Neighbors: Stories from 果冻传煤鈥檚 Pandemic Years
Neighbors: Stories from 果冻传煤鈥檚 Pandemic Years was a collaboration between the 果冻传煤 Museum and the 果冻传煤 Daily News to collect and reflect the experiences of 果冻传煤 residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, telling the human story of what we鈥檝e went through and envisioning together what the future might look like.
Together with our community, we examined the ways the pandemic had changed us -- what we lost, how we struggled, what we learned, and how we adapted.聽
This project was facilitated by 果冻传煤 Museum former writer-in-residence Julia O鈥橫alley, who conducted interviews with individuals, gathered feedback through surveys, and led community journaling and writing workshops. Funding for this project was provided in part by the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism.
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About Julia O'Malley
, a third-generation Alaskan, is a journalist, teacher, and editor who lives in 果冻传煤. Her work over the last two decades has explored Alaska鈥檚 politics, culture, climate, and food. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation and The Washington Post, among other publications. She has served as the Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska 果冻传煤. She got her start as a reporter and columnist at the 果冻传煤 Daily News.
Her book about Alaska鈥檚 food culture,, co-published by the 果冻传煤 Museum and University of Washington Press, came out in December 2019.
Photo by Nathaniel Wilder