Loris Ann Taylor

Loris Ann Taylor is the executive director of Native Public Media, which represents Native America's media interests through legacy and new media technologies, including radio, television, video, Internet and print. She was instrumental in helping establish the first FCC Tribal Priority for broadcasting and the FCC Office of Native Affairs. Taylor led the team that published the seminal study on broadband, New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country, and contributed to the FCC's National Broadband Plan. Taylor was honored with a 2006 Louis T. Delgado Award and the 2005 Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World Award. Formerly the general manager of KUYI-FM Radio, Taylor co-founded the Indian Country News Bureau, which won the UNITY Journalist of Color Award. She also produced the children's program Shooting Stars and the weekly talk show House Calls. Taylor currently serves as a member of the NPR board's Distribution and Interconnection Committee and is active in the Aspen Institute's Communications and Society program.