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Gabe Schneider
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The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.

50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members,​ 45% of Black members, and​ 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.

www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."
www.niemanlab.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
gabemschneider.bsky.social
Seeing Maya Angelou misused to complain about the CA wealth tax is not what I expected to read this morning. sfstandard.com/2026/01/17/l...
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Hear, hear: @thexylom.com is still 22 monthly members short of its year-end fundraising goal.

Your support of vital reporting on global health and environmental disparities by the only Asian American science news outlet will be matched 12 times by the NewsMatch coalition of donors!
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I read @objectivejournos.bsky.social to understand what's really going on in the media industry and how that affects how we talk about reality.

I've just given to their year-end fundraiser, and I encourage you to join me: like @thexylom.com, all donations are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000!
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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@gabemschneider.bsky.social: “How the Times covers individual stories, whose deaths it chooses to prioritize, and whose voices it centers, are worth scrutinizing.”

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sham...
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The willingness to obey is incomprehensible to me. objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I wrote about the New York Times’ coverage of Gaza for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sham...
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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hashtagjames.bsky.social
happy #movementmediamonday! movement media has helped me stay hopeful in the face of mainstream news' flaws, so editing @lewispants.bsky.social’s series on movement journalism for @objectivejournos.bsky.social has been a joy.

their latest column is out today:
objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/move...
Movement journalism can transform narratives
When we accept that we are powerless, we foreclose our own radical potential. Stories can change that.
objectivejournalism.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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objectivejournos.bsky.social
The very section that made Teen Vogue stand out amid the country’s major news sources for taking youth seriously and for its progressive coverage is now gone.
Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team
Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating its politics section. Just one woman of color remains on Teen Vogue’s editorial staff.
objectivejournalism.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
once again encouraging you all to support independent, worker owned, billionaire free News media when and how you are able
kattenbarge.bsky.social Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Oct 6
Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist
October 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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objectivejournos.bsky.social
Wall Street Journal shirks apology for publishing anti-trans misinformation after Charlie Kirk shooting.

objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...
Wall Street Journal shirks apology for anti-trans misinformation
As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence escalate, journalists must be rigorous when covering anti-trans rhetoric.
objectivejournalism.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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As the Federal Communications Commission is making national headlines, here is a short @media2070.bsky.social essay I wrote in July for @objectivejournos.bsky.social on the racist origins of the FCC, broadcast regulations and the broadcast industry.
Reckoning with the Federal Communications Commission’s history of structural racism
Since the agency’s inception, FCC policies have undermined the 14th Amendment rights of Black people and Black communities.
objectivejournalism.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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objectivejournos.bsky.social
What is nonprofit news infrastructure solving for?
We need new questions to guide flourishing news ecosystems that don’t treat nonprofit status as the end-all, be-all fix.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/what...
What is nonprofit news infrastructure solving for?
We need new questions for the next two decades of nonprofit news and beyond. And we have to stop treating nonprofit status as "the fix."
objectivejournalism.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
gabemschneider.bsky.social
Proud to have worked on this story. Journalism spends so much time focusing on other industries — it’s worth turning that focus onto ourselves and asking the same questions.
inn.org Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · Sep 11
The Micro Division winner of the Breaking Barriers Award is Alexis Allison’s article for @objectivejournos.bsky.social s.bsky.social, “The Editor of a New York City Newspaper Bullied Reporters for Years. Then, He Was Promoted.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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reupping this for my journo friends in light of "operation midway blitz" starting: objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/how-...
How to ensure reporting on ICE goes beyond focusing on citizenship status
There are multiple contexts from which to cover ICE. Many communities have weathered the fallout of raids and surveillance tactics.
objectivejournalism.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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objectivejournos.bsky.social
Historically, Supreme Court press corps have not treated the Court as a political branch…that needs to change.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/the-...
Journalists say: Cover the Supreme Court as the political body it is
The U.S. Supreme Court is doing law and politics in targeting the legal rights of the most marginalized. Coverage should reflect that.
objectivejournalism.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
gabemschneider.bsky.social
Does anyone want to review The Paper for
@objectivejournos.bsky.social? Kind of curious about how it'll match up to actual newsroom dynamics.
August 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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objectivejournos.bsky.social
Framing ICE coverage as just an immigration issue no longer meets the moment — especially, as many have weathered the fallout of raids, a new detention center, or surveillance tactics.

objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/how-...
How to ensure reporting on ICE goes beyond focusing on citizenship status
There are multiple contexts from which to cover ICE. Many communities have weathered the fallout of raids and surveillance tactics.
objectivejournalism.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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lapublicpress.org/2025/06/fede...
Federal agents thought they could stay at LA-area hotels. Communities are trying to make sure they can’t
When federal agents checked into a Pasadena hotel, they didn't expect hundreds of protesters and a day laborers’ band — now the tactic that kicked them out is spreading across LA.
lapublicpress.org
June 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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objectivejournos.bsky.social
The New York Times was cited 29 times to justify the Supreme Court's decision limiting trans healthcare.

The decision leaves in place bans that have forced families of some trans kids to leave their homes to maintain access to the necessary treatments.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/new-...
NY Times cited 29 times to justify decision limiting trans healthcare
Meanwhile, other mainstream media newsrooms treated the U.S. v. Skrmetti case as an opportunity to center coverage around the expected result.
objectivejournalism.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
apnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
gabemschneider.bsky.social
Journalists shouldn't take for granted how news coverage is used to justify life-altering political decisions.
NY Times cited 29 times to justify decision limiting trans healthcare
Meanwhile, other mainstream media newsrooms treated the U.S. v. Skrmetti case as an opportunity to center coverage around the expected result.
objectivejournalism.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM