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.
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.
It’s healthy for student journalists to raise concerns about AI
Generative AI isn’t a real solution to the issues facing newsrooms. Students are right to point that out.
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.
Q&A: ‘We’re winning when media reparations is common-sense’: Media 2070’s new chapter
In the midst of attacks on Black press and journalists, Media 2070 charts a tangible future for Black narrative power and media reparations.
Journalist’s Resource downsizes
After “several funders did not renew their grants,” the Harvard-based hub making academia accessible to reporters cut its program director and managing editor positions.
Washington Post lays off race and ethnicity reporters
After cutting around one-third of staff, the Washington Post says it will concentrate on “areas that demonstrate authority” — with a national reporting desk that is now overwhelmingly white.
How disaster reporting hit home for two Appalachian journalists after Helene
Disaster journalism is vital, but can be traumatizing for both journalists and sources. We can make it better by treating disaster survivors — and ourselves — with more humanity.
‘Almost media silence’: National, local news ignores trans Americans amid 2025’s anti-trans attacks
The failures of newsrooms to substantively cover anti-trans legislation in 2023 and 2024 have compounded over the first year of Trump's second term in office.
In the wake of defunding public media, rural radio holds steadfast
With the dissolution of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting — a 60-year support system — tribal-serving radio stations face a steep climb towards community self-sufficiency head-on.