Permitting only those with a degree in journalism to work in the media, the law would further limit citizen journalism and the freedom of expression of small and remote indigenous communities, according to the Network of Popular and Educational Radios in Ecuador (Corape).
"The lookbook is a brilliant indigenous response to the rip-offs being marketed in mainstream media, " said Valerie Taliman, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and West Coast editor of Indian Country Today Media Network, the largest Native-operated media organization in the country.