AaronJul 12, 2025

While this is an interesting look at objectivity in #journalism, the authors appear to be completely unaware of the existing school of thought & practice known as #MovementJournalism which not only has already offered examples and crititiques of objectivity, but there are also publications like Prism and MLK 50 and journalists (myself included) who ground their work in this theory.

It is unfortunate that CJR was unaware of this.

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/is-objectivity-in-journalism-still-worth-pursuing.php

Is Objectivity Still Worth Pursuing?

A generation of journalists is challenging traditional standards.

Columbia Journalism Review
AaronJul 26, 2024

A few months ago, I started this video-focused community #Journalism site, Striking Distance Ithaca

I know the industry is rough right now (I've been a freelance journalist for a while) but if anyone has leads for grants or other funding, please comment!

And please boost if you're into the idea of this type of publication or think your followers might be.

#MovementJournalism #Media

https://striking-distance.com/

Striking Distance

A web publication for the liberatory efforts of Ithaca & the surrounding area.

Striking Distance
AaronFeb 15, 2024

Because our local news outlets have gotten in the habit of only covering stuff that pops up on a listserv, stuff the cops say, and the weather, I started a sort of local news publication with me and my friends volunteering our efforts.

Indigenous affairs coverage is particularly awful in this area, so this article by Ken Wolkin gives an update on the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ sovereignty struggle.

#Ithaca #Journalism #LocalJournalism #MovementJournalism

https://striking-distance.com/indepth/feb2024-gayogohono-update

The Ongoing Impacts of US Imposition into Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Governance — Striking Distance

After the most recent round of home takeovers, demolitions, and kidnappings carried out by the Halftown regime in Summer and Fall of 2022, the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ leadership struggle has dropped out of the news, but the underlying issue of US government interference persists.

Striking Distance
AaronJan 1, 2024

I'm soft launching a web publication for the liberatory efforts of Ithaca & the surrounding area.

For about 5 years I've done mostly pro-bono photography, writing, and video work for local progressive movements.

As the world grows increasingly tumultuous, #journalism
keeps getting gutted, and local coverage remains iffy, I didn't want to delay longer on formalizing and ramping up the work.

The Mastodon account for it is @strikingdistanceithaca

#MovementJournalism

https://striking-distance.com/

Striking Distance

A web publication for the liberatory efforts of Ithaca & the surrounding area.

Striking Distance
Show threadAaronDec 21, 2023

I didn't specify, but this was a journalistic pitch about some sketchy stuff #FossilFuel companies are doing in the area I live. I guess I should be neutral to the industry that's waged a half-century information war against the public and intimidated journalists & activists 🙄

If anyone knows of publications / editors that are more in alignment with #MovementJournalism and cover #Climate issues, let me know.

About Movement #Journalism:
https://rjionline.org/reporting/what-does-movement-journalism-mean-for-journalism-as-a-whole/

and

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/V/bo29172094.html

What does movement journalism mean for journalism as a whole? – RJI

Gregory Manni Jun 21, 2023

@shonin Super important topic, thanks for sharing.

I'm going to add some hashtags here to help others find: #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #Journalism #MovementJournalism #Media #Communications #Writing #SciComm

Sophie 🏳️‍⚧️ 💜 🎹 🪗Apr 20, 2023

Over at @LouisianaTransOralHistory we’re documenting the #Louisiana legislative session as it happens

There’s a lot to dread this session, and luckily a lot of #transJoy as well (and of course everyone loves an interactive timeline!)

#oralHistory #journalism #queerStories #queerHistory #transHistory @transjoy #movementJournalism #SolidarityJournalism

https://www.louisianatransoralhistory.org/2023-lege

Documenting the Session: 2023 Anti-Trans Bills and Our Resistance — Louisiana Trans Oral History Project

Another Year, Another Slate of Anti-Trans and Anti-LGBTQ+ bills. Sigh. Good thing there are so many beautiful folks resisting.

Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
Solidarity HistoryApr 19, 2023

Hey y’all! Press On is hosting a Snack and Learn to hear from folks fighting anti-trans legislation. Has some great folks on the line up!!

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Want to see every single anti-trans bill get stomped and burned into oblivion? Us too! Come to this virtual Snack & Learn and learn about some media & messaging strategies that organizers are trying out.

Register at https://bit.ly/defeatantitransbills by May 2nd.

#journalism #movementJournalism #hateBills #fuckYeahTrans @transjoy

May 9 Snack & Learn: Media & Messaging Strategies to Defeat Anti-Trans Legislation // Merienda y aprende: estrategias de medios y mensajes para derrotar la legislación anti-trans

***** en español abajo ***** Snack & Learn: Media & Messaging Strategies to Defeat Anti-Trans Legislation Tuesday, May 9, 2023 5-7pm ET / 4-6pm CT REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 2, 2023 Press On Snack & Learns are virtual political education spaces where we snack and learn how to build toward a more just world through media and movement-building. This Snack & Learn is focused on different media and messaging strategies that organizers and media makers have been experimenting with to shrink, reduce, and ultimately defeat laws that criminalize trans people's existence. Participants will: - Deepen understanding of successful (and unsuccessful) media and messaging strategies and tactics used by Southern movement organizers to fight anti-trans legislation - Deepen understanding of how Southern media makers are using their work to amplify movements against anti-trans legislation Featured speakers are: Rumba Yambú (they/them, elles/ellx), executive director at Intransitive Isabelle Philip (she/her), press director at Georgia Youth Justice Coalition Rae Garringer (they/them), founder and director at Country Queers This event will be moderated by: Nathalie Nia Faulk (she & they), co-director at Last Call Oral History Project & cultural organizing programs manager at Alternate ROOTS You will receive a confirmation email at least a week before the event. Language interpretation and live captioning are available, if requested. We will be screening registrants carefully to keep trolls away and make this a safer space. This is a free event. Please consider donating to fund the future of this program if you're able: givebutter.com/SnackAndLearns. For more information, please contact Neesha Powell-Ingabire (they & she), director of popular education, at [email protected]. ----------------------------------------------- Press On is a Southern media collective that catalyzes change and advances justice through the practice of movement journalism. We are journalists, storytellers, and organizers rooted in, and practicing solidarity with, oppressed communities that birth social movements. We are based in the South, and we strive to uphold Southern traditions of storytelling that have long resisted the systems of extraction, exploitation, and colonization that have defined mainstream journalism. By providing a diverse set of resources including trainings, fellowships and opportunities for network-building, Press On aims to help journalists and storytellers produce reporting that’s driven by communities that are building power to create transformative social change. #MovementJournalism ----------------------------------------------- Merienda y aprende: Estrategias de medios y mensajes para derrotar la legislación anti-trans Martes, 9 de mayo de 2023 5-7pm ET / 4-6pm CT Fecha limite de registro: 2 de mayo de 2023 Merienda y aprende eventos de Press On son espacios virtuales de educación política donde meriendan y aprenden cómo construir hacia un mundo más justo a través de los medios y la construcción de movimientos. Este evento se centra en diferentes medios y estrategias de mensajería con las que les organizadores y les creadores de medios han estado experimentando para encoger, reducir y, en última instancia, derrotar las leyes que criminalizan la existencia de les persones trans. Les participantes: - Profundizar la comprensión de las estrategias y tácticas exitosas (y no exitosas) de los medios y mensajes utilizadas por los organizadores del movimiento sureño para luchar contra la legislación anti-trans - Profundizar la comprensión de cómo los creadores de medios del Sur están utilizando su trabajo para amplificar los movimientos contra la legislación anti-trans Les oradores destacades son: Rumba Yambú (elles/ellx), directore ejecutive a Intransitive Isabelle Philip (ella), directora de prensa y asociada de medios narrativos a Georgia Youth Justice Coalition Rae Garringer (elle), fundadore y directore a Country Queers Este evento será moderado por: Nathalie Nia Faulk (ella y elle), codirectora a Last Call Oral History Project y gerente de programas de organización cultural a Alternate ROOTS Recibirás un correo electrónico de confirmación al menos una semana antes del evento. La interpretación de idiomas y los subtítulos en vivo están disponibles, si se solicitan. Examinaremos cuidadosamente a los inscritos para mantener alejados a los trolls y hacer de este un espacio más seguro. Este es un evento gratuito. Considere donar para financiar el futuro de este programa si puede: givebutter.com/SnackAndLearns. Para obtener más información, comuníquese con Neesha Powell-Ingabire (elle y ella), directore de educación popular, en [email protected]. * Esta forma en español usa lenguaje directo no binario. ----------------------------------------------- Press On es un colectivo de medios del Sur de EE.UU. que cataliza el cambio y promueve la justicia a través de la práctica del periodismo de movimientos sociales. Somos personas periodistas, narradoras y organizadoras arraigadas y en solidaridad con las comunidades oprimidas desde donde se originan los movimientos sociales. Tenemos nuestra sede en el Sur de los EE.UU. y nos esforzamos por defender las tradiciones Sureñas de narración que durante mucho tiempo han resistido los sistemas de extracción, explotación y colonización que han definido el periodismo convencional. Al proporcionar un conjunto diverso de recursos que incluyen capacitaciones, becas y oportunidades para la creación de redes, Press On tiene como objetivo ayudar a las personas periodistas y narradoras a producir informes impulsados ​​por comunidades que están construyendo poder para crear un cambio social transformador. #PeriodismoDeMovimiento

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AaronMar 13, 2023

The New York Times just covered the Gayogohó:no'/ Cayuga Nation story that I covered 6 months ago and in classic form, got a white guy to leave huge omissions in the record (like how NY State acquired in violation of Federal Law) and both-sidesed the issue, linking multiple times to the site that's repeatedly published lies.

There were many, many more omissions.

Compare NYT's "objective" coverage:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/nyregion/cayuga-nation-tribe-new-york.html

To my more #MovementJournalism approach:
https://therealnews.com/clint-halftown-us-enabled-tyrant-of-the-cayugas

Bulldozing. Kidnapping Claims. Inside a Battle Over a Tribe’s Future.

What’s behind the internal power struggle within the Cayuga Nation in New York?

The New York Times
AaronDec 13, 2022

In the past months, the Ithaca Tenants Union has been trying to keep a disabled immigrant housed, despite the efforts of Habitat for Humanity trying to evict her.

The property was foreclosed upon in a *deeply* flawed way & Habitat purchased it for a small fraction of its value.

(1/2)

(pls boost for reach)

#HousingJustice #housing #journalism #MovementJournalism