Native American Newspaper Career Conference mentors

04.05.04

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The Native American Newspaper Career Conference, held each Spring at the Crazy Horse Memorial in Custer, S.D., partners professional journalists with high school and tribal college students. Mentors and speakers at the 2004 conference include:

Kevin Abourezk, Native-issues reporter, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star

Dan Agent, editor, Cherokee Phoenix, Tahlequah, Okla.

Mary Arnold, Journalism Department head, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Chuck Baldwin, editorial-page editor, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Randell Beck, executive editor, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls. S.D.

George Benge, news executive, Gannett Co., Inc., McLean, Va.

Ken Blackbird, photographer, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star

David Bordewyk, general manager, South Dakota Newspaper Association, Brookings, S.D.

Mark Boswell, graphics artist, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

Ray Chavez, Journalism Department chairman, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.

Don Doll, professor, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.

Charlie Fast Horse, Lakota artist and Medicine Man, Rapid City, S.D.

Rich Foster, programs director, Freedom Forum's Newseum, Arlington, Va.

Lucy Ganje, graphics professor, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Arnold Garson, publisher, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Doris Giago, associate professor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Tim Giago, publisher and editor, Lakota Journal, Rapid City, S.D.

Tena Haraldson, chief of bureau, The Associated Press, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Justin Hayworth, photographer, Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune

Ron His Horse Is Thunder, president, Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates, N.D.

Val Hoeppner, photo editor, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.

David A. House, senior editor/reader advocate, Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram

Jim Johnson, news editor, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star

Frank King, publisher, Native Voice, Rapid City, S.D.

Norma Kneese, chair of Multicultural Commission, Journalism Education Association, Blackfoot, Idaho

Elaine Kulhanek, executive editor, Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

Jack Marsh, executive director, Freedom Forum's Al Neuharth Media Center, Vermillion, S.D.

Denny McAuliffe, professor, School of Journalism, University of Montana, Missoula

Barbara McCormack, programs manager, Freedom Forum's Newseum, Arlington, Va.

Marrles Moore, Sicangu Lakota minister, Mission, S.D.

Charles Najacht, publisher, Custer County Chronicle and Hill City Prevailer, Custer, S.D.

Al Neuharth, founder, Freedom Forum and USA TODAY

David Pego, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Dottie Potter, associate editor, Lakota Journal, Rapid City, S.D.

Seth Prince, copy editor, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.

John Shurr, chief of bureau, The Associated Press, Columbia, S.C.

Jomay Steen, reporter, Rapid City (S.D.) Journal

Le Nora Trahant, free-lance journalist

Marty Two Bulls, graphics editor, Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Ron Walters, executive director, Native American Journalists Association, Vermillion, S.D.

Pauline Webb, editor, Eagle Butte (S.D.) News

Jadwiga Ziolkowski, executive vice president, Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, Crazy Horse, S.D.

Ruth Ziolkowski, CEO and president, Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, Crazy Horse, S.D.