The Objective is a nonprofit newsroom examining systems of power and inequity in journalism: how newsrooms treat their ...

Breaking down examples of coverage focused on immigrants and their support systems, not just on the concept of unrest.

The Protocol, the New York Times ’ new podcast on the history of gender-affirming care for youth, largely excludes the voices ...

Against her will, the newsroom plans to use audio from the mom of a trans girl for its new podcast about gender-affirming ...

Against her will, the newsroom plans to use audio from the mom of a trans girl for its new podcast about gender-affirming ...

The current corporate model of journalism is falling short. Disinformation is running rampant. Journalists showing solidarity to their counterparts in Palestine are censored and targeted. Those ...

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. This is ...

Attendees engaged in discussion at a Free Press event. Photo courtesy of Free Press, illustration by Erik Rodriguez. Get The Objective in your inbox every week. We are at a pivotal moment. A shift in ...

Discussing cultural appreciation and appropriation is also about broader questions of who can get a platform to share food — and who profits. Illustration by Frankie Huang/The Objective. This piece is ...

Regardless of reason, uncritical food writing shores up existing power structures, and fails to serve the consumers and workers who stand to be hurt by them. Raskin’s critic photo. Photo by Allisyn K.

This piece is a part of our series “The Food Media Reckoning” — a collection of reporting, essays, and criticism about the holes that still exist in food media — and what its future could look like ...

Local and national reporters have based huge stories off the uncredited work of student publications.