Terri Hansen
National reporting
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Terri Crawford Hansen (journalist) (b. 1953) is a Native American journalist who focuses on environmental and scientific issues affecting North American tribal and worldwide indigenous communities.[1] Hansen is a correspondent for the Indian Country Today Media Network http://www.ictmn.com, and contributes to High Country News. Her articles appear in other news publications, and online sites. Hansen maintains an online public service news project titled Mother Earth Journal.
Education and Honors
Attended Portland State University while employed at The Oregonian, from which she retired in 1992. In 1994 she was selected a Fellow by the Society of Environmental Journalists; a 2009 Fellow of the National Press Foundation; she received 2009 and 2010 Fellowships from the Association of Health Care Journalists; she is a 2008 Project Word grant recipient; a 2009 International Funders for Indigenous Peoples funding recipient to report the COP15 UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark; and a 2010 Climate Media Fellow of the Earth Journalism Network to report the COP16 UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico.[2]
Books
Co-author, Water in the 21st Century West.[3]
Memberships
Society of Environmental Journalists, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association, and the Earth Journalism Network. As a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, she requested with other journalists that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration end current practices that restrict the public's access to health information.[4]
Personal life
Hansen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.[5]
Awards
Native American Journalists Association 2013 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: 2nd Place "Best Environmental News Story" in a daily/weekly, "Toxins in Every Glass," Indian Country Today Media Network[6]
Native American Journalists Association 2011 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story" in a daily/weekly, Indian Country Today Media Network
Native American Journalists Association 2011 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: "Best Feature Story" in a monthly, High Country News
Native American Journalists Association 2010 'Excellence in Journalism' Media Awards: "Best Environmental Story" in a daily/weekly, Indian