Jonathan Forney

Production editor @cenmag and writer of articles. Journalism-focused account. Words in: @gaymingmag @cenmag @houstoniamag @chron (personal: @jb4nay) | he/they

[Jonathan Forney @JB_Forney]

I’m not on here much, but I’ve updated my site with my previous work: https://t.co/r2NzVCeZ7k

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

The past, present and future of black games journalism: https://t.co/gBnbD45D4v

[#NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 @NABJ]

Applications are officially open for NABJ’s 2027 Scholarships, Fellowships, Internships, and Grants! Ready to apply? https://t.co/34UGoSvtd8
Be sure to tag an aspiring journalist, student, or colleague who needs to see this.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.

[kenya the hunter ✨ @KenyaTheHunter]

Sometimes I think about the time they awarded Ida B. Wells the Pulitzer Prize in 2020.

Bc a bunch of newsrooms made a pledge to increase diversity in 2020 and then they didn’t. I get to thinking it was an industry wide ploy to pacify Black journalists…

[CEN Guild @cenguild]

Statement from CEN Guild on @AmerChemSociety’s unacceptable treatment of a unit member: @WBNG32035 @newsguild

[WABJ - Washington Association of Black Journalists @WABJDC]

Hiring managers, please, please, please stop ghosting people https://t.co/bGKJS5dCiU

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The other thumbs down award recipients:

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr

CBS News

DuJuan McCoy, owner and CEO of Circle City Broadcasting/WISH-TV

The Washington Post

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The National Association of Black Journalists gives Stephen A. Smith the “Thumbs Down” award for his “recurring public pattern of disparaging public commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports and media.”

[Washingtonian Guild @WashGuild]

Tell @merrillwilliams her business is not sustainable paying below-market salaries! Time to raise the pay floor!

It takes 2 minutes to send a letter:

https://t.co/N62fa7ONI3

[Jonathan Forney @JB_Forney]

New from me: Vermont takes home the 2026 Miss Black USA crown! https://t.co/MhPtlL9tKy

[Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck]

After another, quieter, week of layoffs impacting local staff, the Washington Post has now laid off all of its reporters who have covered Gaza full time since 2023.

This is a choice about what coverage and whose voices matter.

[Corey Clayton @CoreyClayton]

Gotta love when a @Newsweek hack rushes to get a “Caitlin Clark trade to Sparks rumor” piece out for engagement farming, and forgets to delete their AI chat prompts from the piece.

#NowYouKnow @IndianaFever #WNBA

[Jessica Schiffer @jessicaschiffer]

If you want journalism to exist, maybe don't screenshot entire paywalled stories and post them on Twitter. You're not sticking it to the media industry, you're just making it harder for independent reporters to get paid for their work. Absolute loser behavior.

[Washingtonian Guild @WashGuild]

POV: Your boss hosts a swanky party celebrating women in journalism but doesn’t pay most of her own journalists a living wage. 🧐

[Jonathan Forney @JB_Forney]

I’m not on here much, but I’ve updated my site with my previous work: https://t.co/r2NzVCeZ7k

[Jonathan Forney @JB_Forney]

I don’t post on this account much but if you’d like to keep up with my work and reposts, I’m much more active on Bluesky: https://t.co/Oizto2sfzX

[Kiana Fitzgerald @KianaFitz]

I feel like I talk about this every quarter, but I’ll say it again. We’re not being invested in. The days of Black ppl, especially women/queer folks/etc., being staff writers are a thing of the past. There are still a few left, but most of us have been forced into freelancing.

[Kiana Fitzgerald @KianaFitz]

The worst part about this cyclical “where are the Black journalists/Black women in hip-hop media” conversation is nothing is gonna change. Non-Black ppl rule media, *especially* hip-hop. We’ve been sidelined in our own game. Most ppl see these discussions, shrug, and move on.

[Mark P. Braboy @shootyourmark]

What’s happening? Just wanted to share a quick 🧵of some of the best stories I’ve done in 2024. Won’t be in chronological order tho.

Be on the lookout for the best of photos on IG.