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“Healthy media ecosystems provide people with information to meet their needs. But how do we know how much of that vision is being achieved?” Kang-Xing Jin makes the case for establishing a measuring infrastructure within civic media.
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To promote civic information, we need to measure it
The new Civic Information Needs Census exists thanks to the understanding that measuring information needs is critical for those creating civic information.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“Healthy media ecosystems provide people with information to meet their needs. But how do we know how much of that vision is being achieved?” Kang-Xing Jin makes the case for establishing a measuring infrastructure within civic media.
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What if journalism mirrored ecological systems rather than capitalist markets? Jennifer Brandel envisions a future of journalism where local news is rooted in local land.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What if journalism mirrored ecological systems rather than capitalist markets? Jennifer Brandel envisions a future of journalism where local news is rooted in local land.
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"Nearly a decade into my writing career, as an Atlanta-based journalist, I’ve become accustomed to national media turning a blind eye to the South," ajajeanarnold.bsky.social writes. She asked four Southern authors to contextualize this long-standing bias.
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U.S. media has ignored the South. But its problems are the nation's
Oral histories from Southern journalists and authors about the news industry’s geographical bias.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Nearly a decade into my writing career, as an Atlanta-based journalist, I’ve become accustomed to national media turning a blind eye to the South," ajajeanarnold.bsky.social writes. She asked four Southern authors to contextualize this long-standing bias.
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Legacy news isn’t the only way information gets shared in communities. Jesse Hardman argues that it’s time to identify and support the information gardens already growing in community backyards around the country.
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Divest from the 'news desert' framework
On encouraging and equipping community media-makers with resources to help local media ecosystems thrive long-term.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Legacy news isn’t the only way information gets shared in communities. Jesse Hardman argues that it’s time to identify and support the information gardens already growing in community backyards around the country.
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In the latest for our Civic Media Series, Cierra Brown Hinton argues that for a truly equitable future of journalism, media and movement must work together strategically.
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We need a media ecosystem that urges justice
On the imperative for a media system using narrative as a tool to dismantle systemic oppression and redistribute power.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In the latest for our Civic Media Series, Cierra Brown Hinton argues that for a truly equitable future of journalism, media and movement must work together strategically.
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“From sustainability, social justice, politics, fashion, and everything else, Teen Vogue was a place for young women to feel seen and heard,” @aiyanaish.bsky.social said. “It also gave them the chance to speak for themselves.”
Teen Vogue’s loss is an irreplaceable void in teen media
Between fandoms and youth activists, people don’t take teenage girls seriously — but Teen Vogue did.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“From sustainability, social justice, politics, fashion, and everything else, Teen Vogue was a place for young women to feel seen and heard,” @aiyanaish.bsky.social said. “It also gave them the chance to speak for themselves.”
For local news to effectively contribute to civic health, a newsroom must be more than just a newsroom. Richard Young makes the case for a news future that integrates journalism with community, local government, and civic organizations.
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Local news must help build a civic life worth participating in
Richard Young on the possibilities for expanding and diversifying civic participation when changing how we think about local news.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
For local news to effectively contribute to civic health, a newsroom must be more than just a newsroom. Richard Young makes the case for a news future that integrates journalism with community, local government, and civic organizations.
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Journalism is broken. So let’s reimagine it, together. Civic media is part of an equitable news future, and it needs your support.
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The Objective x News Futures Magazine
In a new collaboration between The Objective and News Futures, 14 practitioners share their perspectives on building local, participatory, and durable information systems for the next decade.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Journalism is broken. So let’s reimagine it, together. Civic media is part of an equitable news future, and it needs your support.
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In a 2019 study of media organizations, researchers found that the news industry “likely contributes to the widespread public stigma toward people with addiction that hinders advancement of public health policy solutions to the U.S. opioid epidemic.”
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November 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
In a 2019 study of media organizations, researchers found that the news industry “likely contributes to the widespread public stigma toward people with addiction that hinders advancement of public health policy solutions to the U.S. opioid epidemic.”
"The mainstream press has never been fully present to consistently, accurately, or fearlessly tell Indigenous stories.” Jodi Rave Spotted Bear spotlights the Native-led efforts that are building the future of Indigenous journalism.
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Native peoples must be part of an emergent media collective
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear on the necessity of American Indians being at the table to forge a new path in building independent Indigenous media.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"The mainstream press has never been fully present to consistently, accurately, or fearlessly tell Indigenous stories.” Jodi Rave Spotted Bear spotlights the Native-led efforts that are building the future of Indigenous journalism.
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Hear from our very own worker-owner and co-founder @sesmith.lol and a powerhouse panel of trans media at the trans media convening organized by @objectivejournos.bsky.social !
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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hear from our very own worker-owner and co-founder @sesmith.lol and a powerhouse panel of trans media at the trans media convening organized by @objectivejournos.bsky.social !
Flyer by rommy torrico
💻 Register at https://f.mtr.cool/nuowcscmvw by November 14th!
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💻 Register at https://f.mtr.cool/nuowcscmvw by November 14th!
“Guild members would have been afforded more rights working without a contract than by accepting all of PG Publishing’s proposals,” wrote opinion author and Third Circuit judge Cindy Chung about @pghguild.com workers bargaining with @post-gazette.com.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Guild members would have been afforded more rights working without a contract than by accepting all of PG Publishing’s proposals,” wrote opinion author and Third Circuit judge Cindy Chung about @pghguild.com workers bargaining with @post-gazette.com.
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“Public access TV was social media before there was social media.” Antoine Haywood digs into how these participatory spaces empower communities and can revitalize local media.
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Public access television: ‘More than a soundbite’
Antoine Haywood on learning from community access television's roots in prosocial activism, public education, and civic communication.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“Public access TV was social media before there was social media.” Antoine Haywood digs into how these participatory spaces empower communities and can revitalize local media.
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Read more in The Objective’s Civic Media Series 👇
Ayinde Merrill makes the case for service journalism: a news future where reporting doesn’t just “cover” communities – it empowers them.
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The future of news is about service, not sensationalism
Ayinde Merrill on what the future of news and information means to historically marginalized communities in New Jersey and across the U.S.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ayinde Merrill makes the case for service journalism: a news future where reporting doesn’t just “cover” communities – it empowers them.
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🗞️✨Announcing our 2025 Civic Media Series: a digital + print magazine featuring essays from 14 practitioners who reimagine local news through the lens of civic media. Read our editors’ letter + stay tuned: articles dropping soon. 👀
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A letter from the Civic Media Magazine editors
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.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
🗞️✨Announcing our 2025 Civic Media Series: a digital + print magazine featuring essays from 14 practitioners who reimagine local news through the lens of civic media. Read our editors’ letter + stay tuned: articles dropping soon. 👀
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#CivicMedia #Mediasky
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The very section that made Teen Vogue stand out amid the country’s major news sources for taking youth seriously and for its progressive coverage is now gone.
Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team
Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating its politics section. Just one woman of color remains on Teen Vogue’s editorial staff.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The very section that made Teen Vogue stand out amid the country’s major news sources for taking youth seriously and for its progressive coverage is now gone.
The UN called it genocide in Gaza. Will Western journalists dare to?
If the truth costs us Palestinian journalists our lives, what excuse do you have for refusing to call it by its name?
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If the truth costs us Palestinian journalists our lives, what excuse do you have for refusing to call it by its name?
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The UN called it genocide in Gaza. Will Western journalists dare to?
If the truth costs us Palestinian journalists our lives, what excuse do you have for refusing to call it by its name?
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October 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The UN called it genocide in Gaza. Will Western journalists dare to?
If the truth costs us Palestinian journalists our lives, what excuse do you have for refusing to call it by its name?
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If the truth costs us Palestinian journalists our lives, what excuse do you have for refusing to call it by its name?
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Wall Street Journal shirks apology for publishing anti-trans misinformation after Charlie Kirk shooting.
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Wall Street Journal shirks apology for anti-trans misinformation
As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence escalate, journalists must be rigorous when covering anti-trans rhetoric.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wall Street Journal shirks apology for publishing anti-trans misinformation after Charlie Kirk shooting.
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What is nonprofit news infrastructure solving for?
We need new questions to guide flourishing news ecosystems that don’t treat nonprofit status as the end-all, be-all fix.
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We need new questions to guide flourishing news ecosystems that don’t treat nonprofit status as the end-all, be-all fix.
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What is nonprofit news infrastructure solving for?
We need new questions for the next two decades of nonprofit news and beyond. And we have to stop treating nonprofit status as "the fix."
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September 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What is nonprofit news infrastructure solving for?
We need new questions to guide flourishing news ecosystems that don’t treat nonprofit status as the end-all, be-all fix.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/what...
We need new questions to guide flourishing news ecosystems that don’t treat nonprofit status as the end-all, be-all fix.
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The Micro Division winner of the Breaking Barriers Award is Alexis Allison’s article for @objectivejournos.bsky.social s.bsky.social, “The Editor of a New York City Newspaper Bullied Reporters for Years. Then, He Was Promoted.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Micro Division winner of the Breaking Barriers Award is Alexis Allison’s article for @objectivejournos.bsky.social s.bsky.social, “The Editor of a New York City Newspaper Bullied Reporters for Years. Then, He Was Promoted.”
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Ever had that "make it make sense?!" feeling when you're reading the news? Yeah. Me too. Conceiving of journalism as political education -- as the @kcdefender.bsky.social does so well -- is one solution and way forward. @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/make...
Make it make sense: movement media as political education
Even when our stories herald bad news, they can also help people make meaning and figure out our role in responding.
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August 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ever had that "make it make sense?!" feeling when you're reading the news? Yeah. Me too. Conceiving of journalism as political education -- as the @kcdefender.bsky.social does so well -- is one solution and way forward. @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2025/08/make...
Historically, Supreme Court press corps have not treated the Court as a political branch…that needs to change.
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Journalists say: Cover the Supreme Court as the political body it is
The U.S. Supreme Court is doing law and politics in targeting the legal rights of the most marginalized. Coverage should reflect that.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Historically, Supreme Court press corps have not treated the Court as a political branch…that needs to change.
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Framing ICE coverage as just an immigration issue no longer meets the moment — especially, as many have weathered the fallout of raids, a new detention center, or surveillance tactics.
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How to ensure reporting on ICE goes beyond focusing on citizenship status
There are multiple contexts from which to cover ICE. Many communities have weathered the fallout of raids and surveillance tactics.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Framing ICE coverage as just an immigration issue no longer meets the moment — especially, as many have weathered the fallout of raids, a new detention center, or surveillance tactics.
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Nice piece by Jen Ramos Eisen in The Objective. @jenramose.online @objectivejournos.bsky.social
A "Jim Crow" law made MLB leave Atlanta. Sports reporters should've asked why they went back.
Coverage of the All-Star Game’s return to Atlanta fails to mention a voter suppression law that prompted the game’s leaving in 2021.
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July 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Nice piece by Jen Ramos Eisen in The Objective. @jenramose.online @objectivejournos.bsky.social
A “Jim Crow” law made MLB leave Atlanta. Sports reporters should’ve asked why they went back.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/medi...
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A "Jim Crow" law made MLB leave Atlanta. Sports reporters should've asked why they went back.
Coverage of the All-Star Game’s return to Atlanta fails to mention a voter suppression law that prompted the game’s leaving in 2021.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A “Jim Crow” law made MLB leave Atlanta. Sports reporters should’ve asked why they went back.
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