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Claim your profileShondiin Silversmith is an award-winning Native journalist based on the Navajo Nation. Silversmith has covered Indigenous communities for more than 10 years and covers Arizona's 22 federally recognized Tribal Nations, as well as national and international Indigenous issues. Her digital, print and audio stories have been published by USA TODAY, The Arizona Republic, Navajo Times, The GroundTruth Project, and PRX's "The World." Silversmith earned her master's degree in journalism and mass communication in Boston before moving back to Arizona to continue reporting stories on Indigenous communities. She is a member of the Native American Journalist Association and has made it a priority in her career to advocate, pitch, and develop stories surrounding Indigenous communities in the newsrooms she works in.
Master Of Arts, Journalism at Northeastern UniversityGraduated: 2017
Bachelor Of Arts, Communication, Writing at The University Of New MexicoGraduated: 2013
Associate Of Arts, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts at Dine CollegeGraduated: 2009