"The People's Newspaper" is a documentary that tells the story of the Navajo Times, a weekly newspaper that serves 300,000 people over three states (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah) and 27,413 square miles in the Southwest. Many residents of the reservation don’t have Internet service, so the paper is vital to the community. It is a powerful documentary directed by Eléonore Leo Hamelin and produced by Torsten Kjellstrand, Rob Finch, and Hamelin. "We were blessed with a gift to be a storyteller," says CEO/publisher Tom Arviso, Jr. "But you have to use it the right way." "The rest of the world’s telling their truths, you know, on behalf of their people, their communities, their cities, their countries. I feel proud that I’m able to do that for my home. For the Navajo Nation, for Dinétah," says Donovan Quintero in the documentary. Born and raised in the Navajo Nation, he loves journalism, writing as "a voice of the people," the Navajo people. "We know what we’re doing is the right thing," said Arviso, who has been with the paper for over 35 years. "This paper is not just a piece of paper with words on it. It actually takes on a life of its own. It’s how we think and feel, what we put into it. Our own thoughts, our tears, our smiles, our laughter. Every emotion goes into this newspaper. So when it goes out into the street, when it goes out into the newsstand, it’s a part of us that we’re sharing with our people.” This is the power of journalism. Watch: https://lnkd.in/d-T7qxQq Read: https://lnkd.in/d8Dc22Sk
This is a teaser. Kid Scoop has collaborated with one of our customers, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 Navajo Times, to produce a special page, details to come. During the interim, please, feel free to review the following post featuring Vernon Yazzie, the ad director at the paper. Please too, watch the short The New Yorker video. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗷𝗼 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 is the real deal! #newspapers #publishing #education #community #journalism PS 𝗞𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 is seen at the 13:13 mark on the video. It is a quick glimpse, but enough to do me proud. 😉
