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Native radio blog talk can be used by anyone to share a worldwide message

JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)

I just discovered Blog Talk Radio, an internet radio site that allows anyone, anywhere the ability “to host a live, Internet Talk Radio show, simply by using a telephone and a computer. BlogTalkRadio’s unique technology and seamless integration with leading social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Ning, empowers citizen broadcasters to create and share their original content, their voices and their opinions in a public worldwide forum,” according to Web site posts. “Today, BlogTalkRadio is the largest and fastest-growing social radio network on the Internet. A truly democratized medium, BlogTalkRadio has tens of thousands of hosts and millions of listeners tuning in and joining the conversation each month. Many businesses also utilize the platform as a tool to extend their brands and join the conversation on the social web.”

I’ve been listening to BTR’s NAMAPAHH First People’s Radio, a show hosted by Robin Carneen. The Blog Talk Radio. “>show was dedicated to Native veterans. Carneen recently interviewed some Native veterans, inccluding Swinomish veteran Gus Stone and Navajo Code Talker-Sam Tso. I met Tso at a language conference in Washington, D.C. this spring. He’s a true treasure among all our Native vets.

For anyone interested, here a link to the Choctaw Code Talkers.

Meanwhile, if you have something to say, check out the Blog Talk Radio Web page. Be a part of the conversation.

Enjoy.

Jodi Rave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.