# 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. This file provides information about The Objective to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [Issue 179: Where is the national coverage of anti-trans ballot measures?](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/issue-179-where-is-the-national-coverage-of-anti-trans-ballot-measures): Also, independent community-centered media does what corporate news can't and Salon says goodbye. - [Anti-trans ballot measures pass in four states, draw little national news coverage](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/anti-trans-ballot-measures-pass-in-four-states-draw-little-national-news-coverage): National newspapers have been some of the primary drivers of anti-trans misinformation that helped stoke Republicans’ strategy to fearmonger about trans rights. - [Corporate news curated our dystopian reality. Funders must support an alternative ](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/corporate-news-curated-our-dystopian-reality-funders-must-support-an-alternative): For the past six years, corporate media has helped curate our dystopian reality. Funding independent community-centered journalism is how we build a more just world. - [Issue 178: History can help present-day election reporting](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/issue-178-history-can-help-present-day-election-reporting): Also, a Q&A on media's missing context about Palestine and more. - [New podcast 'Hate State' explains the media, history, and money behind how trans rights got to the ballot box](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/new-podcast-hate-state-explains-the-media-history-and-money-behind-how-trans-rights-got-to-the-ballo): The podcast makes the case for better political reporting on anti-trans ballot measures by examining Colorado's history of anti-gay ballot measure organizing. - [Q&A: Assal Rad and the media’s missing context on Palestine ](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/q-a-assal-rad-and-the-media-s-missing-context-on-palestine): Historian and "Don't Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide" author Assal Rad on media’s hypocrisy and missing context about genocide in Gaza. - [Issue 177: Mainstream media’s double standard for Muslim politicians](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-10-22-26): Also, feminist media in 2026 and the New York Times starts new newsletter to explain its decisions. - [Media 2070 celebrates six years of fighting for media reparations](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-10-16-26): Issue 176: Also, our website has a new look, USA Today Co. executives dodge questions on Palantir partnership, and more. - [Who's most affected when the environment beat is folded into GA reporting?](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-10-08-26): Issue 175: Also, Palestinian journalists reflect on three years since genocide on Gaza began and a survey about news site accessibility. - [What do freelance journalists typically earn per word?](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-10-01-26): Issue 174: Also, student journalists break Cornell Seven case, NPR's Code Switch newsletter sunsets, and The Yappie relaunches. - [Incarcerated journalism could be hurt by potential FCC policy](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/tfp-09-24-26): Issue 173: Also, Florida sues NYT, Spanish news on WhatsApp, and the Paramount deal that puts CNN under conservative editorial control. - [Mainstream media's double standard for Muslim politicians](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/mainstream-media-s-double-standard-for-muslim-politicians): “Achieving textured coverage of Muslim Americans should not be complicated.” - [In 2026, feminist media wants it all](https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/in-2026-feminist-media-wants-it-all): From Lux Magazine to The Flytrap Media and La Fronde, a growing feminist media landscape is publishing cultural reporting and critique for generations of young women of color to see themselves in. - [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.