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Bryan Pollard
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Grant Operations Manager, Associated Press
Fayetteville, Monterey, San Francisco
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Biography
Bryan Pollard is the associate director and former president at the Native American Journalists Association. He recently completed a John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University, where he studied the value of an Indigenous free press and strategies to increase press freedom in Indian Country. Bryan is currently pursuing a master’s degree in journalism with emphasis in documentary filmmaking. His first film, A Shelter First, about the homelessness crisis in Northwest Arkansas was released in October 2018. He is a board member for High Country News, a nonprofit environmental and land use newsmagazine based in Colorado, and was instrumental in the development of its Indigenous Affairs desk. Prior to joining NAJA staff, he was the executive editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, the tribal news organization for the Cherokee Nation based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Phoenix was the first Native American newspaper originally published in 1828. Bryan is also the founding managing editor of Street Roots, a nonprofit newspaper focused on stories centering the homeless and low-income citizens of Portland, Oregon. Bryan was a certified high school teacher and taught journalism at Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school in Tahlequah. He has served as a mentor for numerous journalism workshops including the Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism, the Society of Professional Journalists Working Press, the UNITY News and the NAJA Native American Journalism Fellowship and Project Phoenix.
Indigenous Affairs
EDR, Threat Hunting, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence
Content
By Bryan Pollard| American Indian Magazine Verified Current Affairs More Than News: Indigenous Media Empowers Native Voices and Communities BY Bryan Pollard Indigenous people across North America depend on Native media outlets for essential information about their communities and tribal affairs.
By Bryan Pollard| Medium@ Tribal media across Indian Country can be found on many platforms, and all have the potential to empower authentic Indigenous perspectives. Tribal media has the power and potential to lift communitiesIndigenous people across Indian Country depend on tribal media outlets for essential news and information about their communities.
By Bryan Pollard| Medium@ JSK Fellowship to help develop and highlight resources to support tribal mediaIndependent and rigorous journalism among tribal media in Indian Country is the exception and not the norm. But as tribal economies — and tribal coffers — grow, so does the need for dedicated, ethical Indigenous journalists to tell the important stories of our successes and challenges. Unfettered tribal media have a critical role to play in realizing the aspiration of tribal self-determination.
Company Info
Associated Press
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