Terri Crawford Hansen (born in 1953) is a Native American journalist who focuses on environmental and scientific issues affecting North American tribal and worldwide indigenous communities.[1] Hansen is a correspondent for the Indian Country Today Media Network and her articles have appeared in other news publications including News from Indian Country, Native American Times and High Country News. She maintains a personal online public service news project titled Mother Earth Journal.
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She is a 2010 Climate Media Fellow of the Earth Journalism Network [2], a 2009 National Press Foundation Fellow, a 2009 and 2010 Fellow of the Association of Health Care Journalists and a 1994 Fellow of the Society of Environmental Journalists. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association, and the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. As a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, she requested with other journalists that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) end current practices that restrict the public's access to health information.[3]
Hansen was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and is an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.[4] She lives in Whidbey Island, Washington.[5]