New journalism philanthropy shifts under the Trump administration 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.

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Edited screenshot, with original text from the “About” page of the Knight Foundation from Sep. 17, 2025. The Knight Foundation has edited its “About” page to remove its diversity, equity, and ...

Mike Rispoli testifying in the New Jersey Statehouse. Photo by Tim Karr, courtesy of Free Press. Illustration work by Erik Rodriguez. Get The Objective in your inbox every week. This piece is part of ...

Residents of Morristown, N.J. gather with journalists at a 2017 Free Press event to discuss how to strengthen local news. Photo courtesy of Timothy Karr, illustration work by Erik Rodriguez. Get The ...

A Jersey Bee youth media workshop held at Rutgers University-Newark last year focused on producing a “Student’s Guide to School Board Elections.” Photo courtesy of Nikki Villafane for the Jersey Bee, ...

This piece is part of the column series ‘The Case for Movement Journalism‘. Read other column installments here. These purposes for journalism make up a kind of draft “theory of change” for movement ...

Update, Nov. 6, 2:53 p.m.: Condé Nast fired four Condé union officers who confronted leadership seeking answers about the Teen Vogue merger and WIRED layoffs late on Nov. 5, the union said in a ...

The Washington Post dismissed long-time opinion columnist Karen Attiah last month after she posted on Bluesky about the racist double standards around Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk’s killing and ...

Words are not enough, but they build the foundation of our shared reality. For almost two years, Palestinian journalists have been documenting our own destruction and broadcasting it to the world. We ...