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Table of Contents
- Event recap: Holding the Line in San Francisco
- Community discount: EasyOptOuts
- Upcoming Events
- Training recap: Filing public records
- TJA Resources
- Opportunities Listing
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Event recap: Holding the Line in San Francisco
On April 28, the TJA in collaboration with COYOTE Media Collective brought together four vital voices at the SF LGBT Center for Holding the Line: Local Power, Federal Pressure, and the Fight for Trans Rights. Following opening remarks from TJA President K Petrin and board member Graph Massara, the evening unfolded as a series of live interviews conducted by trans journalists.
- Tre'vell Anderson (TJA's Executive Director) interviewing SF's Drag Laureate Per Sia
- Christina Kahrl (San Francisco Chronicle's Sports editor) interviewing San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu
- Petrin interviewing Honey Mahogany, Director of SF's Office of Transgender Initiatives
- Anderson interviewing National Organizing Director of Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Zendaya Blossom
The conversations were candid, incisive, and wide-ranging — covering everything from the on-the-ground impact of federal anti-trans policy on the most marginalized community members, to the legal tools San Francisco is deploying in response, to the limitations of institutional support and the role of art and culture in sustaining resistance. We're grateful to everyone who showed up, and to the journalists, guests, and community members who made the night what it was.
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Adding science to your story with The Open Notebook
Join the Trans Journalists Association and trainers from The Open Notebook (TON) for an interactive workshop on incorporating science into any beat. Explore the Science Reporting Navigator to incorporate scientific evidence, perspectives or context into your work, even when on deadline. In this hour-long workshop, participants will learn how to use the Science Reporting Navigator as a reporting tool and workshop ideas and stories for successful pitching. Register to attend.
Training recap: Finding the FOIA freeway
In March, TJA hosted Adam Marshall of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to talk about how to navigate filing federal records requests. Members can watch our video recap, and below is some advice for filing FOIA requests.
When working on stories involving FOIAs:
📝 Decide where the records you're going for fit into your story before requesting them.
This will help you determine your timeline. Requests often won't be filled by deadline, so can you start now with filing?
🐙 Think like an octopus.
What we mean by that: There are so many ways to get to records. Many federal actions occur through collaborations between agencies. You could submit a request to DHS, but what other agency was involved? You can also go to them.
🌳 Garden your requests.
Instead of making one request for one story, start making requests part of your weekly routine. Then, as you begin receiving records, tend to them to build a big picture of the agency or area you're reporting on. Maybe the record you just received isn't worth reporting on yet, but with time, it could ripen into a story.
TJA Resources
Stylebook and Coverage Guide
We continue to support newsrooms through our Stylebook and Coverage Guide, which we regularly use as the foundation for trainings and presentations with journalists and editorial teams across the country. Get in touch if you'd like to discuss opportunities for newsroom trainings, or if you have questions about coverage guidance. We'd be happy to help.
Workplace Guide
This Workplace Resources Guide compiles tools from the journalism industry, LGBTQ+ organizations, legal experts, and security advisors. The guide addresses newsroom leaders who may be seeking to support trans employees or contractors as well as workers who may need resources to present to their manager. It also contains numerous do-it-yourself toolkits for journalists.
Trans News Initiative (TNI)
The Trans News Initiative is a tool that tracks and analyzes the news coverage of trans communities in context of the political moment. This tracker provides data for journalists, media organizations, and researchers committed to covering issues that impact trans people fairly and accurately.
Opportunities listing
- n+1 is seeking a full-time Audience Manager to work out of their Brooklyn office. Compensation ranges from $60,000 to $64,000 and includes health and dental insurance. (Deadline to apply is May 18th.)
- Boston.com is hiring a food writer with strong news judgment and a sharp editorial instinct to cover where (and what) people are eating and talking about. The role centers on fast-moving food news coverage, including restaurant openings and closings, industry shifts, and broader trends shaping the region’s dining scene.
- Volunteers of America–Greater New York (VOA–Greater New York) is hiring a Digital Communications Associate at a compensation of $65,000 to play a key role in amplifying VOA-GNY’s digital presence and supporting integrated marketing and communications efforts.
Check out our jobs listserv for additional opportunities. If you're an active TJA member, you can find a link to the listserv on your member dashboard.
Stylebook & Coverage Guide
Workplace Guide | Holistic Safety Guide
