Jill Burke Instagram LinkedIn Jill Burke is an award-winning investigative reporter and writer. Based in Alaska and Oregon, she regularly covers the Arctic, the environment, politics, labor, and healthcare. Her work has appeared in Business Insider, Travel + Leisure, The New York Times, The Guardian, and more. Jill began her career as a reporter for KTVA and KTUU before joining Alaska Dispatch News as a staff writer and columnist. After completing a contract as a field producer and on-screen reporter at Bite Films for BBC, she worked as an investigative reporter at Gray Television - KTUU for three years before going freelance in 2017.• 10+ years of experience as an investigative journalist• Won two First Amendment Awards from the Alaska Press Club (2011 and 2014)• Won the Edward R. Murrow Award for her new series about the impact on villagers from the depleted Yukon River salmon runs (2009)• Won the SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award in 2009• Board member of the Alaska Press Club• Board member at the Alaska Center for FASD About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process