Tom Arviso Jr. (Navajo) is the publisher of The Navajo Times, a tribally owned publication of the Navajo Nation, located in Window Rock, Ariz. He is also the chief executive officer of the newly created Navajo Times Publishing Company, Inc. The Navajo Times, a weekly publication, is the largest Native American owned newspaper with a circulation of 21,400 and over 100,000 readers each week. The Navajo Times' primary readership lies within the Navajo Nation and all of its border towns and communities. It also has 1,500 mail subscriptions from all over the world. Arviso was hired as the editor of The Navajo Times in October 1988 and assumed the duties of editor and publisher in 1993. He is an advocate for freedom of the press and has fought many battles with tribal government leaders and officials over editorial control and censorship. To seek independence from tribal government ownership, Arviso recently convinced the Navajo Nation Council to approve the incorporation of The Navajo Times. Beginning January 1, 2004, the Navajo Times Publishing Company, Inc. officially began operation.. Arviso previous experience includes working as a sports writer and news reporter with The Navajo Times TODAY, the first and only Native American owned daily newspaper, from 1984 to 1986. Prior to that, Arviso wrote for The Arizona Indian, a monthly publication based out of Phoenix, Ariz. He is a former board vice president and treasurer of the Native American Journalists Association and is currently a member of the Arizona Newspapers Association Board of Directors. In 1997, Arviso was awarded NAJA’s prestigious “Wassaja Award” for “extraordinary service to Native journalism.” In 1998, he was honored by the Arizona Newspapers Association with the “Freedom of Information Award.” Arviso received a John S. Knight Fellowship in Journalism in 2000-2001 and studied newspaper management at Stanford University. He was the first Native American to have been selected for a Knight Fellowship. Arviso majored in journalism at Arizona State University and Mesa Community College.

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Seminar speeches given by Tom Arviso Jr.:

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