When the Global Investigative journalism conference was organized in Gothenburg last week, indigenous journalism was the focus of a couple of the panels.
– It is fantastically inspiring to see how digging journalists work, says one of the participants, Moana Maniapoto, who is a reporter and presenter at Whakaata Māori, Māori Television.
She has worked as a journalist for four years and is perhaps best known for her band Moana & the Tribe in New Zealand and her documentaries.
Indigenous peoples from different parts of the world
During the conference, Maniapoto moderated an indigenous panel with Tristan Ahtone, Brittnay Guuyot and Tuhi Martukaw, all representatives of indigenous peoples in different parts of the world.
– It is important that we can meet and network but also be inspired by new ways of working in research, says Moana Maniapoto, who thinks that despite great distances they all have a lot in common.
– There is a double challenge to being an indigenous reporter and being colonized at the same time.
Hear Moana Maniapoto in the clip above.