Covering Business on Tribal Lands: Self-guided training
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The free workshop, “Covering Business on Tribal Lands,” was originally held at the Native American Journalists Association Conference, July 13, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- How to find and dissect public documents on private companies
- Tips for analyzing the new Form 990
- How to understand the basics of nonprofits’ finances
- Tips for watching business trends and using techniques for reporting financial stories on tribal lands
Resources and tools offered in the presentations may also be used for broader business investigations.
YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Chris Roush, as the Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Scholar in business journalism, was named the Journalism Teacher of the Year for 2009 by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as the N.C. Professor of the Year in 2010 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Jodi Schneider joined the Washington bureau of Bloomberg News as the team leader and editor for tax policy in fall 2010. Previously, she was a senior editor for American Banker, deputy editor for economics and finance at Congressional Quarterly, an assistant managing editor at U.S. News & World Report, and local business editor at The Washington Post. She is a past president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and has taught journalism courses at the college level.
Marley Shebala is a senior reporter for the Navajo Times. Her investigations have led to the downfall of two Tribal presidents for misuse of finances and have garnered multiple awards. She is a three-time winner of the Native American Journalists Association’s Richard LaCourse Award for investigative reporting and was named Arizona Community Journalist of the Year by the Arizona Press Club.
Joan Timeche is the executive director of the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at The University of Arizona. She is a regular speaker at both regional and national conferences on topics related to Indian economic development and tourism, and is a recognized expert on doing business on Indian lands. A citizen of the Hopi Tribe from the village of Old Oraibi, she received her bachelor’s degree in social work and an M.B.A. from Northern Arizona University.
SELF-GUIDED LESSON
Take a look through the workshop session recording and resources below. At your own pace, you can walk through the self-guided lesson on how to pursue and write financial investigative stories with greater confidence – both on and off tribal lands.
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Session Recording
Joan Timeche provides insight into the history of business rules and regulations on tribal lands. Please excuse the brief audio issues throughout the video.
The following videos are from a previous daylong workshop, "Investigating Private Companies and Nonprofits." View the self-guided training here.
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PowerPoint Slideshows
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Additional Resources
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Instructors
Joan Timeche previously served as program director of NAU’s Center for American Indian Economic Development (CAIED) and co-executive director of the National Executive Education Program for Native American Leadership, a joint project of CAIED and Harvard University.
Chris Roush is the founding director of the Carolina Business News Initiative, which provides training for professional journalists and students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jodi Schneider received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Marley Shebala won a fellowship in 2003 to teach environmental journalism at the University of California at Berkeley and also served as the first news director of KTNN, a Navajo Nation radio station.
