Terria Smith

Producer/Editor/Social Media Coordinator

Terria Smith is a multimedia journalist who is part of the production team at FNX | First Nations Experience television network. She has been a member of the Native American Journalists Association since 2005. Her work has appeared in several news outlets including The Desert Sun, Ventura County Star, KALW-FM, and NPR West. Smith earned her master's degree in journalism from the University of California Berkeley in 2012. She completed her undergraduate degree in 2008 at Humboldt State University. She is also alumnus of the Chips Quinn Scholars Program and the American Indian Journalism Institute.

Articles

Thirsty for drinkable water in Torres Martinez

Mary Belardo drives down the half-mile dirt road to her home. Her house – built by All Mission Indian Housing Authority – sits on a nearly 40 acre allotment on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Reservation in Thermal, Calif.