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The Daily Alaska
About The Daily Alaska
The Daily Alaska is an independent Alaska news publisher founded by Slav Lund, a U.S. Army veteran and Mat-Su resident, that reports on housing, energy, politics, the economy and everyday life for readers in Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Fairbanks and the rest of Alaska through short plain-language articles at thedailyalaska.com, a free email newsletter, and daily short-form video on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Masthead
- Slav Lund, founder, host and publisher
- David Chapa, general manager
Who's behind this
Slav Lund, founder and host
I realize by now there's a lot of you watching, so I should probably tell you what's going on here. First off, this isn't what I do for work. In the real world I have a day job and a family, so I'm not a news anchor and I'm not a journalist. I'm just a dude with a phone trying to put what's actually happening in our communities in front of your eyeballs.
I found myself stuck in the exact same routine as probably a lot of you: work, kids, home, repeat. And because I was so buried in that routine, I was missing the stuff that actually mattered. Changes happening in our communities, schools closing down, cost of living skyrocketing. (And apparently we're all fighting about leaf blowers now.)
So I started thinking: if most of our attention is on social media, why not bring those updates to life on the platforms? How many other parents are stuck in this exact same pattern, grinding through the day and missing what's happening around us?
That's why I started The Daily Alaska. No fancy production, no crazy editing, just community updates dropped straight into your news feed.
Slav is a U.S. Army veteran with 14 years of service, a dad, and a Mat-Su resident.
What we cover
We cover the Mat-Su Borough and Anchorage first: schools, assemblies and city councils, roads, the cost of living, public safety, and state decisions that hit home. We cover the rest of Alaska when what happens there matters here.
How it works
Stories start with public records and local reporting — meeting agendas, court filings, agency releases and outlet coverage. Slav writes and voices them for Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, then we publish them here with their sources. Read our editorial standards and AI disclosure.
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Questions people ask
Who owns The Daily Alaska?
The Daily Alaska is independently owned and operated by its founder Slav Lund with general manager David Chapa. It is not part of a newspaper chain or broadcast group.
Is The Daily Alaska a real news organization?
Yes. It publishes original, sourced stories about Alaska at thedailyalaska.com and on social platforms, lists the primary records behind every story, publishes corrections, and discloses how AI tools are used in production.
Does The Daily Alaska use AI?
AI helps draft from sourced material, transcribe public meetings, organize content and produce some narrated video with Slav Lund's consented voice and likeness. A person reads and approves every story before it publishes. Details are at thedailyalaska.com/ai.
Where does The Daily Alaska get its stories?
From public records and local reporting: borough and city meeting agendas, state and federal filings, agency releases, court records and coverage by Alaska outlets, which are credited by name.
How do I advertise with or contact The Daily Alaska?
Advertising is self-serve at thedailyalaska.com/advertise with every paid placement labelled. General contact is thedailyalaska.com/contact.