📣Indigenous Journalists Association calls for conference program proposals through Feb. 2, 2024 - tinyurl.com/j7ukj527

🎓 Indigenous Journalists Association NYU Journalism partner for 4th year to offer full tuition scholarship worth $70k+. #IJA members can choose from 10 #journalism graduate programs for fall 2024. Deadline Jan. 4, 2024! - #JournalismScholarship - tinyurl.com/33zy3cj2

I am not a criminal. But today I was charged with a criminal offence while doing my job as a journalist documenting the actions of police raiding vulnerable, unhoused, unarmed Indigenous Peoples in their own territories to displace them out of their tent homes & throw their

since july, i've been talking with residents of east palestine about their efforts to confirm whether pollution lingers in their homes, and how it will affect the rest of their lives. this is the story: grist.org/accountability…

The Indigenous Journalists Association is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Gary Fife (Muscogee Nation), Radio Specialist, Mvskoke Media, on Jan. 14. IJA extends its condolences to Fife’s family, friends and colleagues. Photo credit: Mvskoke Media - tinyurl.com/4y48bj98

🚨 Indigenous Journalists Association extends application deadline for the Indigenous Journalism Fellowship to 3/5. Fellows will build their reporting & interpersonal skills in a digital newsroom experience before, during & after the 2024 Indigenous Media Conference. - tinyurl.com/2987yjkw

On Tuesday, we will release the first episode of Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater Listen to the trailer here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sto…

🛡Tribes have sovereignty to protect #PressFreedom & #FreedomOfInformation. Some do but most don't. The Indigenous Journalists Association FOIA & FoP pages (more links at the bottom) have some of the best #TurtleIsland examples ☀️ #SunshineWeek Society of Professional Journalists @BrechnerCenter - tinyurl.com/3678s4ps

To close out Sunshine Week, SPJ Freedom of Information Committee Chair Jodi Rave Spotted Bear has written a column on the missing and murdered Indigenous person crisis needing Indigenous data sovereignty based on recent reports. Read the column here: spj.org/news.asp?REF=3… #SunshineWeek #FOI

📢 Registration is now open for the 2024 Indigenous Media Conference! Early-bird rates available until 5/1. Join us at the Omni Hotel, OKC for workshops, sessions, & more! Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with #IndigenousMedia professionals. - tinyurl.com/mr3p9pw9

📣 Indigenous Journalists Association is accepting vendor applications for the Indigenous Media Expo at the 2024 Indigenous Media Conference! Early-bird registration deadline is 5/1. Secure your spot today! - tinyurl.com/mr3p9pw9

Palestinian journalists covering Gaza awarded the 2024 UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 / Guillermo Cano World #PressFreedom Prize. unes.co/7x4ftp #WorldPressFreedomDay

“The 2023 Lāhainā wildfires exposed a systemic disregard for Indigenous rights": After deadly blaze, Indigenous peoples call for independence grist.org/indigenous/aft…

“I just really want to make sure that folks are aware that to be Native American is a political identity, it’s not a racial identity... We are independent nations within the United States,” said Pauly Denetclaw of ICT. cc: Indigenous Journalists Association nationalpress.org/topic/pauly-de…

“For the first time in the history of the country, the U.S. government is accounting for its role in operating Indian boarding schools to forcibly assimilate Indian children…” nytimes.com/2024/07/30/us/… via The New York Times

I wrote about this reporting trip for the primaries. Read all about it here: azmirror.com/2024/07/31/my-…

Read the full statement at IndigenousJournalists.org

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