KSJD is a community radio station and NPR affiliate based in Cortez. The station serves the Four Corners Region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, including the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and portions of the Navajo Nation.
The Community Radio Project is a collaborative project led by KSJD News/Community Radio and KSUT Tribal/Four Corners Radio.
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Advancing Equity in Local News 2023, Community News Network 2022-2024; #newsCOneeds 2022, 2023
Community News Network Award: $135,000 over three years to support "Voices from the Edge of the Colorado Plateau", a collaborative project led by KSJD News/Community Radio and KSUT Tribal/Four Corners Radio, with a new full-time reporter position and community engagement efforts to expand both stations’ existing efforts to amplify Indigenous voices and perspectives in rural Southwestern Colorado.
Community News Network 2022 Update: The Community Radio Project’s shared reporter, Clark Adomaitis, has continued to build strong connections with indigenous community members and leaders in the region, and is exploring opportunities to include Spanish-speaking, immigrant, unhoused, and LGBTQ communities in his equity beat. Both KSUT and KSJD have undergone leadership-level staff turnover, and KSUT is still operating without a News Director, limiting the support available for Clark.
2023 Advancing Equity Award: $5,000 to support KSUT and KSJD's collaborative Voices from the Edge of the Colorado Plateau project and staff participation in the design and implementation of sensitivity training for Colorado journalists working with Indigenous communities.
2023 Advancing Equity Update: KSUT and KSJD have provided planning and design support to the Rocky Mountain West News Bureau’s Indigenous Cultural Sensitivity Training project, and helped recruit expert trainers.