During the super session for #SPJ2020 I was asked what is major media missing when reporting on your community. I used COViD-19 as an example where publications were writing the same thing about Navajo Nation’s lack of water infrastructure. https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-water-contested-water-settlements-inflamed-the-navajo-nations-health-crisis

I said all the articles started to run together and sound the same. So I cited @wahgraphy’s piece here where it explains one of the major factors as to why Navajo Nation lacks water. I said we all know we have water issues and it took a pandemic for the world to realize it, but

this article explains one major reason as to why NN lacks water.

So pressed for time in this session, I wasn’t able to finish what I wanted to say. I was going to say it takes a Navajo community member to shed light on this, so it’s not surprising major media missed it.