The Anchorage PRESS is our beloved free weekly paper. Focused primarily on arts, entertainment and beer (the Dr. Fermento beer reviews are a must read) the paper has progressed and improved with the addition of the talented political reporting / writing of Brendan Joel Kelly. Layout / look / feel: 3 out of 5 The PRESS is a fairly simple and straightforward paper from a design perspective, something that I find very comforting. Weekly papers from other cities and states really push the boundaries of newspaper design / graphic design / layout and can be a pain the butt to read. The PRESS is easy on the eyes and on the mind, albeit a tad bit boring. But that's fine for layout. Advertising: 2 out of 5 There are an abundance of ads in the PRESS but the ads tend to be good and useful. I learn about most of the upcoming shows & events not from the Events Calendar in the paper, but from the ads I see in the paper. While I would want to see fewer ads, I understand that advertising is how these people make money so it's a good, delicate balance. Content: 4 out of 5 As I mentioned already, the Dr. Fermento reviews and Brendan Joel Kelly articles are not to be missed. Kristia DeGeorge and Scott Christensen do a good job with their editorials and reporting, and the feature articles are almost always a good read. The Blotter is entertaining as well. Comics & crossword: 3 out of 5 The comics are pretty average except for Perfect World which always gets me. I miss the Lee Post comics. Crosswords from the Press are about as difficult as the Tuesday or Wednesday NYT crossword puzzle, albeit a bit longer. read more

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Elitist, self-important drivel. Who are they writing this for? What was once a reliable entertainment rag slash social calendar has devolved into a repetitive unreadable collection of ads and hope-to-shock blurbs. Yawn. Especially big yawn to the annual "Press Picks" - where they provide boring categories with obvious (do I have a choice?) winners who are, unsurprisingly, Press advertisers. Does this reflect poor management or the fact that Anchorage lacks a vital entertainment scene? Hard to say. All I know is that I don't read it, and on occasions that I do grab a copy, I do so quickly and hope no one saw. read more

If I could give this "newspaper" a zero rating, I would. I thought news was to be unbiased. If not, then it is NOT news. It is called brainwashing, Press. I went to a business this weekend (I will not say which one) and I saw The Press. Big letters it read: Make America Great Again with a big red cap on an Alaskan flag. I was so appauled that I couldn't make it past the cover. I think The Press failed. What was once a "free read", will now be "untouched recyclables". I agree with another reviewer when he or she mentioned that The Press leans to advertisers, meaning people that pay. I will make note of this disgusting issue and I will inform everyone I know NEVER to pick up an issue of this biased "newspaper". read more

Anchorage Press Newspaper - So sad. These aren't the views of all of your readers. Leave your political views out of public papers. - Print Media Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Read the press recently and was disappointed there is no blotter or news of the weird. Found the paper to be lackluster overall.

As alternative rags go, this one struggles. No continuity of contributors, save Dr Fermento (who is awesome, by the way, if you seek to understand and appreciate good beer). There is a constant rotation of staff, meaning one week there will be a restaurant review, and the next there might not be one. Same with all the other feature columns. Maybe nobody gets paid on time? It seems this paper doesn't quite know what it really wants to be. It strives for journalism at times, and seems to barely care at others. I believe it owes whatever success it has to supporting LGBTQ issues, which is a serious deviation in religiously bigoted Alaska. For that act of defiance alone, it gets a healthy 2 stars. read more