Produced by IMPACS in Arabic, English and French. This handbook is the result of ongoing thinking about the seminal role that professional training for media organizations and reporters can play in emerging democracies.

Tex Hall was president of the National Congress of American Indians twice, founded in 1944. Hall is chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation in North Dakota and lives in New Town, N.D.

Daniel Sumner directs the University of California Agricultural Issues Center in Davis, Calif.

David A. Bositis is a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank in Washington, D.C., that focuses on public policy issues of concern to African-Americans. He runs the center’s National Opinion Poll, which samples African-Americans as well as the general population. He is a source for statistics […]

Joseph Martin, a Menominee, was president of the National Native American Bar Association in 2005.

Published by the International Federation of Journalists in English and Arabic.

Mechel “Mickey” Paggi directs the Center for Agricultural Business at California State University, Fresno.

A story on President Bush’s proposal of $1.9 billion in aid to students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Buffy Sainte-Marie, who is Cree, is a singer, composer, artist and educator. She founded and operates the Nihewan Foundation for Native American Education.