Winners should submit any requested award corrections via email to jmedina@naja.com with the winner’s division, category, outlet, entrant name and corrected information no later than Monday, June 30.
Second Place
Shannon Mitchell, Wendy Witt, Crystal Mzhickteno, Ryan Roberts
Meskwaki Nation Times
First Place
Napatsi Folger, Jessica MacDonald, Erin Sylvester, Melissa Kawaguchi, Emily Lawrence, Tiffany Raddi, Maegan Fidelino, Alysa Procida
Inuit Art Quarterly
First Place
Amelia Schafer
A Civil Rights Investigation found Native students were discriminated against in Rapid City. How will the district adapt?
Rapid City Journal and ICT
Second Place
Ryan Craig
Reservation to reservation run challenges dedication runner
Yakama Nation Review
Third Place
Ryan Craig
Bilingual basketball camp weaves Ichishkiin and sports
Yakama Nation Review
Second Place
Bella Davis
New Mexico’s response to a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people
New Mexico IN Depth
Second Place
Noel Lyn Smith
Environmental Coverage of the on going legacy of Uranium Mining
Inside Climate News
Second Place
Cara McKenna
Families of MMIWG face off with supporters of ‘comedy’ group behind Pickton shirt
IndigiNews
Third Place
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton
Faces of the Diaspora Series: Telling the Mo’olelo of Native Hawaiians in the Diaspora
Ka Wai Ola
First Place
Shondiin Silversmith
My firsthand experience with the unique barriers to voting that face Indigenous Arizonans
The Arizona Mirror
First Place
Melanie Henshaw
Tribal citizens face health disparities, improper medical debt
InvestigateWest
Second Place
Nika Bartoo-Smith, Luna Reyna
Holistic Approaches to Substance Use Disorders and Wellness
Underscore Native News + ICT
Third Place
Ka’nhehsí:io Deer
CBC Indigenous – The place where they heal us
CBC
First Place
Melissa Olson
Radio / Excellence with Beat Reporting: Tribal Cannabis in Minnesota
MPR News
Third Place
Andi Murphy
“The Menu on Native America Calling” covering Indigenous food
Native America Calling
First Place
Bella Davis – Host / Producer, Benjamin Yazza – Director/producer, Joey Dunn – Camera crew, Noah Eichstaedt – Camera Crew, Jeff Proctor – Executive producer
Gaza looms over election for some Native people
New Mexico In Depth and NMPBS/New Mexico In Focus
- Ben LaPoe, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
- Benny Polacca, Osage News
- Brian Bull, KLCC
- Brittany Guyot, APTN
- Chelsea Curtis, Arizona Luminaria
- Chris Picciuolo, O’Odham Action News
- Cullen Crozier, APTN
- Debra Krol, Arizona Republic
- Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press
- Frank Robertson, South Dakota State University