Emily Mesner

Emily Mesner

Visual journalist

Emily Mesner is a former multimedia journalist for the Anchorage Daily News. She previously worked for the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Preserve and the Western Arctic National Parklands in Kotzebue, at the Cordova Times and at the Jackson Citizen Patriot in Jackson, Michigan.

‘There are hard days’: Behind the scenes with the Alaska SeaLife Center’s animal care team

Three full-time staffers work at the state’s only facility authorized to rehabilitate stranded or injured otters, seals, birds, even a rare walrus — lovable creatures only briefly in their hands.

Emily Mesner November 4, 2023

Watch: Scenes from Áak’w Rock

The three-day music festival in Juneau brought together Native artists across genres from around the world.

Emily Mesner September 28, 2023

Tiny, mighty, sometimes ugly: An ode to some of the Alaska State Fair’s overlooked crops

The summer’s lack of sunshine and abundance of rain made for smaller entries in contests that might not be giant pumpkins or cabbages but still managed to produce a 10 1/2-foot-long gourd and a 3-pound tomato.

Emily Mesner September 2, 2023
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Photos: Alaska State Fair’s opening day

Sunshine welcomed crowds as they walked, ate and rode their way around the State Fair in Palmer. The fair runs until Sept. 4.

Emily Mesner August 19, 2023

Photos: An afternoon at the Alaska Zoo

Kids and adults enjoyed their day of viewing everything from bears to raptors to otters.

Emily Mesner August 9, 2023

‘It was like a freight train’: Surfers catch wave in Turnagain Arm

See our favorite photos from Thursday evening’s bore tide.

Emily Mesner August 5, 2023

Come on, Barbie, let’s go to fish camp

An Anchorage mother-daughter duo made a doll set for an Alaska Native Heritage Center fundraising auction.

Emily Mesner August 4, 2023

Photos: Hundreds flock to Hilltop as Summer Concert Series wraps up

Thursday’s show was the last outdoor summer concert hosted by the Anchorage Concert Association. Anchorage musicians Rosie Rush and Medium Build performed.

Emily Mesner July 28, 2023

Salmon and summer sunshine: Photos from an evening of dipnetting on the Kenai

Hundreds of Alaskans gathered at the mouth of the Kenai River over the weekend for their share of the sockeye run.

Emily Mesner July 24, 2023

Photos: Alyeska Resort’s newest attraction suspends you a half-mile high

Visitors can walk over two bridges that span 600 feet.

Emily Mesner July 21, 2023
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