New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance ...

Photo of a billboard in North St. Louis by Adam Mahoney, shared with permission from Capital B. I have a simple answer for why I became an environmental journalist: George Floyd was murdered. It was ...

It’s not your fault you’re broke. New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism. JOURNALISM IS BROKEN — LET'S ...

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

Over the past five years, Steven Brooks has faced write-ups, accusations by prison staff, a ban from the prison media center, and dismissal from his role of editor-in-chief of San Quentin News. An ...

The Objective is proud to announce that its co-executive directors — James Salanga and Gabe Schneider — have received the Asian American Journalists Association’s (AAJA) 2026 Award for Leadership in ...

The Objective is a nonprofit newsroom examining systems of power and inequity in journalism: how newsrooms treat their employees, how journalists interact with their community, and what new forms of ...

On Tuesday, 153 of the most prominent journalists, authors, and writers, including J. K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Brooks, published an open call for civility in Harper’s Magazine. They ...