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The Tribal Water Media Fellowship is a Walton Family Foundation funded collaboration between Fort Lewis College, Rocky Mountain PBS, and KSUT that gives students the opportunity to research, create, and present multimedia projects centering on water, water usage, and desert communities. Student applicants to the fellowship can be from a variety of academic backgrounds, including, but not limited to; journalism, media, science, and/or cultural studies.

My role in the pilot year of the Tribal Water Media Fellowship includes recruiting mentors and students; supporting the shaping of the curriculum for this interdisciplinary program, seeking sponsorships, and facilitating during the 10-day intensive on topics related to radio journalism; race, power, and oppression; and health disparities in the Southwest.