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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
Citizenship | Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Lake Superior Ojibwe |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
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Thesis | Newspapers and the Lake Superior Chippewa in the "unProgressive" Era (1998) |
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Patricia,"Patty" Loew is a journalist,professor,author,and community historian,broadcaster,documentary film maker,academic and advocate. She has written extensively about Ojibwe treaty rights,sovereignty and the role of Native American media in communicating Indigenous world views.
Patty Loew grew up in the north side of Milwaukee,Wisconsin. [1] Her grandfather,Edward DeNomie,a World War I veteran,lived for many years with her family. [1]
Loew pursued her BA in Mass Communications at University of Wisconsin La Crosse (1974). She later completed her Master's and PhD in Mass Communications at the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1992 and 1998 respectively.
Loew began her career as a journalist in La Crosse,beginning with television and radio reporting. [2] She later moved to Madison Wisconsin where she eventually worked her way to the anchor's desk at ABC affiliate WKOW-TV. She covered environmental issues and became a popular local news personality. When fishing rights for tribes in Wisconsin surfaced in the 1980s,Loew became a prominent journalist covering the issue. [3] [1]
In the 1990s,Loew returned to university to pursue graduate studies. She was later hired as a professor in 1999 and has published award-winning books and textbooks. She also engaged in public scholarship,co-hosting a Wisconsin Public Television program "Weekend" and produced documentaries focused on Indigenous history and culture. [2] She is currently Professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and is director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research.
Loew has led Tribal Youth Media initiative since 2006,which fosters digital storytelling skills within the next generation of Indigenous youth. [4] Loew has served on the board of UNITY:Journalists for Diversity. [4] In 2019 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received Wisconsin's Martin Luther King Jr. Heritage Award. [3]
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