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WITBN Announces Winners of
2012 WITBN Indigenous Journalism Awards

The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network, WITBN, has announced the one winner and four honours for the in-depth reporting category of the 2012 WITBN Indigenous Journalism Awards, 2012 WIJA. 2012 WIJA is the first international Indigenous journalism award dedicated to presenting Indigenous perspectives through journalism in television and audiovisual media.

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Indigenous Insight

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More on this episode, NITV brings the news from the 26th annual Barunga Festival in South East Arnhem Land, while Oiwi TV introduce the devoted Kapa makers in Hawai'i. Read more...

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Welcome to WITBN!

The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (WITBN) is a global alliance which aims to unify television broadcasters worldwide to retain and grow Indigenous languages and cultures.

CONGRATULATIONS TO NATALIE AHMAT, NITV
WITBN congratulates our NITV news presenter, Natalie Ahmat for winning the 2012 Deadly Awards, honored the Community Broadcaster of the Year.

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WITBC '12
The third World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference (WITBC '12) will be hosted by NRK Sápmi in Norway in March 2012. For more information, go to WITBC.

For more information about WITBN or to submit your news or event listing, email: info@witbn.org.

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