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Native America Calling: Indigenous journalists’ unique role in reporting the truth

Thursday, August 14, 2025

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Getting at the truth: 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, New Mexico, tune in to discuss how journalism is changing and how Indigenous journalists are responding to new pressures for transparency, fact-checking, and bias.

Guests on Native America Calling

Angel Ellis (Muscogee), director of Mvskoke Media, the voice of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and member of the board of directors for Indigenous Journalists Association and for the Oklahoma Media Center

Shaun Griswold (Laguna, Jemez and Zuni Pueblo), correspondent at High Country News and Native News Online

Nancy Marie Spears (Cherokee), Indigenous Children and Families Reporter for The Imprint

Hattie Kauffman (Nez Perce), journalist and first Native American to file a report on a national news broadcast [National Native American Hall of Fame: Hattie Kauffman]