Aliyah Chavez, reporter for KOAT Action 7 news, left, Darren Brown, senior content producer for Cheyenne & Arapaho Productions, top, and Native students working on an episode of Good Morning Indian Country at the journalism school at the University of Kansas, bottom (Photos by Matt Montoya/KOAT, Darren Brown and Melissa Greene-Blye).
Even as digital sources dominate the way people get their information, television news remains a go-to source for people looking to stay up-to-date. Representation on TV is a powerful medium to provide the public with a more rounded view of Native Americans. It’s a competitive and high-skilled line of work and we’ll talk to some talented Native professionals about what it takes to be in front of the camera.
