Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team
Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating the youth-focused publication’s politics section. Four Condé Union officers have also been fired after questioning the layoffs.
A letter from the Civic Media Magazine editors
Introducing the digital version of the Civic Media Magazine: The stories here show what’s possible when we reimagine local news not just as something to consume, but as a tool for community action.
What I learned by trying to quantify anti-trans bias and objectivity
If a source argued that someone doesn’t exist and they do, we would take a picture of that person and run it at the top of the article. So why aren’t journalists quoting trans people about executive orders that challenge our existence?
Journalism as a public good has always been an exception
Misdiagnosing journalism’s collapse means we’ve been mourning a myth and ignoring the radical legacy — and future — of people-powered media.
Youth want a voice in youth news coverage
Journalists are covering issues that deeply impact young people. But from mainstream media coverage to education journalism outlets and local papers, young people of color especially feel that their voices are ignored in news stories.
Q&A: Karen Attiah says her firing shows mainstream media still fails at talking about race
Karen Attiah, former long-time Washington Post opinion columnist and editor, sat down to talk about objectivity, “Democracy Dies in Darkness", Black representation in news, and more.
How does a story go from ‘spreading awareness’ to making concrete change?
Movement journalism needs a theory of change in order to affect policy and practice.
Jewish Currents reporter, 15 other journalists detained on humanitarian flotilla to Gaza
Israeli military forces detained several freedom flotilla ships on Oct. 8, in a latest effort to stifle reporting on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Nearly 100 passengers, including journalist Emily Wilder, are onboard The Conscience, the flotilla's flagship vessel.
Meeting community information needs can build community power
How movement journalism develops local networks of trust and connection, even before disaster strikes.
Without New Voices legislation, we risk igniting an epidemic of silence among U.S. student journalists
Defunding and devaluing public media is a top-down erosion of truth-telling that undercuts efforts to strengthen student press freedom and contributes to censorship of student journalists.