Minnie Two Shoes award to celebrate Tribal media professionals
NORMAN, Okla. – The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA), announced the Minnie Two Shoes Award For Excellence in Tribal Media during the 2024 Indigenous Media Awards (IMA) banquet on July 27 at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City.
The Minnie Two Shoes Award celebrates the hard work of tribal media professionals who keep our communities engaged, informed and connected. It recognizes a journalist who has shown tenacity in pursuing stories that matter to the people they serve. Tribal media is defined as a local newspaper, radio or TV station, digital outlet that focuses primarily on one tribal community (ie. Sho-Ban News, Mvskoke Media, Navajo Times, Cheyenne and Arapaho Productions).
IJA is now accepting nominations for the inaugural Minnie Two Shoes award in the 2025 Indigenous Media Awards call for nominations.
There is no entry fee for this category and there is no cost to nominate a member for this award. Entrants/nominees must be current IJA members and tribal media employees. The award comes with a cash prize of $1,000.
This award would not be possible without the support from the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). The IWMF has graciously donated $5,000 to IJA to honor an individual awardee over the next five years.
“Minnie Two Shoes made an unwavering impact on the world with her humor and ability to ask the right questions. Today, her courage to push for the truth through journalism still inspires those working to create better media outcomes for Indigenous people. It is the IWMF’s honor to stand behind her work and those that are willing to keep her legacy alive through their own journey in journalism,” said veteran Indigenous journalist Tara Gatewood, Isleta Pueblo and Diné, International Women’s Media Foundation Director for the Fund for Indigenous Journalists Reporting on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Girls Two-Spirit and Transgender People.
