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Dakota Midday: Todd Melby On Black Gold Boom film

Reporter, interactive producer and filmmaker Todd Melby is the lead producer of Black Gold Boom.  It's a public media project documenting North Dakota's oil boom and bust.  His stories have aired on US public radio stations.  The documentary centers on teh debate over fracking among the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people of western North Dakota.

Cara Hetland is the Director of Radio and Journalism Content for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
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