Indigenous excellence, innovation brings ICT multiple NAJA awards
The National Native Media Awards recognized Indian Country Today for its strong national newscast and digital beat reporting
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Who starts a national television program during a pandemic? Indian Country Today.
Nearly 15 months ago, the multimedia enterprise saw a need to update Indigenous communities by television on the global crisis that changed every day. It started out as a weekly reporters’ roundtable and evolved into a daily newscast picked up by dozens of television stations nationally and internationally.
ICT’s newscast took first place for general excellence in TV for the 2021 National Native Media Awards, announced the National Native American Journalists Association on Wednesday. The newscast also got second for the best program for “Wash Your Hands – ICT Newscast with Ricardo Cate.”