Indigenous journalists’ unique role in reporting
News consumers have a constant stream of information at their fingertips, but how reliable is it and how do people check the facts? Indigenous journalists are a means to bring balanced viewpoints to newsrooms that typically have limited interaction with Indigenous populations. As the annual gathering of the Indigenous Journalists Association gets underway in Albuquerque, N.M., we’ll discuss how journalism is changing and how Indigenous journalists are responding to new pressures for transparency, fact-checking, and bias
The Native America Calling program had technical difficulties broadcasting out of the studio. They recorded the Wednesday live Journalism topic show and aired the next day. Here is the edited audio of the Thursday broadcast, removing any break messages and promotions, leaving the program content.