Columnist Mark Trahant has over 30 years of experience in journalism, editing and reporting on a wide range of topics, as well as specializing in Indian Country news. He’s a former President of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), and is the Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
In the past he’s been the Chairman of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, a columnist for The Seattle Times, an editor and publisher at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, an executive news editor at The Salt Lake Tribune, and a reporter at the Arizona Republic. He was a Kaiser Media Fellow in 2009 and 2010, writing about health care reform focused on existing programs such as the Indian Health Service (IHS).
His work recently appeared on the PBS series Frontline, in a story called “The Silence”, about sexual abuse by clergy in Alaska. He also keeps a blog at trahantreports.org.
Trahant is a citizen of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
Columnist and Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage
Areas of Expertise: Native American & Alaska Native news and policy, Health Policy, Affordable Care Act in Indian Country, Journalism
Location:Fort Hall, ID
Contact Information:
Phone: (206) 200-8213
Email: mntrahant@mac.com
Heard on NPR’s Talk of the Nation: Do Border Fences Curb Illegal Crossings?
Added September 2014