Debra Utacia Krol
VerifiedAwards
Native American Journalists Association Tribal Media Award
2013 - Environmental Story - Division III
Best Environmental Story for "Honoring the Eagle," which spotlights a unique collaboration between tribal, state and private entities to bring the desert nesting bald eagle from the brink of extinction. Winds of Change magazine, Fall 2013.
Native American Journalists Association Tribal Media Award
2011 - Best Environmental Story
Best Environmental Story for "Beetle Decimating Environment in North America," an in-depth look at the emerald ash borer and this invasive species' effects on the environmental, cultural and economic health of Northeastern tribes. http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/02/28/beetle-decimating-environment-north-america-19352
Native American Journalists Association National Tribal Media Award
2018 - Online – Best News Story
The Feds Are Attacking a Program That Gives Indigenous People Land. A land trust in Guam set aside for native people is being sued by Trump's Department of Justice because it won't lease to non-natives.
Native American Journalists Association National Tribal Media Award
2018 - Print / Online – Best Elder Coverage
Paiute Tribe elders navigate a faltering health care system. As federal funding dwindles, remote Nevada tribes struggle for access.
Best Beat Reporter - Environmental Issues
2019 - Best Journalism
This award is given to a Native American journalist whose body of work demonstrates her or his expertise in covering a beat.
National Press Foundation Award
2021 - Feddie Award
Photo/videographer Cheryl Evans and I accepted the 2021 Feddie Reporting Award for documenting the struggles of Indigenous peoples to access and protect important religious sites on land controlled by the federal government. The series ran in the Arizona Republic.