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A sign reading "Taken by injustice. Remembered for resistance." seen at the Alex Pretti Memorial on February 3, 2026.

Reporting on ICE killings follows a long history of normalizing state violence

Mainstream coverage of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter’s killings shows how anti-Black news standards desensitize communities to state violence.

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Self Magazine shuttering means one less publication taking disability seriously

The almost 50-year-old publication was a lifeline for chronically ill readers.

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Equalpride lays off staff at Them after purchasing the publication from Condé Nast

National resources to cover queer and trans news are shrinking as the number of anti-trans bills being considered across the U.S. in 2026 outpaces last year.

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Ravenous is the newest publication in a growing menu of food journalism co-ops

As corporate media instability and “pivot to video” shift the landscape of culture reporting, new worker-run food publications like Ravenous feed cravings for long-form writing.

Three Black journalists, from left to right, Tramon Lucas, Dr. Kaye Whitehead, and Errin Haines sit facing an audience in a town hall session.
Black journalists at Baltimore CBS station call for accountability over alleged discrimination

Black journalists have been especially impacted by broader industry shifts like layoffs, consolidation, and the targeting of diversity, equity, and inclusion, raising concerns about editorial independence, public accountability, and the future of local journalism in majority-Black cities like Baltimore.

Several workers in a circle picketing the Chicago office of ProPublica hold up signs that say "ProPublica workers on strike for a fair contract."
Workers at nation’s largest investigative newsroom, ProPublica, go on strike 

ProPublica’s unionized workers are holding a one-day strike over generative AI protections, wage increases, and standards around layoffs. They’ve been negotiating for a contract for over 2 years.

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Native Hawaiians, new newsrooms work to shift journalism norms in Hawai’i after legacy media exclusion

As the Hawaiian Islands grapple with rising natural disaster and a news desert prognosis, a wave of community-stewarded projects centering Native Hawaiians and their values is trying to shift the culture of journalism on the islands.

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Fort Worth Report becomes Texas’s sixth unionized newsroom

The Fort Worth Reporters Guild voted 11-1 to unionize, and will begin working with management on collective bargaining for a contract.

Two photos on an orange background. Left is a headshot of Anita Varma, a South Asian woman with glasses and straight hair past her shoulders. Varma is wearing a black-and-white patterned V-neck and black cardigan while posing against a background of trees. Next to Varma is a photo of her book's cover. The title is Solidarity in Journalism: How Ethical Reporting Fights For Social Justice. A painting of an orange, red, and yellow flame is the book background.
Q&A: ‘All journalism advocates’: Anita Varma on solidarity journalism

Journalism professor Anita Varma on her forthcoming book, Solidarity in Journalism: How Ethical Reporting Fights for Social Justice, the limits of the advocacy vs. journalism conversation, and more.

A collage of three images. A screenshot of the Ask ChatGPT search bar is top left. Center left is a billboard littered with Baltimore Sun Guild union posters, with one that reads We Will Not Be Silenced in the center. Center right is a screenshot of two political analyses from the Baltimore Sun's Feb. 13 e-edition labeled "AI Analysis", with the Baltimore Sun Guild's edit replacing the headline of both stories with the word "Slop."
When The Baltimore Sun can’t get journalists to lower their standards, it turns to generative AI

The Baltimore Sun ”once again disparaged … human reporters and their work” by publishing two AI-generated political analyses, the newspaper’s union said.