The Objectiveis a U.S. 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 journalism can look like.” They’ve issued a pitch call: “For our third volume of our annual print magazine, we want your pitches on stories about post-2020 shifts: diversity in newsrooms and media, how standards have or haven't changed after promises to shift anti-Blackness and move toward equity, and availability or lack thereof in funding for certain beats (read below for more specificity).” They pay $0.50/word for reported stories of 800-1,200 words. See the pitch call here and the pitch form here.