November marks National Native American Heritage Month, which pays tribute to the traditions and ancestry of Native Americans.
Many media organizations throughout the United States serve Native American populations and offer a wide variety of products and news that engage indigenous audiences, such as TV and radio broadcasts, digital and print newspapers and magazines — and some have taken innovative approaches to bringing in profit, such as offering graphic design and print services, or hosting events.
This month, we spoke to leaders of four media organizations that primarily serve Native American audiences to find out how they are innovating, growing their audience, and what they’re proud of in their contributions to journalism.
High Country News is a reader-supported nonprofit media organization that aims to “inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities.” First printed in 1970, HCN publishes a print and online magazine that has more than 36,000 subscribers. HCN covers news, special reports and books, and reports on political and ecological issues in regions including Alaska and the Northern Rockies, desert Southwest, Great Plains to the West Coast, as well as 12 Western states and “hundreds of Indigenous communities.” HCN’s executive director and publisher is Greg Hanscom.
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