participate.

“As dear friends manage their anguish, distress, and fear for loved ones in what has been an unending cycle of racist acts, violence, and death during our lifetimes, I feel deep sorrow for my friends and colleagues directly traumatized by atrocities committed by those in power. I am repulsed by individuals who fail to see all people as equal, worthy of dignity, respect, empathy, and due process under the law. I believe that words alone can not assuage our collective grief nor can these words eliminate the systemic racism that permeates American society.

Instead, we must act. We must do, with even greater vigor, what we are charged to do. Each and every day we must Do Democracy through the media and news we broadcast, program, gather, promote, and create.

Alaska Public Media journalists and producers make daily contributions in support of the Fourth Estate. NPR and PBS provide a national scope, context, and reach for our local work. Together, AKPM, PBS, and NPR strive to frame political issues, document social activities, chronicle history, and illuminate what works and what doesn't work, while providing a platform for Alaskan voices so that we can better represent all citizens. And, we speak truth to power -- hard truths as revealed through historical precedent, science, just and humane laws, and social data.

In everything we do, let us recommit ourselves to egalitarianism. Let's connect and inform by fostering civic engagement, education, public safety, and social justice. Let's fulfill our mission, vision, and values with renewed vigor.”