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Underscore Native News is a Voice for Indigenous Communities in Pacific Northwest

Underscore Native News

Portland, OR

years active

2024 - 2025

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Six diverse adults some in Native-referencing clothing, smiling and holding awards in front of a banner for the Indigenous Journalists Association
Underscore staff at 2024 IJA Indigenous Media Awards.

Underscore Native News is a nonprofit newsroom based in Portland, Oregon that provides Indigenous communities with news that centers their voices and cultural heritage, addressing political and policy issues that matter most. Its vision is a Pacific Northwest news landscape where impactful, revelatory, Indigenous-centered storytelling is accessible to all.

Underscore is using Pivot funding to

Native woman smiling in video production studio
Kyra Antone, Underscore audience engagement manager, at the studio of partner MetroEast Community Media working on an episode of Underscore’s upcoming vodcast series. Photo courtesy of Jarrette Werk, Underscore Native News

Back view of red haired woman walking and holding hands with Native woman wearing a straw hat and jacket embroidered with Elder of Cowlitz Tribe.
Nika Bartoo-Smith, an Underscore Native News + ICT reporter, on assignment at Kwoneesum Dam in 2024. Photo courtesy of Jarrette Werk, Underscore Native News.