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Bylines for Native women are increasingly showing up in newspapers and in TV news, adding an important perspective for general readers and viewers. Once virtually absent in mainstream newsrooms, Native women are reporting on hard-hitting political issues and are often driving the narrative on issues important for all Native people. They are winning awards and recognition from established news sources.
GUESTS
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Minneconjou Lakota), founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance which publishes news on Buffalo’s Fire
Arlyssa Becenti (Diné), Indigenous affairs reporter and an editor for the Daily Focus at the Arizona Republic
Jill Fratis (Unangan from the Aleut Community of St. Paul), associate news producer for KNBA and Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Karyn Pugliese (Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation), editor-in-chief of CANADALAND
Break 1 Music: Women’s Honoring Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)
Break 2 Music: Cadillacs Don’t Care (song) Gary Farmer & the Troublemakers (artist) Fool for Love (album)
