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"Careful reporting should include specific Haitian context," James Salanga writes, along with acknowledgment of how the ...
26/09/2024

"Careful reporting should include specific Haitian context," James Salanga writes, along with acknowledgment of how the U.S.’s anti-Black and xenophobic policy and sentiment have intersected to foment anti-Haitian actions and violence — and how the mainstream U.S. media has been part of this apparatus, including the The New York Times"

Reporting should include specific context, along with acknowledgment of how the U.S.’s anti-Black and xenophobic policy and sentiment fomented violence.

Mainstream media has harmed Black people for generations in the United States – from publishing slave catching advertise...
18/09/2024

Mainstream media has harmed Black people for generations in the United States – from publishing slave catching advertisements to using passive voice when it comes to police shootings.

How can the harm be repaired? According to Borealis Philanthropy’s new Thriving BIPOC Journalism Report, released July 23, part of the road to media reparations must include philanthropic prioritization of financial investment in Black, Indigenous, Asian and Latine journalism over flashpoint technologies like generative artificial intelligence. Over $21.6 billion in investments went to generative artificial intelligence startups in 2023 through Sept. 30 alone.

The Thriving BIPOC Journalism Report argues for investment in a BIPOC media ecosystem that is “abundant, repaired and reimagined.”

The choice to repeatedly push out alerts centered on Biden’s mental fitness in the lead up to his eventual dropping out ...
17/09/2024

The choice to repeatedly push out alerts centered on Biden’s mental fitness in the lead up to his eventual dropping out of the race, rather than emphasize the policy changes at stake this election, is a testament to the newsroom’s failure to live up to the idea of the fourth estate.

undamentally, the top brass at the Times fail to understand the weight of push alerts being driven to millions of phones, including policymakers’.

"While the number of unionized American newsrooms has grown significantly in the past decade, nonprofit outlets have bee...
15/08/2023

"While the number of unionized American newsrooms has grown significantly in the past decade, nonprofit outlets have been slow to join the trend, despite their widely held “savior” status within journalism," Jacob Gardenswartz writes.

Nonprofit outlets have been slow to unionize, despite their widely-held “savior” status within journalism.

Jacob Gardenswartz covers how Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting laid off six people of color from its ...
11/08/2023

Jacob Gardenswartz covers how Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting laid off six people of color from its staff of roughly 50 workers, including every single Black employee working on the editorial side of the company except the radio program’s host, Al Letson."

Staffers of color say the investigative journalism nonprofit undervalues non-white reporters and is resistant to changing its ways.

"Staffers of color say the investigative journalism nonprofit undervalues non-white reporters and is resistant to changi...
24/07/2023

"Staffers of color say the investigative journalism nonprofit undervalues non-white reporters and is resistant to changing its ways."

Staffers of color say the investigative journalism nonprofit undervalues non-white reporters and is resistant to changing its ways.

"The paper’s sale to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary caught staffers — and management — off guard. Employees know wha...
17/07/2023

"The paper’s sale to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary caught staffers — and management — off guard. Employees know what’s ahead: staff reductions." Omar Rashad writes about The San Diego Union-Tribune's sale to a hedge fund.

The paper’s sale to an Alden Global Capital subsidiary caught staffers — and management — off guard. Employees know what's ahead: staff reductions.

"Study Hall has positioned itself as not only outside of the mainstream news ecosystem, but often in direct opposition t...
10/07/2023

"Study Hall has positioned itself as not only outside of the mainstream news ecosystem, but often in direct opposition to it. New ownership says it won’t change that and wants freelancers to hold them to their promises," Curtis Yee writes.

Study Hall has positioned itself as not only outside of the mainstream news ecosystem, but often in direct opposition to it. New ownership says it won't change that and wants freelancers to hold them to their promises.

"What should accountability — to the readers who donate and to the staff whose positions are preserved by them — look li...
10/07/2023

"What should accountability — to the readers who donate and to the staff whose positions are preserved by them — look like when funding structures rely on community donations? And how should values-driven media have those values reflected in their masthead?"

A coalition of writers have expressed concerns over the lack of transparency from the major q***r publication.

"Reporters run the risk of not successfully communicating to the public the sheer scope and cruelty of the ongoing attac...
09/07/2023

"Reporters run the risk of not successfully communicating to the public the sheer scope and cruelty of the ongoing attack on trans people’s rights," Evan Urquhart writes for The Objective.

Reporters run the risk of not successfully communicating to the public the sheer scope and cruelty of the ongoing attack on trans people’s rights.

"Activists with the group Climate Defiance say national media is partly to blame for failing to prioritize climate cover...
09/07/2023

"Activists with the group Climate Defiance say national media is partly to blame for failing to prioritize climate coverage." The Objective's Democracy Correspondent Jacob Gardenswartz reports:

Activists with the group Climate Defiance say national media is partly to blame for failing to prioritize climate coverage.

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