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!

🗞️✨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. 👇 objectivejournalism.org/civic-media-... #CivicMedia #MediaSky

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...

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: objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...

“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...

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.”

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. 👇🏽 objectivejournalism.org/civic-media-...

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.

"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.” 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." 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...

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." Read the full piece 👇 objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/to-s...

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 👇 objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/thin...

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. Read the full piece 👇

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. Read the full piece in our Civic Media Series 👇 objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/stud...

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:

🗞️✨Keeping up with our Civic Media Series? Learn more, check out our refreshed pieces, and stay tuned for brand new essays dropping this month. 👀 objectivejournalism.org/civic-media-... #CivicMedia #FutureOfJournalism #Mediasky

#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

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...

“Healthy media ecosystems provide people with information to meet their needs. But how do we know how much of that vision is being achieved?” Kang-Xing Jin makes the case for establishing a measuring infrastructure within civic media. Read the full piece 👇

What if journalism mirrored ecological systems rather than capitalist markets? Jennifer Brandel envisions a future of journalism where local news is rooted in local land. Read the full piece in our Civic Media Series👇 objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/look...

"Nearly a decade into my writing career, as an Atlanta-based journalist, I’ve become accustomed to national media turning a blind eye to the South," ajajeanarnold.bsky.social writes. She asked four Southern authors to contextualize this long-standing bias. objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/the-...

Legacy news isn’t the only way information gets shared in communities. Jesse Hardman argues that it’s time to identify and support the information gardens already growing in community backyards around the country. Read the piece in our Civic Media Series 👇

In the latest for our Civic Media Series, Cierra Brown Hinton argues that for a truly equitable future of journalism, media and movement must work together strategically. Read the full piece 👇

“From sustainability, social justice, politics, fashion, and everything else, Teen Vogue was a place for young women to feel seen and heard,” @aiyanaish.bsky.social said. “It also gave them the chance to speak for themselves.”

For local news to effectively contribute to civic health, a newsroom must be more than just a newsroom. Richard Young makes the case for a news future that integrates journalism with community, local government, and civic organizations. Read the full piece 👇

Journalism is broken. So let’s reimagine it, together. Civic media is part of an equitable news future, and it needs your support. 🗞️ Get your copy of our print magazine. 👇 🧡 Donate or become a monthly supporter today.

In a 2019 study of media organizations, researchers found that the news industry “likely contributes to the widespread public stigma toward people with addiction that hinders advancement of public health policy solutions to the U.S. opioid epidemic.”

"The mainstream press has never been fully present to consistently, accurately, or fearlessly tell Indigenous stories.” Jodi Rave Spotted Bear spotlights the Native-led efforts that are building the future of Indigenous journalism. Read the full piece 👇 objectivejournalism.org/2023/11/jodi...

Hear from our very own worker-owner and co-founder @sesmith.lol and a powerhouse panel of trans media at the trans media convening organized by @objectivejournos.bsky.social ! Flyer by rommy torrico 💻 Register at https://f.mtr.cool/nuowcscmvw by November 14th!

“Guild members would have been afforded more rights working without a contract than by accepting all of PG Publishing’s proposals,” wrote opinion author and Third Circuit judge Cindy Chung about @pghguild.com workers bargaining with @post-gazette.com. .

“Public access TV was social media before there was social media.” Antoine Haywood digs into how these participatory spaces empower communities and can revitalize local media. Read more in The Objective’s Civic Media Series 👇

Ayinde Merrill makes the case for service journalism: a news future where reporting doesn’t just “cover” communities – it empowers them. Read the full article in our Civic Media Series 👇 objectivejournalism.org/2023/11/ayinde-merrill-service-journalism-is-news-future

🗞️✨Announcing our 2025 Civic Media Series: a digital + print magazine featuring essays from 14 practitioners who reimagine local news through the lens of civic media. Read our editors’ letter + stay tuned: articles dropping soon. 👀 objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/a-le... #CivicMedia #Mediasky

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.

The UN called it genocide in Gaza. Will Western journalists dare to? If the truth costs us Palestinian journalists our lives, what excuse do you have for refusing to call it by its name? objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/the-...

Wall Street Journal shirks apology for publishing anti-trans misinformation after Charlie Kirk shooting. objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...

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...

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.”

Ever had that "make it make sense?!" feeling when you're reading the news? Yeah. Me too. Conceiving of journalism as political education -- as the @kcdefender.bsky.social does so well -- is one solution and way forward. @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/make...

Historically, Supreme Court press corps have not treated the Court as a political branch…that needs to change. objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/the-...

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-...

Nice piece by Jen Ramos Eisen in The Objective. @jenramose.online ‪@objectivejournos.bsky.social‬

A “Jim Crow” law made MLB leave Atlanta. Sports reporters should’ve asked why they went back. objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/medi...

baseball media whiffed on covering MLB's capitulation about having the All-Star Game at Truist Park leading up to the festivities. my latest for @objectivejournos.bsky.social: objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/medi...