On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the state of journalism with Native reporters. According to 2017 data from the American Society of News Editors, less than .05 percent of all journalists at leading newspapers and online publications are Native American.
Native and Indigenous journalists are changing the media landscape. How do they assess coverage of issues like COVID in Indian Country, the toppling of statues, racist sports names, #landback, and tribal sovereignty?
Guests:
Connie Walker, award-winning investigative reporter and former host of the CBC News podcast Missing & Murdered
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Washington editor of Indian Country Today
Tristan Ahtone, editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer and president of the Native American Journalists Association
Web Resources:
Missing & Murdered: CBC News original podcast hosted by CBC News investigative reporter Connie Walker.
Indian Country Today: Pandemic shows tribes the census is an 'absolute necessity’
High Country News: Land-grab universities
Splinter: It's Time to Finally Listen to Native Journalists
Texas Observer: Tristan Ahtone is the Texas Observer's Next Editor-In-Chief
