Justine Medina

Justine Medina

(Navajo, Winnebago, Menominee) Program Manager

Justine Medina (she/hers) is Navajo, Winnebago, Menominee and is from Tongva and Acjachemen Territory (Long Beach, CA). Justine is committed and passionate about serving her Native American community. At the age of 15 years old her community service began…

Sheena Roetman

Sheena Roetman

(Lakota) Education Manager

Sheena Roetman, Lakota, is the education manager for the Native American Journalists Association. Previously, Roetman spent six years as director of membership and programs at the Atlanta Press Club, as well as nearly 10 years as a freelance journalist.…

Sterling Cosper

Sterling Cosper

(Muscogee) Membership Manager

Muscogee citizen Sterling Cosper (he/him) is membership manager for the Native American Journalists Association, where he is a former a board member, and is former president of the Society of Professional Journalists, Oklahoma Chapter where he is still a…

Francine Compton

Francine Compton

(Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nations)

Francine Compton joins NAJA from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where she served as a producer for CBC Indigenous in Winnipeg. Before CBC, Compton served as executive producer for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN National News for eastern Canada…

Rebecca Landsberry-Baker

Rebecca Landsberry-Baker

(Muscogee) Executive Director

Rebecca Landsberry-Baker is the executive director of the Native American Journalists Association, which advocates for accurate representations of Indigenous people in media and press freedom throughout Indian Country. She is a former tribal media editor for the Muscogee Nation…

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