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Around the world, journalism has become an increasingly dangerous profession.

Political rhetoric against the press has put hostility toward journalists at an all-time high and threatened the safety of reporters simply trying to do their jobs.

For Indigenous women journalists, those risks are even higher, writes Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz. Along with violence and harassment, Indigenous women working in media face systemic racism and trauma from covering news stories that negatively impact Indigenous communities.

Canada’s National Observer strives to support the work of Indigenous women in media and produce independent, fact-based journalism that casts that spotlight on the truth, no matter how uncomfortable.

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