Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a proud member of the Nez Perce Tribe, and he’s also proud to have been a journalist for half of his life. His trail includes stints at National Public Radio, NPR affiliates including South Dakota Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, KLCC in Eugene, Oregon, and substitute hosting for National Native News. His digital/print/photographic work has been featured in Indian Country Today, The Oregonian, and People Magazine. He’s also been a longtime mentor with NPR’s NextGen Radio Project, as well as a former Snowden Fellow mentor and journalism professor at the University of Oregon. Bull’s work has netted him more than a hundred accolades, include the Best Radio Journalist Award from the Indigenous Journalists Association in 2001, four national Edward R. Murrow awards from the RTDNA, Ohio AP’s Best Reporter Award in 2013, and a free bag of coffee for presenting at a local SPJ panel in 2018. He enjoys sharing the voices of underrepresented communities and occasionally wandering the forests, looking for Bigfoot. He has three kids, a wife, and five unruly cats who keep him in his place. 

Bull is an alum of Macalester College, and recently finished his Masters Degree in American Journalism Online at New York University. He’s excited to be with Buffalo’s Fire, and will share Native/Indigenous stories from the Pacific Northwest where he’s based. This means he’ll always be two hours behind the rest of the staff, which is sort of the story of his life.