Emily Goodykoontz

Reporter covering city government @adndotcom. Previously @Oregonian & @registerguard. Handy with words and a Nikon. Send tips to [email protected]

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

I am so proud to be forming the @ancnewsguild with my colleagues in the @adndotcom newsroom today! We're asking ADN leadership to voluntarily recognize our union, and we're calling for better wages, transparency, and a more sustainable workplace.

[Kyle Hopkins @kylehopkinsAK]

In other election news, @adndotcom just became Alaska’s only unionized newsroom
🖊️ 🗡️

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

We just won our union election by an overwhelming majority! I am so proud of my colleagues @adndotcom... We've worked so hard for this win!

[AnchorageNewsGuild @ancnewsguild]

We did it! A majority of @adndotcom newsroom staff voted to unionize. The @nlrbgov counted our ballots today via Zoom after receiving a few mail-in ballots.

This makes the ADN the only unionized newsroom in Alaska. Thank you for your support! #ADNunited

[NewsGuild of New York @nyguild]

Voluntary recognition or not, this group is already a union. They will win this fight.

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

@MattTunseth @maaarmstrang @ancnewsguild @adndotcom I appreciate your question, but it would be inappropriate to share anything from confidential convos with my coworkers. Everyone has their own reasons for their decision to join or not, and I respect those decisions.

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

I am so proud to be forming the @ancnewsguild with my colleagues in the @adndotcom newsroom today! We're asking ADN leadership to voluntarily recognize our union, and we're calling for better wages, transparency, and a more sustainable workplace.

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

@MattTunseth @maaarmstrang @ancnewsguild @adndotcom We've lost many talented journalists in the last few years because they could no longer *afford* to work at ADN. That means the paper has to spend more money on hiring, jobs go unfilled, holes in our coverage grow, and we lose reporters who know our community. Not sustainable.

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

@MattTunseth @maaarmstrang @ancnewsguild @adndotcom @ZachHughesNews “And so a large part of this is to have more transparency in the process and to get a better handle, but we have colleagues who have never had raises, or have had every request for a raise rebuffed for eight years.” https://t.co/A1cPfPvbEs

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

@MattTunseth @maaarmstrang @ancnewsguild @adndotcom As @ZachHughesNews said “We don’t know what our colleagues make...We don’t know what the profit margins are like at the top. We don’t know if our remuneration is fair from one person to the next, if it’s commensurate with the work we’re doing or with experience. We don’t know."

[AnchorageNewsGuild @ancnewsguild]

Today, the Anchorage News Guild learned ADN owner Ryan Binkley has declined our request for voluntary recognition of our union. ADN management has also hired an attorney from Littler Mendelson, a notoriously anti-union law firm.

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

Check out our news release at https://t.co/QAu8wCQMbs

[Emily Goodykoontz @sharkasaurusX]

@ancnewsguild @adndotcom That is why we took a major step today toward forming a union, and why 80% of @adndotcom's newsroom staff publicly supports this movement. To help support us in our effort to gain voluntary recognition, you can sign our petition: https://t.co/bM7XATdUZY

[Megan Pacer @MeganPacer]

I love my job. I love Alaska. I want to see my colleagues thrive. That’s why I’m joining them to unionize. You can support us here: https://t.co/Xam0WSpsrr #ADNunited

[Kyle Hopkins @kylehopkinsAK]

We’re unionizing, y’all.
Sign up to help local journalists here: https://t.co/4ujLH0fy58
#ADNUnited

[Idaho NewsGuild @IdahoNewsGuild]

Proud to have another unionized newspapers in the Pacific Northwest region.

Solidarity to our new union brothers and sisters in Alaska.

[AnchorageNewsGuild @ancnewsguild]

Today, we share the exciting news that our newsroom staff has asked the leadership of the Anchorage Daily News to voluntarily recognize us as the Anchorage News Guild.

[Anchorage Daily News @adndotcom]

The Anchorage ombudsman has referred to the state Office of Special Prosecutions the results of an investigation into the city IT director's involvement in a challenge to Anchorage's April election. https://t.co/bF1G72DTI3

[Loren Holmes @lorenholmes]

I was attacked yesterday in Anchorage while reporting a story about political sign vandalism. While the attack felt personal in the moment, sadly it is becoming part of a pattern nationally and globally.