Covering Indian Country for Non-Native Americans: A Workshop for Reporters and Editors on June 27 Learn tools to effectively cover Native American and Indigenous issues. How do you find sources? How do you investigate issues?… Continue reading “Covering Indian Country for Non-Native Americans: A Workshop for Reporters and Editors on June 27”…
Covering Indigenous Communities — Tips for Non-Native Journalists Journalism is inherently extractive. Especially when it comes to covering the coveted, so-called “marginalized communities.” On these assignments, the reporter asks… Continue reading “Covering Indigenous Communities — Tips for Non-Native Journalists”…
Papa Noel airing on PBS this December Excited to announce Papa Noel, a documentary I helped produce, is airing on PBS in Louisiana this December. If you’re… Continue reading “Papa Noel airing on PBS this December”…
As Floods Become More Frequent, Climate Change Threatens Seminole Tribe of Florida Valholly Frank is 18 years old. She grew up in South Florida, spending her time between the Big Cypress Reservation,… Continue reading “As Floods Become More Frequent, Climate Change Threatens Seminole Tribe of Florida”…
Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Grateful to say I won the 2021 Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Award for Transportation Reporting. It’s my first award… Continue reading “Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists”…
Indigenous Foods Day It’s Time to Rename Thanksgiving Most people in North America do not know it was Abraham Lincoln who created the… Continue reading “Indigenous Foods Day”…
Reflecting on the Maine-Wabanaki Child Welfare TRC Commission Five Years Later The Wabanaki is both the People and the Place of First Light. Collectively they are the tribes: Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy,… Continue reading “Reflecting on the Maine-Wabanaki Child Welfare TRC Commission Five Years Later”…
What Truth and Reconciliation Looks Like in Practice Black Lives Matter protests have continued for months, in the wake of what feels like endless police violence. In fact,… Continue reading “What Truth and Reconciliation Looks Like in Practice”…
Fashion Is Quietly a Major Fossil Fuel Industry—Could a Sustainable Revolution Be Around the Corner? New York City is the fashion capital of the world. Its streets are peppered with influencers on Instagram photoshoots, its… Continue reading “Fashion Is Quietly a Major Fossil Fuel Industry—Could a Sustainable Revolution Be Around the Corner?”…
Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow I am honored to report I am an In These Times Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow! I will continue to… Continue reading “Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow”…
If you seek a progressive U.S. senate candidate this Midterm… I had an idea for an article earlier this week: I would look at some of the candidates challenging incumbents… Continue reading “If you seek a progressive U.S. senate candidate this Midterm…”…
Oklahoma’s Revolution OKLAHOMA—Oklahoma is in the midst of a revolution, with rolling teacher strikes statewide. Teachers have taken over the state capitol… Continue reading “Oklahoma’s Revolution”…