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12 Jan 2022
If you have a story you haven't been able to find a home for that covers marginalized journalists and audiences in American newsrooms, please pitch us! @studyhallxyz @WritersofColor objectivejournalism.org/pitc…
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Jun 10
More journalists of color ... are turning to freelancing not as a glamorous act of independence, but because “newsroom jobs either are nonexistent or so competitive that they feel it’s useless to apply.”
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“What is the point of job retention if the field itself no longer exists?”
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May 29
Changing the kinds of stories that are told about U.S. prisons and mass incarceration must include incarcerated journalists, who are “reporting from behind enemy lines," said @Look2Justice co-founder @ChrisWBlackwell.
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May 28
Tomorrow marks the first-ever conference on U.S. prison journalism, led by @ChrisWBlackwell and other systems-impacted journalists. @Look2Justice, @EmpowermentAve, @HaymarketBooks, @truthout, and @_inquest_ are among the event's sponsors.
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Thank you Jake Pitre for including my thoughts alongside the other reporters in this story!
“My ethical commitment is … to the reader," @radhikaraj_ said. "It’s a very dense beat, so what separates better reporting [on artificial intelligence] is really that base-level understanding, the translation layer of tech jargon to layman’s terms.”
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Freelance journalism is a white-dominated industry, and Black freelance journalists are potentially reaping fewer benefits from it. One report suggests they earn up to seven times less than their white counterparts. objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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Reporters covering artificial intelligence are developing a code of ethics as they go, but much like newsrooms, there isn't a consensus. And practical logistics of coverage are colliding with other ethical concerns about the expansion of generative AI. buff.ly/nBF6Cm3
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“Can’t we look really hard at the flaws in this technology and decide if this is really what we want for the future?.” @CadeMetz on covering artificial intelligence, as part of our latest story on the lack of a consensus of ethics for the tech. 🔗 threaded below.
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“My ethical commitment is … to the reader," @radhikaraj_ said. "It’s a very dense beat, so what separates better reporting [on artificial intelligence] is really that base-level understanding, the translation layer of tech jargon to layman’s terms.”
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Apr 24
Community members have long played a role in sharing information, especially when mainstream news has failed them. objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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"With racist, anti-Black gaps in coverage exposed again and again by the forebears of the Black press ... an independent and organized counterbalance is of vital importance," Daniel Johnson (@Gods_gift_) writes on the importance of funding the Black press. objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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Apr 16
For The Objective, Daniel Johnson (@God_sgift_) argues that organizations that support democracy and freedom of the press must equitably fund Black journalists, Black outlets, and the Black press if they want to act on their values. objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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Apr 9
local reporting is where i got my start in journalism, and it's something i hold close to my heart. i'm glad the inaugural @local_news_day offers a chance to highlight the work local newsrooms do :)
find and support local news outlets near you at localnewsday.org 📰
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Apr 9
on #localnewsday, i'm grateful for the strong accountability reporting by local journalists covering efforts to make the industry more equitable, like this story @ObjectiveJrn repubbed from @baltbeat today: objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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Workers at the U.S.'s largest investigative newsroom @propublicaguild are on strike today. objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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Mar 28
Hawaiian storytelling models have been pushed out through colonization, as with the 90-year school ban of the ʻŌlelo Hawai‘i language.
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Mar 10
Update on a story from last week: Fort Worth Report is now Texas's sixth unionized newsroom and second in Tarrant County after eligible staff voted 11-1 to unionize as the @fwrguild.
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Feb 26
The Baltimore Sun’s AI usage is an extension of a power struggle with the @baltsunguild that’s been brewing inside the nearly 200-year-old paper’s newsroom since it was acquired by JTF Publications back in 2024.
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Feb 13
Last year, @JournoResource published 80 tip sheets across topics from immigration and higher education to sports betting and preserving federal data. objectivejournalism.org/2026…
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