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NAJA Honors Indian Country Today with Six Awards for Journalism Excellence - 8/3/10

Story Created: Aug 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM EST

Story Updated: Aug 3, 2010 at 11:32 AM 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. About the Oneida Indian Nation The Oneida Indian Nation is a federally recognized Indian nation in Central New York. A founding member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations or Iroquois Confederacy), the Oneida Indian Nation sided with the Americans in the Revolutionary War and was thanked by Congress and President George Washington for its loyalty and assistance. Today, the Oneida Nation consists of about 1,000 enrolled Members, most of them living in Central New York. The Nation’s enterprises, which employ nearly 5,000 people, include Turning Stone Resort and Casino, the SāvOn chain of gas stations and convenience stores, a 3,200 Angus beef and crop farm, several retail outlets, Indian Country Today and a 3D animation/HD cinematography studio. Proceeds from these enterprises are used to rebuild the Nation’s economic base and provide essential services, including housing, health care, and education incentives and programs, to its Members. -30-

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