{"id":5289,"date":"2020-12-01T13:16:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=5289"},"modified":"2020-12-01T13:26:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:26:53","slug":"kyle-edwards-of-native-news-online-named-as-nieman-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/01\/kyle-edwards-of-native-news-online-named-as-nieman-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Edwards of Native News Online named as Nieman Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=row><div class=col-8><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2241\" height=\"2241\" data-attachment-id=\"5295\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/01\/kyle-edwards-of-native-news-online-named-as-nieman-fellow\/kyleedwards-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kyleedwards.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2241,2241\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606735591&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kyleedwards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kyleedwards-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kyleedwards.jpg\" alt=\"kyleedwards\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-5295\" \/><\/div><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Kyle Edwards. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Kyle Edwards of Native News Online named as Nieman Fellow<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, December 1, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylejeddie\">Kyle Edwards<\/a>, managing editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/\">Native News Online<\/a>, an independent media outlet, has been selected as visiting fellow by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/\">Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nEdwards, who is Anishinaabe, is a citizen of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ebb_and_Flow_First_Nation\">Ebb and Flow First Nation<\/a>. He was raised on  the  <a href=\"http:\/\/lakemanitobafn.com\/\">Lake Manitoba First Nation<\/a> based in Manitoba, Canada.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nEdwards joined Native News Online in July. He previously worked at ProPublica and at Maclean\u2019s, a Canadian publication where his work earned several awards.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cKyle is a strong addition to Native News Online as we endeavor to change the narrative about Indian Country by providing fair, balanced and accurate coverage of social issues, policy matters and economic development involving tribes throughout the United States,\u201d   Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi), the founder and publisher of Native News Online, said of Edwards in a <a href=https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/business\/native-news-online-hires-award-winning-journalist-kyle-edwards-as-managing-editor>July 7 story<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nEdwards will be part of the 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellows at Harvard. In the coming year, he will work remotely,  using resources at Nieman and Harvard University to develop a website and a podcast addressing the impact of the <a href=\/covid19\/>COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> in Native communities.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThis past year journalism has faced urgent challenges but also explored opportunities for change. Nieman sought individuals with ideas for using journalism to address public health and racial justice inequities,\u201d Nieman Foundation curator <a href=\"https:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/news\/2020\/12\/nieman-announces-2021-nieman-visiting-fellows\/\">Ann Marie Lipinski said in a news release <\/a>on Tuesday. \u201cThese new visiting fellows seek to make real contributions to their communities and we\u2019re excited to work with them to advance their projects.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to the Nieman Foundation,  Edwards  will examine, catalog and memorialize the loss of Natives  elders, knowledge and culture during   COVID-19. He   will create a website devoted to sharing oral histories and interviews with families affected by the pandemic.  His material will be also be used for a podcast about Native resilience.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;re pleased to announce the 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellows, 12 innovative media professionals who will develop projects that will address racial injustice and public health coverage, including reporting on COVID-19. Welcome all! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9vGlxRPihg\">https:\/\/t.co\/9vGlxRPihg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nieman Foundation (@niemanfdn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niemanfdn\/status\/1333820716525834241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Edwards, managing editor of Native News Online, will spend the coming year focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 in Native communities.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18,19,1],"tags":[5,128,899,900,243],"class_list":["post-5289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-education","category-health","category-national","tag-coronavirus","tag-elders","tag-kyle-edwards","tag-levi-rickert","tag-media","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/kyleedwards.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1nj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}