Debra Krol

Indigenous storyteller Debra Utacia Krol is an award-winning journalist with an emphasis on Native issues, environmental and science issues, and travel who's fond of averring that "My beat is Indians." She is an enrolled member of the Xolon (also known as Jolon) Salinan Tribe from the Central California coastal ranges.

Krol's forceful and deeply reported stories about peoples, places and issues have won nearly a dozen awards.

Krol seeks to leverage her extensive journalism experience in Native America and in the mainstream to tell the real story of Indian Country.