Terri Crawford Hansen
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Terri Crawford Hansen (born in 1953) is a journalist and author. An enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska,<ref>McCormick, 203</ref> she was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Hansen is Indian Country's key environment and science journalist. She covers the impacts of global climate change to North American tribal and worldwide indigenous communities. A correspondent for Indian Country Today, her articles also appear in Mother Earth Journal, News from Indian Country, Native American Times, High Country News, and SEJournal<ref>"Overview." SE Journal.</ref> and online publications.
She is a 2009 National Press Foundation Fellow, and a 2009 and 2010 Fellow of the Association of Health Care Journalists and a 1994 Fellow of the Society of Environmental Journalists. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association, and the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. As a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, she has requested with other journalists that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) end current practices that restrict the public's access to health information.<ref>"News: Letter to FDA demands that agencies end news gathering constraints." Association of Health Care Journalists. 1 Dec 2009 (retrieved 27 Dec 2009)</ref>
Hansen lives in Whidbey Island, Washington.<ref>McCormick, 199</ref>
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Published works
- Water in the 21st Century West, co-author, Oregon State University Press, 2008<ref>Oregon State University Press</ref>
- Encyclopedia of North American Indians, co-author, Water Buffalo Books, Milwaukee, WI, 1997<ref>"The Encyclopedia of North American Indians by D. L. Birchfield ; Terri Hansen." Internet Public Library: Native American Authors. (retrieved 27 Dec 2009)</ref>
Awards
- Native American Journalists Association 2010 Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story"
- Native American Journalists Association 2008 Media Awards: "Best Environmental News Story"<ref name=wordcraft>"Done Good: Terri Hansen." Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. (retrieved 27 Dec 2009)</ref>
- Native American Journalists Association 2008 Media Awards: "Best News Story 2008 in a monthly/bi-monthly"<ref name=wordcraft/>
- The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Writer of the Year, Prose 1996 and 1997<ref>"Award Recipients 1997." Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. (retrieved 27 Dec 2009)</ref><ref>Wordcraft Circle on Native Wiki</ref>
- Native American Journalists Association 1997 Media Awards: "Honorable Mention, Best News Story"
- The Oregonian Publisher’s Award of Excellence 1990
Notes
References
- McCormick, Gail. Living with multiple chemical sensitivity: narratives of coping. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2000. ISBN 978-0786408870.
External links
- Mother Earth Journal official Terri Hansen site
- NativeWiki
- Internet Public Library Native American Authors Project
- Winds of Change magazine article about Hansen "Fusing Science and Journalism – Careers in Science Writing"
- "Environmental Health News" critiques Hansen
- Hansen profile, Go Green Nation
- Copenhagen brings indigenous climate change issues to world stage, Indian Country Today
- Climate change transforming Navajo dunescape to dustbowl, Indian Country Today
- NW coastal nations at risk of climate change disruptions, News from Indian Country
- Tribal Victory, High Country News
