One of U.S. nonprofit journalism's biggest funders no longer has an explicit section for “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ...

A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.

New Chicago Documenters register their accounts at a fall 2025 City Bureau workshop. Photo by Grace Del Vecchio, courtesy of City Bureau. Illustration work by Erik Rodriguez. Get The Objective in your ...

This year, the historic awards — "Pulitzers" of prison journalism — resumed thanks to Pollen Initiative and Southern Illinois ...

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

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 ...

Whether it is our national forests, subway systems, or the fire department, we as a country accept that certain public trusts ...