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Tristan Ahtone
Born
Phoenix, Arizona[1]
CitizenshipKiowa Tribe and U.S.
EducationInstitute of American Indian Arts, Columbia School of Journalism,[2] Harvard University[1][3][a]
OccupationJournalist[3]
EmployerGrist Magazine Inc.[4]
Known forinvestigative journalism
Websitetristanahtone.net

Tristan Ahtone is a Native American journalist and citizen of the Kiowa Tribe.[5][6] He is currently the editor-at-large at Grist Magazine.[4]

Early life and education

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Tristan Ahtone was born in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the Columbia School of Journalism in New York.[2] Later, he attended Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow.[7]

Journalism career

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Tristan Ahtone has written for several outlets, including Al Jazeera America, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer,[8] National Geographic, NPR,[4][5][9][1] National Native News, Frontline, Wyoming Public Radio, Vice, and more.[8]

His investigation with lecturer Robert Lee on land-grant universities was awarded a Polk Award in 2020.[4][10][11]

He was previously the editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer and the Indigenous Affairs editor at High Country News.[12][10] In 2017, he created the tribal affairs desk for High Country News.[13]

Community service

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Ahtone was formerly the president of the Native American Journalists Association[14] (now Indigenous Journalists Association).

Awards and honors

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In 2017, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism named Ahtone a Neiman Fellow.[7]

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Mineo, Liz (20 March 2018). "Nieman Fellow battles media stereotypes of Native Americans". Harvard Gazette. Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 4 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Tristan Ahtone". Aljazeera. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Trudeau, Christine; Ahtone, Tristan (2017). "And the Beat Goes On: A conversation between Native journalists Christine Trudeau and Tristan Ahtone". World Policy Journal. 34 (4). Durham, NC: Duke University Press: 55–61. doi:10.1215/07402775-4373202. ISSN 1936-0924. Retrieved 2026-09-04 – via Project MUSE.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ward, Dennis (15 March 2022). "U.S. coverage of Indigenous issues improving but still a battle over misinformation, says Kiowa journalist". APTN News. Winnipeg, Canada: APTN. Retrieved 4 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 1 2 Matloff, Judith (17 November 2016). Morais, Betsy (ed.). "A journalist's solo mission to cover native peoples across the globe". Columbia Journalism Review. New York, NY: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  6. ↑ Rosenthal, Emma (11 December 2017). "Indigenous journalist Tristan Ahtone speaks about media representation of Native communities, issues". The Tufts Daily. Medford, MA: TCI Press. Retrieved 4 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 1 2 "Nieman Foundation announces the 80th class of Nieman Fellows". Nieman Foundation at Harvard. Cambridge, MA. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  8. 1 2 LaPoe, Victoria L.; Tallent, Rebecca J.; Ahtone, Tristan; LaPoe III, Benjamin R. (2018). "Ethics and Reporting on Native Communities: Going Beyond the Parachute Story". In LaPoe, Victoria L.; Carter Olson, Candi S.; LaPoe II, Benjamin R. (eds.). Underserved Communities and Digital Discourse: Getting Voices Heard. London: Lexington Books. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4985-8516-3. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  9. ↑ Asenap, Jason (22 July 2014). "Don't Eat a Big Mac on a Bear Hunt: Tristan Ahtone's Journalism 101". ICT. Phoenix, AZ: IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  10. 1 2 Ahtone, Tristan; Lee, Robert (2021). "Looking Forward from Land-Grab Universities". Native American and Indigenous Studies. 8 (1). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press: 176–182. doi:10.5749/natiindistudj.8.1.0176. eISSN 2332-127X. ISSN 2332-1261.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "'Land-grab universities' wins Polk Award for Education Reporting". High Country News. Paonia, CO: Greg Hanscom. 24 February 2021. ISSN 0191-5657. Retrieved 5 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Philp, Rowan (29 September 2025). "'I'm Not Interested in Giving Readers Easy Answers': Tracing Current Indigenous Inequities to Systemic Injustices". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Silver Spring, MD. Retrieved 4 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ LaPoe, Victoria L.; Tallent, Rebecca J.; Ahtone, Tristan; LaPoe III, Benjamin R. (2018). "Ethics and Reporting on Native Communities: Going Beyond the Parachute Story". In LaPoe, Victoria L.; Carter Olson, Candi S.; LaPoe II, Benjamin R. (eds.). Underserved Communities and Digital Discourse: Getting Voices Heard. London: Lexington BOoks. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-4985-8516-3. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
  14. ↑ Kijewski, Leonie (29 October 2019). "Changing Coverage of Indigenous Communities: A Q&A with NAJA's Tristan Ahtone". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Silver Spring, MD. Retrieved 5 September 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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