Dinee Dorame

Dinee Dorame

Dinée Dorame

Class of 2027

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Dinée Dorame is a Navajo journalist whose work explores the intersection of sports, culture, and place, with a focus on Native communities. She is currently a graduate student at UC Berkeley School of Journalism and a reporter at North Gate Radio and Richmond Confidential.

She is Tábąąhá (Edge of Water Clan), born for Naakai Dine’é (Mexican People Clan). Her maternal grandfather’s clan is Tótsohníí (Big Water Clan), and her paternal grandfather’s clan is Naakai Dine’é. She is also of Yaqui descent.

In 2021, Dinée created The Grounded Podcast, a long-form, weekly podcast exploring the connections between land, culture, and community in sport. She hosted, edited, and produced interviews that elevate BIPOC voices in running and track & field, and her work prompted change at the New York City Marathon, where she helped organize the inclusion of tribal nations in the Opening Ceremony and served as an announcer.

Before entering journalism, Dinée worked in higher education with a focus on college access, recruitment, and culturally responsive curriculum development. She served as a Yale admissions officer, reviewing thousands of applications from the Southwest/Midwest, and leading Native American Outreach & Recruitment. She later joined College Horizons, where she supported Native students in strengthening their college essays through workshops and one-on-one guidance. She has also worked directly with Albuquerque Public Schools to expand college and career resources for Native students and families.

Dinée’s storytelling aims to reflect the complexities and nuances of contemporary Native life and contribute to a richer, more accountable public record.

EDUCATION

  • M.J. Journalism - University of California, Berkeley
    (Jubilee Fellow)

    B.A. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - Yale University

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2022 – Women's Running Magazine "Power Women of the Year"
    Recognizing influential athletes and leading voices in running media. Featured alongside Olympians Athing Mu, Molly Seidel, and Sydney McLaughlin.

  • 2021 – Tracksmith Fellow
    Selected for Tracksmith’s first-ever creative fellowship supporting emerging voices in running media.

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • “Student Power to the People!” North Gate Radio (aired on KALX & KALW).
    Hour-long public radio program hosted by Dinée Dorame; reported individual segment on Alcatraz and Native student activism.
    https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/student-power-to-the-people/

  • "Grounded Podcast with Dinée Dorame" Independent long-form podcast exploring the intersection of land, culture, and distance running in Native communities, featuring Indigenous athletes and storytellers.
    www.groundedpod.com

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA)

REPORTING INTERESTS

Gender/Sexuality, Native American Communities, Race and Equity, Sports, Tribal Politics