- Trip: Fellows Fall 2007
- Affiliation during program: KUAC-FM, Fairbanks, AK
- Country: Iceland
- Year: 2007
Libby Casey is a Washington correspondent for the Alaska Public Radio Network. Previously, she was a reporter at public radio station KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her stories have appeared on “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” “The World,” the CBC, and in the Anchorage Daily News. In 2007, she won three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for feature reporting, continuing coverage, and sports. Her profiles of soldiers killed in Iraq garnered the Alaska Press Club’s Public Service Award. Casey has interviewed gubernatorial candidates during televised statewide debates, and teaches radio production at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For the past seven winters, she has been the voice of KUAC from the trails of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, which spans 1,000 miles through Alaska and Canada. Her coverage of the sport won a Silver Reel from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. Casey is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and studied in India.