About

The Redoubt Reporter is a community newspaper for the Central Kenai Peninsula, published weekly in Soldotna.

It is distributed for free on Wednesdays to more than 80 locations in Soldotna, Kenai, Nikiski, Sterling, Kasilof, Ninilchik and Cooper Landing.

Subscriptions by mail are available for $5 per month.

Jennifer Neyman
Editor/Publisher
E-Mail
907-394-NEWS (6397)

Newsroom:
Clark  Fair, Reporter
907-262-5162

Advertising Sales
Jamie Nelson 252-4714
Joe Rizzo 394-1159

Design
James Brown

Redoubt Reporter
P.O. Box 2908
Soldotna, Alaska 99669

The Redoubt Reporter office is in The Map Shop, 43622 Sterling Highway, across from Fred Meyer in downtown Soldotna.

What others say about The Redoubt Reporter:

KBBI Radio (September 2008)
Homer Tribune (September 2008)
Anchorage Press (February 2009)

2008 Alaska Press Club Awards:
(Awarded March 28, 2009)

Best Use of Story and Photos by a Journalist, Small Papers, Third place: Clark Fair, “Tiny But Tough,” Redoubt Reporter.  Judge: Dinah Rogers is the assistant photo editor at the New Orleans Picayune.

Best Government or Political Reporting, Small Papers, Second place: Jenny Neyman, “Sign of the times?” The Redoubt Reporter. Neyman interviewed both real people and candidates to write a “normal” campaign story about campaign sign thefts. What made this interesting were details about signs being “shot, stabbed, shredded by razors, graffitied and burned,”—who knew you could do all that to a campaign sign?— and then the extra details about the actual costs of signs – from $350 to $1,134. Neyman also took pains to make sure her reporting included candidates from both sides and several races. Good job of giving a fresh look at a usual political campaign story. Judge: Carla Kimbrough teaches journalism at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was a longtime reporter at the Denver Post.

Best Headline, Third Place: Jenny Neyman, “Blind sided,” with the deck, “Flats duck hunters tangle with Parks over regulations,” the Redoubt Reporter.  Impressive play on words in an extremely tight headline count — not to mention the bold type, which makes it even harder. These things count.  Judge: Ron Solomon has worked for newspapers for nearly 40 years. He is a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson.

Suzan Nightingale Award for Best columnist, Small Papers, First place: Jenny Neyman, “Business leap should have beter safety plan,” “And now a word about our sponsors,” “Shouldering the burden to lighten the load,” Redoubt Reporter Elegantly and energetically written, funny, smart, accessible and wise. You can feel the excitement and terror in the column about launching the paper, and you cheer for her. The profile of the cancer patient captures toughness and courage and never gets gooey — you have  to love “embrace it head on, so she could get a good grip around its neck and beat the livin’ snot out of it.” Judge: Samantha Bennett is president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Her work has appeared in the Vancouver Sun, the Toronto Star, the Montreal Gazette and the Baltimore Sun.

Leslie Ann Murray Award for Best Editorial Writing, All Media, First place: Jenny Neyman, The Redoubt Reporter, This is classically good editorial writing, and would be recognized as such in any paper in the country. She’s done her thinking before her writing. She has a good take. She gets to the point quickly, sets up her arguments well, parries counter arguments and finishes strong. Editorials are clean, logical and persuasive. Judge: Tom Condon is an editorial writer and columnist at The Hartford Courant.