Mary Pemberton edits the Alaska eNewsletter for Travel Weekly. Pemberton moved to Alaska in 2000 and lives in a small community outside Anchorage. Previously she worked for the Associated Press for nearly 25 years in its Baltimore and Anchorage bureaus, where she received numerous awards for her environmental and wildlife reporting. At the time of her retirement in 2013, Pemberton was in charge of breaking news for Alaska and Hawaii. She retired to have more time to fully enjoy Alaska.