Rebecca Landsberry-Baker is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and executive director of the Indigenous Journalists Association. She is a recipient of the 2018 NCAIED “Native American 40 Under 40” award, the 2023 Local Champion Award from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the 2023 Gerald Sass Distinguished Service Award from AEJMC.

Landsberry-Baker made her directorial debut with the documentary feature film, BAD PRESS, which is supported by the Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, and NBC. The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and received the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression.

She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma where she studied public relations and Native American studies at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Strategic Communication. She is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is based in Los Angeles with deep ties to her tribe and home in Oklahoma.