Tentative Schedule as of July 22, 2025
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 – DAY 1
7:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Registration
8:30 -10:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony and Breakfast (open to all registered attendees)
10 – 11 a.m.
- Indigenizing Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries Reporting
- Social Media, Research and Sovereignty
- Covering Indigenous Environmental Justice
- How to Sell Your News Pitch to Traditional Media – sponsored by NBCUniversal
11 – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- NBCUniversal Sponsored Session
- Narrating Climate Change through Indigenous Storytelling
12:30 – 2 p.m. Lunch Break (on own)
2 – 3:30 p.m.
- Reporting on MMIP
- How to Write Your Memoir
- Backgrounding like a Boss with Investigative Reporters & Editors
- Visual Storytelling with Indigenous Communities – sponsored by The Associated Press
3:30 – 4 p.m. Break
4 – 5 p.m.
- Land Back: What Journalists need to know
- Narrative Audio Storytelling in Indian Country
- How Should Native Journalists Respond to Deliberate Misinformation?
- Designing Awareness: Creating an International Database on MMIWP
5- 5:15 p.m. Break
5:15 p.m. Shuttles to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
5:30 – 8 p.m. Opening Night Reception at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
7:30 – 8:15 p.m. Shuttles to Isleta
7:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Registration
7 – 8 a.m. Vinyasa Flow Yoga | Go Wa’ Lawn
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Indigenous Media Expo
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
- A New Era in Plant Medicine: Storytelling & Qualitative Data To Drive Healing
- Faces of the Diaspora: Covering your Indigenous Community from Afar
- Bringing Back the Buffalo: Can Indigenous Land and Species Management Save Us?
- Muscogee Voices: Student Journalists Covering Indigenous Communities
- Preserving our Stories in Real Time: Indigenous Journalists Oral History Archives
9:30 – 10 a.m. Break
10 – 11:30 a.m.
- Unveiling the Scars of Indian Boarding Schools
- Holistic Safety Clinic: How to Protect Yourself in an Increasingly Hostile Environment
- Using Signal for Secure Confidential Communication
- Indigiqueer Committee Presents: Building Better 2SLGBTQIA+ Coverage in your Newsroom
- Film Screening: SHE CRIED THAT DAY + Q&A
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. IJA Membership Luncheon (Ticketed event)
1 – 2 p.m.
- Q&A with the 2025 Indigenous Journalism Fellows
- The Demise of Indian Time: The Void left when an Indigenous Outlet Stops Reporting
- How to Write Stories Rooted in Scientific Research
- Covering Tribal and State Legislatures—Insights from Indigenous Affairs Reporters
- Building International Solidarity Among Indigenous Journalists as a Mental Health Strategy
2 – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 4 p.m.
- Reproductive Sovereignty in the Media
- How to Inspire the Next Generation of Native Journalists
- Film Screening: REMAINING NATIVE + Q&A
4 – 5 p.m. Speed Networking
5 -7 p.m. Film Screening: BLOOD & MYTH + Q&A – sponsored by Hulu
5 -7 p.m. Freelancer Happy Hour
7 – 8 a.m. Vinyasa Flow Yoga | Go Wa’ Lawn
8 a.m. – 1 p.m. // 5 -7 p.m. Registration
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Indigenous Media Expo | Grand Ballroom C
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
- How to Get (and Keep) Emerging Journalists in your Newsroom
- Indigenous Journalism Education in Canada
- Film Screening: THESE SACRED HILLS + Q&A
9:30 – 10 a.m. Break
10 – 11 a.m.
- Law Enforcement Surveillance Technologies and Indigenous Communities
- Climate Visual Storytelling: Skills for Amplifying Indigenous Narratives
- Going into the Weeds: Strategies and Tools to Guide Tribal Hemp and Cannabis Reporting
- What Journalism School Didn’t Teach Me
11 – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Designing Entrepreneurship Systems that Work for You
- The Wandering Toolkit: Creating a Tribal Safety Net to Address Wandering Persons – sponsored by AARP
- Voting on Tribal Lands: Advancing Voting Rights with Data
- Tribal Media Outlets are Better than Non-NDN Newsrooms
12:30 – 2 p.m. MacArthur Foundation Listening Session (Limited seating available; Pre-registration is required.)
5 – 6 p.m. President’s Reception, Silent Auction, Indigenous Media Expo and Photo Booth
6 – 9 p.m. Indigenous Media Awards Banquet (Ticketed event)
Thursday, August 14, 2025 Expo: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, August 15, 2025 Expo: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.