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Indian Country Today Media Network is a weekly U.S. newsmagazine
that is the primary national news source for Natives, American Indians, and Tribes in the U.S. and Alaska. The ICT Media Network revealed their new online multi-media news platform in January 2011; it is a daily, hourly, or "as news breaks" online publication that now reaches 48,000 readers weekly. ICT's Media Network has a lesser yet significant Canadian and worldwide readership, which is increasing with their recruitment of journalists based in the regions they cover: Canadian First Nations, South and Latin American Indigenous Peoples, Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals and Indigenous Peoples in all corners of the world. The newsmagazine was the next revolution that followed a well-established newsprint weekly that described itself as "The Nations' Leading American Indian News Source." The newsmagazine and online platform carry original news reporting on issues of interest to the former newspaper's Native American readers.
The newspaper was founded in 1981 by Tim Giago
, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
but independent of tribal government. In 1998, he sold the paper to Four Directions Media, Inc., which is owned and operated by the Oneida
Nation of New York. The newspaper was headquartered in Canastota, New York
until 2011, when operations were moved to New York City. Gale Courey Toensing and Rob Capriccioso
serve as staff reporters.
n President
Thabo Mbeki
in a letter to the ANC Today
, published by the African National Congress
.
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...
that is the primary national news source for Natives, American Indians, and Tribes in the U.S. and Alaska. The ICT Media Network revealed their new online multi-media news platform in January 2011; it is a daily, hourly, or "as news breaks" online publication that now reaches 48,000 readers weekly. ICT's Media Network has a lesser yet significant Canadian and worldwide readership, which is increasing with their recruitment of journalists based in the regions they cover: Canadian First Nations, South and Latin American Indigenous Peoples, Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals and Indigenous Peoples in all corners of the world. The newsmagazine was the next revolution that followed a well-established newsprint weekly that described itself as "The Nations' Leading American Indian News Source." The newsmagazine and online platform carry original news reporting on issues of interest to the former newspaper's Native American readers.
The newspaper was founded in 1981 by Tim Giago
Tim Giago
Tim Giago, also known as Nanwica Kciji , is an American Oglala Lakota journalist and publisher. In 1981, he founded the Lakota Times at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where he was born and grew up. It was the first independently owned Native American newspaper in the United States. In 1991...
, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala Sioux Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was established in 1889 in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border...
but independent of tribal government. In 1998, he sold the paper to Four Directions Media, Inc., which is owned and operated by the Oneida
Oneida tribe
The Oneida are a Native American/First Nations people and are one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the area of upstate New York...
Nation of New York. The newspaper was headquartered in Canastota, New York
Canastota, New York
Canastota is a village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 4,425 at the 2000 census.The Village of Canastota is in the south part of the Town of Lenox.- History :...
until 2011, when operations were moved to New York City. Gale Courey Toensing and Rob Capriccioso
Rob Capriccioso
Rob Capriccioso is the Washington D.C. Bureau Chief for Indian Country Today Media Network. An enrolled citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, he covers the White House, the United States Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, and...
serve as staff reporters.
Hurricane Katrina
In 2005, an Indian Country Today editorial, titled "Hurricane Katrina Uncovers a Tale of Two Americas" , was quoted by South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n President
President of South Africa
The President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africa's Constitution. From 1961 to 1994, the head of state was called the State President....
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...
in a letter to the ANC Today
ANC Today
ANC Today is a weekly web-based newsletter that is published by the African National Congress. It mainly consists of updates on current programmes and initiatives of the ANC, and usually features a column by the ex-president of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki. It is one of the few major online publications...
, published by the African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
.
Writers, editors, and contributors
The names below are from Indian Country Today's list of contributors- Mark FogartyNational Mortgage NewsNational Mortgage News is a weekly newspaper covering the mortgage sector in the United States. Its editorial director is Mark Fogarty, and its publisher is Tim Murphy. National Mortgage News is owned by SourceMedia.-History:...
- Lisa Gale GarriguesLisa Gale GarriguesLisa Gale Garrigues, also published as Lisa Garrigues, is a California writer, journalist, poet, and photographer who covered South America and is a contributing editor for YES! Magazine...
- John Hamblett
- Environment and Science reporter Terri Crawford HansenTerri Crawford HansenTerri Crawford Hansen is a Native American journalist who focuses on environmental and scientific issues affecting North American tribal and worldwide indigenous communities...
- Jodi Rave
- Mark TrahantMark TrahantMark Trahant is an independent print and broadcast journalist. He writes a weekly column and posts often on Twitter . Trahant was a reporter on the PBS series, Frontline, with a story called "The Silence," about sexual abuse by clergy in Alaska. Trahant was recently a Kaiser Media Fellow. At the...