# The Objective

> The Objective examines systems of power and inequity in journalism: how newsrooms treat their employees, how journalists interact with their community, and what new forms of journalism can look like.

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## Posts
- [Court orders Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to pay an estimated $5 million to former strikers](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/court-orders-pittsburgh-post-gazette-to-pay-an-estimated-5-million-to-former-strikers): The future of Pittsburgh's news landscape remains in flux. New owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have recognized the paper’s union, but have not yet publicly addressed what one former reporter called the paper’s “ugly history” of racist, bigoted coverage.
- [More layoffs](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-01-27-23): Issue 60: Ways to help and resources for workers.
- [The union connection to East Palestine](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-02-24-23): Issue 62: What a dearth in coverage on the issue says about the national press.
- [Journalists should stand with striking screenwriters](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-5-5-23): Issue 67: The WGA strike reflects the same precarity journalists face.
- [What happened to the 'reckoning' in food media?](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-5-19-23): Issue 68: Good food coverage recognizes all food is political.
- [Diversity win? Autostraddle isn’t living up to its values.  ](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-6-02-23): Issue 69: The lack of transparency at a major queer publication.
- [ Study Hall isn’t like other media companies...unless? ](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-6-16-23): Issue 70: New ownership has already made changes.
- [Digital strike publications show another way to build worker power](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-6-30-23): Issue 71: Striking workers demonstrate they’re the ones ultimately providing value to news outlets.
- [Another Alden acquisition, another devastated newsroom](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-7-14-23): Issue 72: San Diego Union-Tribune staffers received no advance notice about their paper’s sale and are waiting to hear about reductions ahead.
- [In bankruptcy, pay executives first?](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-7-28-23): Issue 73: VICE executives got a payout when the company declared bankruptcy. Many workers just got laid off.
- [Wins for workers at two big nonprofit newsrooms](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-8-11-23): Issue 74: The importance of nonprofit news outlet unionization.
- [Who does bad faith coverage of trans communities serve?](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-9-8-23): Issue 75: A NYT reporter shows how not to cover trans issues.
- [Q&A: ¡Hella Hungry!](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-9-22-23): Issue 76: Alan Chazaro dishes out thoughts on coming to food writing from outside a traditional journalism background.
- [One year of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike ](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-10-6-23): Issue 77: Looking at one of news’ longest strikes in recent history.
- [U.S. reporting on Palestine is inadequate](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-10-23-23): Issue 78: U.S. outlets are complicit in normalizing Palestinian genocide.
- [Journalists are being punished for supporting Palestinian human rights](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-11-3-23): Issue 79: Growing numbers of U.S. journalists face material consequences for speaking out.
- [Journalists' obligations are to their readers — not outdated ideas of 'objectivity'](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-11-17-23): Issue 80: Reflections on the 2023 Democracy Summit.
- [Context, citation when reporting on Palestine solidarity actions is crucial](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/context-citation-when-reporting-on-palestine-solidarity-actions-is-crucial): Uplifting the student journalists covering the Barnard/Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
- [News’ artificial intelligence fixation deserves more scrutiny](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/news-artificial-intelligence-fixation-deserves-more-scrutiny): Journalists shouldn’t passively accept the encroaching presence of generative AI into the news industry.
- [The Objective’s favorite media reporting and criticism of 2025](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/the-objectives-favorite-media-reporting-and-criticism-of-2025): A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.
- [Hundreds of journalists demand USA Today Co. end Palantir partnership](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/hundreds-of-journalists-demand-usa-today-co-end-palantir-partnership): Nearly 800 journalists at USA Today Co. papers signed a statement calling for the company to end its newly-announced partnership with software company Palantir, whose products have been used by the U.S. government to support immigration raids.
- [Journalists shouldn't have to anticipate their next layoff](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-2-5-24): Issue 81: Media layoffs are a recurring pattern. How can we stop them?
- [Poking holes in the journalism awards complex](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-2-19-24): Issue 82: Who wins in journalism?
- [Uplifting the student coverage at Barnard/Columbia](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-4-23-24): Issue 83: Context, citation when reporting on Palestine solidarity actions is crucial.
- [Prioritize funding BIPOC media, not AI](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-7-26-24): Issue 84: A new Borealis Philanthropy report lays out the path to reparative BIPOC media ecosystem.
- [Trump's NABJ appearance soured community space](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-8-2-24): Issue 85: Also, a Q&A with The 51st, serving underrepresented investigative journalists, and more.