Opinion: Mainstream media should cover Indian Country's good news more, including recovery from the pandemic

Kyle Edwards

The mainstream news media frequently did stories about pandemic disparities faced by Native Americans; they ought to cover tribes' recovery from the pandemic just as much, Kyle Edwards writes for NiemanReports. Edwards is a 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow and managing editor of Native News Online.

"It’s no secret that Native Americans receive very little national news coverage and are often simply erased from nationwide conversations about race in this country. (Take CNN’s usage of the phrase 'something else' to refer to voters who are not white, Latinx, Black or Asian during last year’s presidential election, for instance.)," Edwards writes. "But even when Native Americans do make national headlines, the reporting often relies on age-old stereotypes. The story becomes about our suffering, about all the problems that exist in our communities, or about how we stand in the way of America’s pipelines and its future." Read more here.