The importance of local news cannot be understated.
Local news makes for meaningful conversations. It makes connections, provides context and builds understandings.
Local journalism strives to break through the social opacity preferred by governments and the control exerted by algorithms.
This special edition newspaper constitutes a collection of Carcross stories, first printed in the Yukon News, all written by Lawrie Crawford as a Local Journalism Initiative reporter.
The paper is 24 pages long and contains 36 stories, over 26,000 words, and 37 photographs.
Although the stories were written between 2021 and 2023, the newspaper is dotted with postscripts and updates on evolving stories. It contains breaking news that has been unreported until now.
The project has received tremendous local support with several local Carcross businesses selling the paper. It was edited by Gabrielle Plonka, designed by Anna Crawford and printed by the Whitehorse Star.
