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Alaska Business was awarded 1st Place for Best Media Website in the 2020 Alaska Press Club Awards; Judge Mike Campbell noted the site’s clean design and easy navigation as highlights.

Vanessa Orr wrote “Taking a Stand,” which was awarded 2nd Place for Best Magazine Feature in 2020. In this article, Orr explores how businesses large or small need to take a thoughtful approach to supporting or decrying social movements—and how doing nothing is rarely a good option.

Our July 2020 Cover celebrating the 5th annual Best of Alaska Business awards was designed by the exceptional Annie Brace of Corso Graphics and won 3rd place in the 2020 Alaska Press Club awards Best Magazine Cover category. 

Art Director Monica Sterchi-Lowman designed the Corporate 100 special section in the April 2020 issue, which placed 3rd in the Best Magazine Design category of the 2020 Alaska Press Club Awards.

Alaska Business was honored with a Gold Award for The Best of Alaska Business 2019 Cover and Special Section Spread at AIGA’s annual “The Big One” design competition for 2019.

Alaska Business then-Managing Editor Kathryn Mackenzie was awarded “First Place: Best Magazine Feature” for our inaugural Off the Cuff, featuring then-Executive Director of the Alaska Trucking Association Aves Thompson, by the Alaska Press Club in 2019.

Alaska Business Freelancer Isaac Stone Simonelli was awarded “First Place: Best Long Feature” for his article Newtok to Mertarvik, in which we inform our readers about the challenges that climate change and shoreline erosion have presented to the community of Newtok, by the Alaska Press Club in 2019.

Utilizing the amazing talents of local artist Lindsey Neidlinger, Alaska Business was awarded “First Place: Best Magazine Cover” by the Alaska Press Club in 2019 for our July 2018 cover.

The Alaska Press Club honored Alaska Business with the “First Place: Best Page Layout & Design” award in 2019 for the two-page opening spread of the article Marine Salvage, authored by Isaac Stone Simonelli and published in July 2018.

Alaska Business Freelancer Julie Stricker was awarded “Third Place: Vern McCorkle Award for Best Business Reporting” for her article Enterprising Entrepreneurs, in which she explores small businesses serving rural locations, by the Alaska Press Club in 2019.

Alaska Business Freelancer Isaac Stone Simonelli was awarded “Third Place: Best Reporting on Health” for his article Responsible Pain Management, in which we provide our readers with information on the opioid crisis and pain management options for Alaskans, by the Alaska Press Club in 2019.