About Us

ICT

An independent, nonprofit news enterprise.

Mission

IndiJ Public Media honors our ancestors and future generations through stories that make Indigenous peoples come alive.

ICT is an independent, nonprofit, multimedia news enterprise. We reach audiences through our digital platform and as a broadcast carried via public television stations.

ICT covers Indigenous peoples.

ICT is owned by IndiJ Public Media, a 501 (c)(3) public charity under federal law that sustains itself with funding from members, donors, foundations, and supporters. ICT also has a variety of advertising, sponsorship, and underwriting opportunities.

IndiJ Public Media's board of directors

President Karen Lincoln Michel, Ho-Chunk Larry EchoHawk, Pawnee Rhonda Le Valdo, Acoma Pueblo Jeanne Givens, Coeur d’Alene Wayne Ducheneaux, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Jessica Skye Paul, Nez Perce

Chairman Derrick Beetso, Navajo Nation
Karen Michel, Ho-Chunk
Rhonda Le Valdo, Acoma Pueblo
Jeanne Givens, Coeur d’Alene
Jessica Skye Paul, Nez Perce and Lakota
Holly Cook Macarro, Red Lake Band of Ojibwe
Natasha Moore, Atka Aleut

Founder

ICT was founded as the Lakota Times newspaper by Tim Giago, Oglala Lakota, on July 9, 1981. The publication was based in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Background reading:
— A Letter From The Editor: Indian Country Today Enters a New Stage
— ICT at 40: 'We reported like Indians, from the ground up'
— ‘Don’t be afraid to stand up,’ the legacy of Tim Giago
— ‘Exciting time’ as new editor to lead ICT

Pictured: The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. — (Photo: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU)

ICT offices

Phoenix headquarters
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
555 N Central Avenue, Suite 500
Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Washington bureau, ICT
Cronkite News Washington Bureau
Arizona State University
1800 St NW
Washington, DC 20006

Alaska bureau, ICT
Gould Hall
Alaska Pacific University
4101 University Dr
Anchorage, AK 99508

Mountain bureau, ICT
University of Montana School of Journalism
Don Anderson Hall
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812

Staff

Karen Michel, Ho-Chunk
Chief Executive Officer, IndiJ Public Media
kmichel@ictnews.org

Sky Vasquez, Bishop Paiute
Managing Director
svasquez@ictnews.org

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Diné
Executive Editor
jourdan@ictnews.org

Ebonye Delaney
Executive Producer
ebonye@ictnews.org

Laura Fuentes
Finance Director
laura@ictnews.org

Heather Donovan
Senior Director of Revenue
hdonovan@ictnews.org
Reach out for advertising inquiries

Courtney Habrock
Account Executive

Riley Mowatt, Comanche
Tribal Program Manager
riley@ictnews.org

Nick Roberts
Development Director
nroberts@ictnews.org

Haley Martinez
Assistant Development Director
haley@ictnews.org

Sasha Keenan
Marketing Manager
akeenan@ictnews.org

Janee' Doxtator-Andrews, Oneida Nation
Audience Development Director
janee'@ictnews.org

Bree Yeung
Human Resources Generalist
bree@ictnews.org

Jacki Foster, Chickasaw
Executive Assistant
jacki@ictnews.org

Kevin Abourezk, Rosebud Sioux
Deputy Managing Editor
kevin@ictnews.org

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock
Managing Innovator
marktrahant@ictnews.org

Dianna Hunt, Cherokee Nation descent
National Editor/Coach
dianna@ictnews.org

Kolby KickingWoman, Blackfeet/Gros Ventre
Montana Bureau Chief
kolby@ictnews.org

Luna Reyna, Little Shell Chippewa and Mexican
Northwest Bureau Chief, ICT + Underscore
luna@ictnews.org

Joaqlin Estus, Tlingit
Alaska Bureau Chief
jestus@ictnews.org

Mary Annette Pember, Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe
National Correspondent
mapember@ictnews.org

Pauly Denetclaw, Diné
Political Correspondent (Washington, DC)
pauly@ictnews.org

Kalle Benallie, Navajo Nation
Reporter-Producer
kalle@ictnews.org

Nika Bartoo-Smith, Osage and Oneida Nations descendent
Reporter, ICT + Underscore
nika@ictnews.org

Amelia Schafer, Wampanoag and Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation descent
Reporter, ICT + Rapid City Journal (Lee Enterprises)
amelia@ictnews.org

Felix Clary, Chickasaw
Reporter, ICT + Tulsa World (Lee Enterprises)
felix@ictnews.org

Shondiin Mayo, Koyukon Athabascan and Diné
ICT/IJA Graduate Fellow
shondiin@ictnews.org

Stewart Huntington
Reporter-Producer
stewart@ictnews.org

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota
Senior Producer, ICT Newscast
shirley@ictnews.org

Quindrea Yazzie, Navajo Nation
Newscast Editor, ICT Newscast
qyazzie@ictnews.org

Daniel Herrera Carbajal
Newscast Editor, ICT Newscast
daniel@ictnews.org

Pacey Smith-Garcia, Weminuche Band of Ute
Production Assistant, ICT Newscast
pacey@ictnews.org

Opinion Editorials

Voices in our "Opinion" vertical represent a variety of reader points of view. If you would like to contribute to ICT, email opinion@ictnews.org.

More information about our guidelines here: Submission guidelines.

Press Releases

We also post press releases of interest to our readers. Please include a photograph. To submit a press release for publication (The Press Pool) send to pressrelease@ictnews.org.

Freelance Submissions

ICT has a limited budget for freelance material from stories, photo essays, nonfiction graphic novels, videos, and broadcast packages. To pitch a potential story, send an email to editor@ictnews.org and kevin@ictnews.org.

Native Media

We welcome tribal media to publish their content with us. Email the text and multimedia components to managingeditor@ictnews.org.

Republication

Our policy is that our content is free for republication (ICT byline, photos or video). We believe in being a public service. Tribal radio stations can download the ICT Newscast from the ICT Soundcloud. Feel free to reach out to digital or broadcast if you need a photo or video that is difficult to download from the website.

Editorial independence policy

ICT is committed to being transparent in the financial support it receives while also ensuring it maintains its editorial independence as a news organization.

The company is a nonprofit, public charity with 501(c)(3) status. IndiJ Public Media operates as a public trust, we do not pay certain taxes. We may receive funds from standard government programs offered to nonprofits or similar businesses.

We subscribe to standards of editorial independence adopted by the Institute for Nonprofit News, and add “tribes” to the sources from which we accept gifts, grants and sponsorships:

Our organization retains full authority over editorial content to protect the best journalistic and business interests of our organization. We maintain a firewall between news coverage decisions and sources of all revenue. Acceptance of financial support does not constitute implied or actual endorsement of donors or their products, services or opinions.

We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the general support of our activities, but our news judgments are made independently and not on the basis of donor support.

Our organization may consider donations to support the coverage of particular topics, but our organization maintains editorial control of the coverage. We will cede no right of review or influence of editorial content, nor of unauthorized distribution of editorial content.

Our organization will make public all donors who give a total of $5,000 or more per year. We will accept anonymous donations for general support only if it is clear that sufficient safeguards have been put into place that the expenditure of that donation is made independently by our organization and in compliance with INN's Membership Standards.

Quindrea Yazzie and Daniel Herrera direct the ICT Newscast. — Quindrea Yazzie and *Daniel Herrera* direct the ICT Newscast.

Donors

Thank you to our individual donors. In 2021 more than 7,335 individual donors contributed an average of $32.71 for a total of $236,632.

You can make a donation here.

ICT receives major support from ($10,000 and more)

Bay and Paul Foundations

Walton Family Foundation

Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

MRG Foundation

News Match (via Institute for Nonprofit News)

NoVo Foundation

Solutions Journalism

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

American Journalism Project

Yellow Chair Foundation

Henry Luce Foundation

The Christensen Fund

Schwab Charitable Funds

Major individual and Phoenix 100 donors (at least $5,000)

Karen Michel

Mark and Holly Macarro

Yvonne Bushyhead

Tribal Solutions Group

Mark Trahant

First Alaskans Institute

Cedar Tree Foundation

Kirk Ahlberg

2023 Impact Report

Corrections policy

ICT strives to be as accurate as possible. Corrections should be made in the original story. The deck headline should note that a correction has been added. In the story there should be an explanation about why that correction was made. The error should not be repeated, but explain the circumstances to the reader.