ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Cherokee Phoenix staff members were among more than 100 Native news experts who offered their knowledge on panels during the Indigenous Journalists Association’s annual media conference.
IJA’s conference was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Aug. 13-15, attracting hundreds of journalists from the United States and beyond.
PRESERVING NATIVE VOICES
During a seminar titled “Preserving Our Stories in Real Time,” the Cherokee Phoenix – founded in 1828 as the first Native American newspaper in the United States – was represented by longtime staff member and current Assistant Editor Will Chavez, a citizen of both the Cherokee Nation and San Felipe Pueblo tribe based in New Mexico…