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The ebb and flow of the philanthropic sector — especially around stories of marginalized people — has been an issue even before Trump’s targeting of DEI. But new shifts have disproportionately affected organizations led by people of color.
After a historic three-year strike, staffers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette returned to work in late November. Now, the 239-year-old paper is shuttering.
One of the biggest funders of nonprofit journalism in the U.S. no longer publicly lists an explicit section about “diversity, equity, and inclusion” on its mission page.
A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.
Darryl Holliday on how City Bureau's Documenters' program models the new social contract needed for local news and the civic media system emerging today.
2025 saw the revival of the historic journalism awards, once called the Pulitzers of prison newsrooms, after a 35-year hiatus.
Five key policy-making principles and concrete proposals to support civic information needs.
Michael Swerdlow on the necessity of publicly funding the news media.
Hyperlocal and local journalists like me tell stories for smaller communities that may not have “national significance”, but are important to the people in these towns and areas.
Andrea D. Wenzel on reimagining an equitable, cooperative, and sustainable local media system amid overlapping crises.
