NAJA’s 2010 Media Awards – Indian Country Today wins six

Posted by Terri Hansen on 8/11/10 • Categorized as culture,environment,indigenous peoples

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Indian Country Today won six Native American Journalist Association’s 2010 Media Awards plus an Honorable Mention.

Terri Hansen’s story, “Climate Change, Drought Transforming Navajo’s Dunescape to Dust Bowl,” won First Place Best Environmental Story in the daily/weekly category. I am honored and humbled. (Deb Krol won First Place Best Environmental Story in the monthly category, for her story in High Country News.) With congratulations to all the winners, here’s ICT’s winning lineup:

Best Layout Categories / Broadsheet – First Place—Indian Country Today

Best Layout Categories / Newsletter – Honorable Mention—ICT Education Insider

General Excellence Categories Daily/Weekly – Third Place—Indian Country Today

Best News Story Categories in a Daily/Weekly – Second Place—Rob Capriccioso, staff writer, Indian Country Today (“First Lady’s Interior Visit Highlights Lack of Native Press Access”)

Best Column Categories Daily/Weekly – First Place—Valerie Taliman, columnist, Indian Country Today (“Selling the Sacred”)

Best Column Categories Daily /Weekly – Third Place—Katsi Cook, columnist, Indian Country Today (“At the Center, Native Women”)

Best Environmental Story Categories Daily/Weekly First Place—Terri Hansen, correspondent, Indian Country Today

Congratulations to Indian Country Today editors Ken Polisse and Randi Rourke, and to ALL of this year’s winners!

Visit the Native American Journalists Association Awards page to see a listing of all the winners, here. And to its members, NAJA says thank you for making the 2010 Native Nations Media Conference a success:

We would like to thank all of our members, presenters, mentors, students and everyone else who contributed to our successful 2010 conference. It was great to see new and familiar faces in St. Paul, and we look forward to meeting with you all again next year!

Thank you!