Guwadzi(GREETINGS)

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I'm Jenni Monet, an investigative journalist, media critic, and author of the weekly newsletter, Indigenously: Decolonizing Your Newsfeed.

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I've been reporting from Indian Country for as long as I've been a journalist, from the coups d' état on Jicarilla Apache lands in the late '90s to the dramatic demonstrations at Standing Rock a few years ago where I was arrested while on assignment and later acquitted. At every step, telling our story has been a struggle to fit in the colonized press.

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I got my start as a broadcaster for CBS News affiliates then segue-wayed into public TV and radio including a stint at National Native News.  Along the way, I  made a few indie docs, returned to school, and moved to the Middle East to cover global affairs for Al Jazeera where I also traveled throughout the Indigenous world.  

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I've been working independently since 2015, where my award-winning reporting has been published by such outlets as The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Center for Investigative Reporting, and PBS NewsHour to name a few. My media criticism also appears frequently in the Columbia Journalism Review.  At times, I can also be seen and heard discussing Indigenous affairs for a variety of media outlets.

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I hold an MA in international politics from Columbia Journalism School with a concentration in Indigenous human rights policy.  I'm a founding member of the Indigenous Media Caucus and reside on my ancestral homelands in the American Southwest where I'm Kawaik'a, a tribal citizen of Laguna Pueblo, Big Turkey clan. 

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I accept queries for consulting and speaking engagements. And as always, I welcome your story ideas and news tips. Please email me. Dawaa'e (Thank you).