A remembrance: Rich Mauer shaped Alaska journalism — and me.

By: Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 1,140

Last Updated: 6 days, 12 hours ago

I wish I’d kept a journal of all the lessons I learned over my years working with Rich Mauer, the longtime Anchorage Daily News reporter and editor.

Rich died at 76 this past week. For much of the time I knew him, though, it seemed like he could outlast all of us.

As my editor at the Daily News in his mid-60s, Rich brought an energy to his job, and to his life, that many …

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