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‘Great reporting in Washington is about cutting through the bureaucratic maze.’

Some reporters didn’t understand the implications of tribal sovereignty when they went to the Red Lake Indian Reservation to report this story.

‘… access would be easier to achieve if reporters had been there to cover some of the more routine stories that had taken place on the reservation.’

A reporter returns home—to a troubled reservation—to write about what happened to its land and people.

‘I asked the council politely, “What is the role of this board? Will you be looking over and deciding what news goes to print?”

With The Associated Press offering an ‘optional lead,’ questions arise about the handling of yesterday’s news.

Those who tell Indian people’s stories are ‘expected to be truthful, responsible, accurate and excellent communicators.’

‘… the greater velocity of information today multiplies the opportunities for confusing and misleading the public.’

A photojournalist on assignment uncovers dormant feelings about his past and the South.

Students who didn’t read newspapers started doing so, and before long they knew a lot about journalism and were inventing news outlets of their own.