Abandon print a weekly magazine, is a leading Native American news sources on the Internet exists only in favor of cost reduction initiatives, and who fear, worry that some readers access because they may lose the switch.
Indian state today from this week, the New York City-based publication owned by Oneida nation will become an online communication, from July 17 issue.
"In the times we live in, is a really advanced technology to a point where we're working hard to ensure that our services, our audience really need, said:" India's national publishers 雷哈尔布里特 today. Transition to be emailed to the user's online newsletter will eliminate some news happens, when it appears in the lag time between writing, he said.
This magazine, which began in 1981, provides news and commentary straight from the mixture of tribal members, it is often the politicians, their message, Native American communities in a way. President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner has been completed interviews or written comments pieces.
Native Americans isolated reservation, enter the broadband Internet is anything but guaranteed and print media are a staple of life. According to the Federal Communications Commission, only 43 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives have access to broadband Internet at home, compared to 65 percent of the U.S. population as a whole. Reservations and tribal lands access is rare, less than 10%, although there are government efforts to expand such access.
Indian state of today's media networks, Managing Director, Suzanne Sobel said she was not worried about statistics.
"Reservation, no internet access, quite frankly, they also have a hard time getting the magazine too," she said. Sobel said that most members of this tribe keep using their smart phones to access information. She noted that the site had 550,000 unique visitors in June, and continues to grow.
Sobel, a former executive of Martha Stewart Living Media, creative director Christopher Napolitano, for "Playboy" magazine former editor, leading to the Indian state transition to today's digital only. For some time, has been in the works evolution Sobel said. Hal Britt said the change will allow the company to expand its international coverage indigenous issues, and with more contributors.
Sobel and Hal Britt declined to say how much money will be saved, eliminating the printed magazine, it has a circulation of about 15,000. Will spend the same year printed magazine subscriptions online communication - a little less than $ 20.
Louise Roetman, a 28-year-old Atlanta resident who is Creek and Lakota, SHEENA introduce Indian state today, as a trusted source, she considered a "New York Times" native version. "She said she's worried by India's National elimination prints today, some of the tribal members - especially the elderly - will have less access to information.
Others argue that only the digital strategy, the country's tribal meaningful work to improve access to the Internet.
For example, in New York, Seneca Nation has two reservations basic dial-up, but the tribal government is to upgrade to broadband, Samantha said the nephew, 23-year-old marketing specialist for the Seneca Nation-owned legal person. She said she is a regular reader of the magazine.
"I think that when this happens, the Seneca Nation members will have more incentive to check-out (Indian Country Today) numbers," she said.
Rhonda LeValdo, Association of American reporters in the local president of the Indian state of today's digital switches Aboriginal communities could only be seen as a positive step, because it may release resources for more reports and push to accelerate access to broadband . And, she added, the traditional tribal newspaper might see people who like to print to them for their news.
The magazine's founder and former owner, Tim · Giago, count on it. Giago, who lives in South Dakota Native American Lakota Times reporter, "was founded in 1981, later renamed Indian state today he sold it to another before the start of the Oneida National Native American newspaper, Aboriginal Sun News, it does not publish on its website the story.
Giago said, for people to understand how Native Americans consume news, they only need to look at the Navajo Times "newspaper, covering the Navajo Nation.
"This (Navajo Times) is now India's largest newspaper in the United States, it also continues to grow, as most readers like in their own hands, and to organize a real newspaper, many Navajo no access to the Internet." He said.
 



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