A red duotone filter is layered over a photo of the New York Times office. An X in a gradient with the colors of the trans flag is atop the New York Times sign.

Trans News Network calls New York Times boycott for accurate trans coverage, following boycott from WAWOG

For years, reporters, media workers, and media accountability organizations have said the New York Times’ reporting and commentary is spreading harmful misinformation about trans people.

Collage of images. Top left: Photo of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, a state prison in California, with a yellow filter. Top right: Two screenshots of the text of prison media access bills, AB 1440 and SB 239. The bottom half of the collage features cutouts of profiles of California governors Arnold Schwarznegger, Gavin Newsom, and Jerry Brown. All are white men wearing suits and speaking a podium. There is an article screenshot over each cut-out. The one above Schwarznegger says Governor vetoes prison access bill (October 1, 2004). The one above Newsom says California governor vetoes bill expanding media access to prisons: Governor Newsom expressed concerns over allowing the press unfettered access to inmates, which he said could turn criminals into social media stars. The cutout above Brown says Brown rejects expanding media access to prisons (Oct. 1, 2012 2:26 p.m. PT)
Governor Newsom adds to California’s legacy of stifling prison media access

Governor Gavin Newsom is the latest California governor to consistently veto bills seeking to expand media access and press freedom in prisons, following a precedent set by prior state governors.

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U.S. investment in international reporting is shrinking, taking international journalists’ opportunities with it

As Donald Trump wins more attention from news media, one loser has often been international reporting — despite the growing imperative for American readers to have a more expansive view of their place in an increasingly interconnected world.

A statement signed by unionized journalists across USA Today Co. papers and published by the NewsGuild-CWA reads: "We have significant ethical issues with Palantir, whose artificial intelligence (A.I.) software has been used to advance widespread surveillance and power immigration crackdowns." The photo of the statement is layered atop a photo of five Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers, focused on the backs of their vests, walking through a factory.
Hundreds of journalists demand USA Today Co. end Palantir partnership

Nearly 800 journalists at USA Today Co. papers signed a statement calling for the company to end its newly-announced partnership with software company Palantir, whose products have been used by the U.S. government to support immigration raids.

A collage of items. An Axios headline from March 7, 2026 that reads Majority of major U.S. newsrooms require at least 3 days in office is overlaid over an orange KN95 and image of an air purifier stylized with a halftone effect. Those images are above a photo of an open laptop and notebook.
Despite COVID-19, disabled reporters say disability is still inconsistently prioritized in news

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw remote and hybrid work arrangements grow and a greater interest in disability reporting. But six years later, disabled reporters say there wasn’t a full-scale reckoning with disability in newsroom coverage and culture.

HBCU professors adapt curriculum to guide aspiring Black journalists amid attacks on DEI

"We have to move in a certain way, but we will always tell the truth," said Serbino Sandifer-Walker, Texas Southern University School of Communication assistant dean and journalism professor.

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Objective co-directors win the 2026 AAJA Award for Leadership in Diversity & Solidarity

One of the Asian American Journalists Association's Community Awards, the honor recognizes a commitment to the AAPI journalist community and to AAJA's goals of diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging.

Two photos. On left: A photo of Sarah J. Jackson, a light-skinned Black woman with shoulder-length natural hair and a button-up, looking at the camera with a slight smile. On right: A photo of the cover of A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom, which features an eyeball vector on a black background and a star with red, white, and blue as the highlight in the pupil.
Q&A: ‘A Second Sight’ tells U.S. media history through Black journalists’ lens

Author Sarah J. Jackson sat down with The Objective to talk about her new book, 'A Second Sight', and how Black journalists and media-makers have simultaneously imagined and critiqued U.S. mythmaking.

A ripped sheet of paper is overlaid across a Black person shaking a white person's hand, with the Black person's arm obscured to represent being shut out of opportunities. The handshake is surrounded by a headline from a 2024 release from Women in Journalism that says United States: Journalists of Color Disproportionately Affected by Major Media Layoffs and a 2025 headline from The Guardian that says 'It's not a coincidence': journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump's anti-DEI push.
Journalism is increasingly pushing reporters of color out of the industry

After years of diversity promises and amid increased safety risks, journalists of color face an industry that still fails to culturally and financially value their labor.

A collage of several elements, including a screenshot from a Q&A with Christopher Blackwell, with the sentence "We have journalists on the ground in every place in the world, except prisons"; a screenshotted excerpt of the front page of The Prison News, a North Carolina prison paper; collected author photos for John J. Lennon, Phillip Vance Smith II, Blackwell, and Kwaneta Harris; the headline for the Bridging the Gap conference program, courtesy of Haymarket Books.
Incarcerated journalists lead first-ever conference on strengthening U.S. prison journalism

Bridging the Gap, a conference focused on improving journalism in and on U.S. prisons and jails, will take place in Chicago on May 29 and 30.