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less than six months after striking workers at @pghguild.com ended their historic strike with a labor victory, their paper — the pittsburgh post-gazette — is closing. story for @objectivejournos.bsky.social here: objectivejournalism.org/2026/01/the-...
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is closing
After a historic three-year strike, staffers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette returned to work in late November. Now, the 239-year-old paper is shuttering.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
less than six months after striking workers at @pghguild.com ended their historic strike with a labor victory, their paper — the pittsburgh post-gazette — is closing. story for @objectivejournos.bsky.social here: objectivejournalism.org/2026/01/the-...
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It’s a new year, but our mission remains the same: advancing the practice of movement journalism. @lewispants.bsky.social penned a series for @objectivejournos.bsky.social on eight ways movement journalism creates liberatory change @ bit.ly/transformingnarratives. 📸: Wikimedia Commons/James Salanga
January 7, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It’s a new year, but our mission remains the same: advancing the practice of movement journalism. @lewispants.bsky.social penned a series for @objectivejournos.bsky.social on eight ways movement journalism creates liberatory change @ bit.ly/transformingnarratives. 📸: Wikimedia Commons/James Salanga
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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.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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!
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!
🗞️✨As our Civic Media Series concludes, we’re grateful to our collaborators, authors, and readers for bringing this project to life. Now, look ahead with us. Support journalism that challenges power and serves communities. 👇
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December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I spent Trump's first term covering Latinos in NYC, interning in CDMX reporting on corruption and impunity, and covering marginalized communities in a very conservative Texas county.
This story — about journalism itself — was still the hardest one to report.
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This story — about journalism itself — was still the hardest one to report.
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From reckoning to retreat: Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline
Diversity-related newsroom jobs haven't totally disappeared — but they also haven't stuck.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I spent Trump's first term covering Latinos in NYC, interning in CDMX reporting on corruption and impunity, and covering marginalized communities in a very conservative Texas county.
This story — about journalism itself — was still the hardest one to report.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
This story — about journalism itself — was still the hardest one to report.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
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I'm so honored that my friends at @objectivejournos.bsky.social named my story about journalism's retreat from DEI as one of their favorite pieces of media criticism this year.
Every story on this list is worth your time:
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Every story on this list is worth your time:
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The Objective's favorite media reporting and criticism of 2025
A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm so honored that my friends at @objectivejournos.bsky.social named my story about journalism's retreat from DEI as one of their favorite pieces of media criticism this year.
Every story on this list is worth your time:
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Every story on this list is worth your time:
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“I don’t know that people realize, but life still happens inside ... I think as incarcerated journalists, we have access to that in a way that most reporters never have access.”
Revived American Penal Press Contest honors incarcerated journalists
This year, the historic awards — "Pulitzers" of prison journalism — resumed thanks to Pollen Initiative and Southern Illinois University.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I don’t know that people realize, but life still happens inside ... I think as incarcerated journalists, we have access to that in a way that most reporters never have access.”
“For decades, philanthropy has reinforced a media landscape that favors the biggest (and whitest) news organizations, whether they be nonprofit, for-profit, or startups, while chronically underinvesting in ethnic and community media.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/a-re...
A reckoning comes for journalism philanthropy
"These funders — including the American Journalism Project, which drove the creation of Houston Landing — have increasingly been picking the winners and losers in American journalism, with no conseque...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“For decades, philanthropy has reinforced a media landscape that favors the biggest (and whitest) news organizations, whether they be nonprofit, for-profit, or startups, while chronically underinvesting in ethnic and community media.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/a-re...
Our round-up of some 2025 stories on the news that stuck with us, featuring picks from @hashtagjames.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social, @gabemschneider.bsky.social, and @alexip718.com (plus other anon community members): objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
The Objective's favorite media reporting and criticism of 2025
A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our round-up of some 2025 stories on the news that stuck with us, featuring picks from @hashtagjames.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social, @gabemschneider.bsky.social, and @alexip718.com (plus other anon community members): objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
“They're doing it for safety on the outside because even though some of these foundations don't get federal funding, they're still in the crosshairs.”
The Knight Foundation scrubs DEI section from its 'About' page
One of U.S. nonprofit journalism's biggest funders no longer has an explicit section for “diversity, equity, and inclusion” on its mission page.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“They're doing it for safety on the outside because even though some of these foundations don't get federal funding, they're still in the crosshairs.”
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December 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My work at @garmistudio.bsky.social is civic media. I’ve been collaborating with @objectivejournos.bsky.social to support their Civic Media Series. Learn how you can get involved. 👇🏽
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INBOX: first reported by @objectivejournos.bsky.social, one of the biggest funders of nonprofit journalism in the U.S. @knightfoundation.org, has edited its “About” page to remove its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) section, according to archives obtained through the Wayback Machine.
The Knight Foundation scrubs DEI section from its 'About' page
One of U.S. nonprofit journalism's biggest funders no longer has an explicit section for “diversity, equity, and inclusion” on its mission page.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
INBOX: first reported by @objectivejournos.bsky.social, one of the biggest funders of nonprofit journalism in the U.S. @knightfoundation.org, has edited its “About” page to remove its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) section, according to archives obtained through the Wayback Machine.
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"As @lewispants.bsky.social describes in @objectivejournos.bsky.social, “fascist leaders thrive on an ill-informed public.” Wallace, citing @dreanyc123.bsky.social, notes that movement journalism’s 'purpose zero' is 'to challenge fascism and authoritarianism by fighting disinformation.'"
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"As @lewispants.bsky.social describes in @objectivejournos.bsky.social, “fascist leaders thrive on an ill-informed public.” Wallace, citing @dreanyc123.bsky.social, notes that movement journalism’s 'purpose zero' is 'to challenge fascism and authoritarianism by fighting disinformation.'"
In the final piece for our 2025 Civic Media Series, Darryl Holliday writes: “The new contract between journalists and citizens will position journalism not as a separate entity serving the public, but as an act of citizenship itself.”
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Read the full piece 👇
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December 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In the final piece for our 2025 Civic Media Series, Darryl Holliday writes: “The new contract between journalists and citizens will position journalism not as a separate entity serving the public, but as an act of citizenship itself.”
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Read the full piece 👇
What kinds of policies support better news futures? Mike Rispoli lays out five that support “a media system in which the needs of the working and middle classes are valued over corporate profits and the interests of billionaires."
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Read the full piece 👇
Media policy: Local news for the people
From the Media Power Collaborative: Five key policy-making principles and concrete proposals to support civic information needs.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What kinds of policies support better news futures? Mike Rispoli lays out five that support “a media system in which the needs of the working and middle classes are valued over corporate profits and the interests of billionaires."
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Read the full piece 👇
ICYMI: How can journalism create hope and shift narratives? The last of @lewispants.bsky.social's column on movement journalism offers some clarity: 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.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
ICYMI: How can journalism create hope and shift narratives? The last of @lewispants.bsky.social's column on movement journalism offers some clarity: objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/move...
As of this year, there are fewer than 1,000 daily print newspapers remaining in the United States.
The decline of local journalism removes a future for the industry
Hyperlocal and local journalists like me tell stories for smaller communities that are important to the people in these towns and areas.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
As of this year, there are fewer than 1,000 daily print newspapers remaining in the United States.
In this new release in our Civic Media Series, Michael Swerdlow writes, “We must accept that there is no new business model and no philanthropist who will save our free press. We, as the public, must do that work ourselves."
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To save the free press, newsgathering must be reclaimed as a public trust
Michael Swerdlow on the necessity of publicly funding the news media.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In this new release in our Civic Media Series, Michael Swerdlow writes, “We must accept that there is no new business model and no philanthropist who will save our free press. We, as the public, must do that work ourselves."
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In a “post-DEI” world, “how can we advance civic information and narratives that accurately share the wholeness and complexity of our communities and societies?”
Read the full piece by Andrea D. Wenzel 👇
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Thinking beyond 'DEI' to make equitable media
Andrea D. Wenzel on reimagining an equitable, cooperative, and sustainable local media system amid overlapping crises.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In a “post-DEI” world, “how can we advance civic information and narratives that accurately share the wholeness and complexity of our communities and societies?”
Read the full piece by Andrea D. Wenzel 👇
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Read the full piece by Andrea D. Wenzel 👇
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In the latest from our Civic Media Series, Jennie Rose Halperin explores why, in an era of escalating threats to democracy, librarians and journalists should collaborate to build meaningful local media ecosystems.
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Libraries are a locus for civic change
Jennie Rose Halperin on the need to invest in underexplored partnerships between civic media makers and libraries as a clear place of change.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In the latest from our Civic Media Series, Jennie Rose Halperin explores why, in an era of escalating threats to democracy, librarians and journalists should collaborate to build meaningful local media ecosystems.
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In the age of meme-slop and digital newsrooms shuttering, are mainstream newsrooms equipped to cover the internet? @jakeadampitre.bsky.social asked @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, and @samleecole.bsky.social to weigh in:
Do newsrooms need a memeologist?
In the age of meme-slop and digital newsrooms shuttering, internet culture reporters say mainstream media is ill-equipped to cover not just trends, but a radicalization that doesn't look how it used…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
In the age of meme-slop and digital newsrooms shuttering, are mainstream newsrooms equipped to cover the internet? @jakeadampitre.bsky.social asked @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, and @samleecole.bsky.social to weigh in:
Carla Murphy offers a critical power analysis of higher education’s relationship to community and to newsrooms, charting a vision for what a healthier, more reciprocal dynamic could look like.
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Read the full piece in our Civic Media Series 👇
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Students plugging local news gaps isn’t sustainable for students, communities, or journalism
Carla Murphy on how expecting college students to “fill the gap” in local news without addressing institutional power may reify inequities.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Carla Murphy offers a critical power analysis of higher education’s relationship to community and to newsrooms, charting a vision for what a healthier, more reciprocal dynamic could look like.
Read the full piece in our Civic Media Series 👇
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Read the full piece in our Civic Media Series 👇
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Can stories still change people's minds? How about the structures we live in? @lewispants.bsky.social argues yes.
In his latest column about movement journalism, he says it's crucial we believe that — and tell stories that help us see our own power:
In his latest column about movement journalism, he says it's crucial we believe that — and tell stories that help us see our own power:
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 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Can stories still change people's minds? How about the structures we live in? @lewispants.bsky.social argues yes.
In his latest column about movement journalism, he says it's crucial we believe that — and tell stories that help us see our own power:
In his latest column about movement journalism, he says it's crucial we believe that — and tell stories that help us see our own power:
🗞️✨Keeping up with our Civic Media Series? Learn more, check out our refreshed pieces, and stay tuned for brand new essays dropping this month. 👀
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#CivicMedia #FutureOfJournalism #Mediasky
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In a new collaboration between The Objective and News Futures, 14 practitioners share their perspectives on building local, participatory, and durable information systems for the next decade.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🗞️✨Keeping up with our Civic Media Series? Learn more, check out our refreshed pieces, and stay tuned for brand new essays dropping this month. 👀
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#CivicMedia #FutureOfJournalism #Mediasky
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#movementmediamonday is for supporting independent, non-corporate journalism that reimagines what news media can be.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#movementmediamonday is for supporting independent, non-corporate journalism that reimagines what news media can be.
if you appreciate the work @objectivejournos.bsky.social does, like publishing lewis’s column, we need your help to keep that work going! chip in here: givebutter.com/objective25
if you appreciate the work @objectivejournos.bsky.social does, like publishing lewis’s column, we need your help to keep that work going! chip in here: givebutter.com/objective25