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2004 Winners

Aho! I wanted to thank all of you who helped to make UNITY 2004 a great convention. I am honored to have been selected by the NAJA board to be president for the coming year - and I have no doubt we will make the 2005 convention in Lincoln, Neb., one to remember. Read More

NAJA Headlines

• NAJA Honors Al Neuharth
  The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) will honor journalist and media icon Al Neuharth for his lifelong commitment to diversity at the 61st annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Oct. 11, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Neuharth, founder and senior advisory chairman of the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people, will be recognized for his ongoing efforts to advance Native American journalism in the mainstream media.
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• NAJA Elects a New President
  Dan Lewerenz, an Associated Press correspondent in State College, PA., and member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, was elected president of the Native American Journalists Association on Aug 8 by the organization’s board of directors. NAJA’s board met at the conclusion of the UNITY Journalists of Color convention in Washington. Full News Release
  
  
• NAJAreacts to the Outkast performance
  Where is the coverage?
  For more than a week now, Native people across the United States and Canada have expressed their outrage over the stereotyped Outkast performance at the 46th Grammy Awards. The Native media did an admirable job of covering the controversy, but in contrast to the wall-to-wall coverage generated by Janet Jackson's halftime show, the Outkast performance has raised barely a whisper among the mainstream media. Native people again find themselves out of sight, out of mind.
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• Diversity Summit Addresses Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Radio and Television Newsrooms
  The Radio-Television News Directors Association and UNITY: Journalists of Color convened an historic meeting in New York on Friday, January 9, 2004, to examine the disturbing decline in racial and ethnic representation in the nation’s local broadcast newsrooms. In attendance were the presidents of four network news divisions and senior executives of major television and radio ownership groups, as well as representatives of RTNDA, UNITY and its four partner organizations representing journalists of color.
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• NCAI passes a Tribal Free Press Resolution
  On Nov 21, 2003, the governing council for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed a resolution supporting a Free and Independent Native Press. The resolution, sponsored by Lisa and Frank King III, encourages all tribal nations to adopt policies, which ensure Freedom of the Press and further calls upon all tribal governments to pass similar policies that allow the unrestricted flow of information concerning news and news events. As an active member of the Native American Journalists Association, Frank King, said the resolution was a perfect fit for NAJA’s ongoing efforts in the fight for a free and unfettered press in Indian country.
  Resolution ABQ 03-042   NCAI Website
  
  
• Champions of the Tribal Free Press
  Navajo Times Publishing, Inc. and the Navajo Nation Council champion the fight for a free press in Indian country. The Native American Journalists Association wishes to recognize the efforts of Tom Arviso, Jr., his staff and the Navajo Nation Council on this ever-important victory for Native people and their respective communities.
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NAJA Members On the Move

• An American Indian in Tokyo
  Marc Denny, an American Indian from Wisconsin and past participant in the NAJA student newspaper projects, shares his native journalism style with readers in Japan. Denny, a member of Oneida Tribe and current member of the Native American Journalists Association, lives in Tokyo and works as a senior editor at the International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun. He believes the key to success for many Native Americans is education and persistence.
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• The Hunt for the Truth
  Frank J. King III publishes The Native Voice in Rapid City, S.D.  At 36, he is the youngest Native American publisher in the country.  King began his journalism career at Indian Country Today in 1995 and said journalism to him is all about trust and integrity.
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