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NAJA Honors Indian Country Today with Six Awards for Journalism Excellence

Story Created: Aug 9, 2010 at 1:16 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 12:52 PM EST

Indian Country Today (ICT) racked up six awards and one honorable mention at the 26th Annual Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) Awards Banquet held July 23 in St. Paul, Minn.   Following is a list of those honors:

 

Best Layout Categories / Broadsheet                        First Place—ICT

Best Layout Categories / Newsletter                         Hon. Mention—ICT  Education Insider

General Excellence Categories for Daily/Weekly       Third Place—ICT

Best Column Categories         -Daily/Weekly             First Place—Valerie Taliman, columnist, ICT

                                                                                    (“Selling the Sacred”)

Best Column Categories-Daily /Weekly                     Third Place—Katsi Cook, columnist, ICT

                                                                                    (“At the Center, Native Women”)

Best News Story Categories-Daily/Weekly                Second Place—Rob Capriccioso, staff writer, ICT

                                                                                    (“First Lady’s Interior Visit Highlights

                                                                                     Lack of Native Press Access”)

Best Environmental Story Categories-Daily/Weekly First Place—Terri Hansen, correspondent, ICT

                                                                                    (“Climate Change, Drought transforming

                                                                                     Navajo’s Dunescape to Dust Bowl”)

                                                                                               

Owned by the Oneida Indian Nation, ICT is the country’s leading American Indian news and opinion source known for its award-winning reporting, incisive analysis and pointed commentary. ICT delivers the news and opinion in many formats—from the traditional hard copy of the national weekly paper to RSS feeds, a web 2.0- interactive website (www.indiancountrytoday.com) with 24,000 unique visitors a week, a digital version as a pdf and audio programs, as well as posting news and opinion on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. ICT also annually produces several Indian Country magazines on topics such as destinations and education.

 

 

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