A time for clear-eyed conviction - and courage

"At some point in deep autumn, it finally happened. My CEO, Zsuzsanna Lippai, who keeps an eye on these things, posted a message in our work Signal group, confirming that the small nonprofit newsroom she and I lead, The Fuller Project, was moving up in the world...the world of right-wing media monitors that is. Fuller had been listed on InfluenceWatch."

"Influence Watch isn't wrong. In the 10 years The Fuller Project has existed, every editor-in-chief before me has signed up to use investigative, explanatory, and enterprise journalism to "catalyze positive change for women." In my 11 months at the helm, I've doubled down on that mission, only deviating to explicitly name "gender minorities" alongside "women" and to add new tools and narrative techniques to our impact journalism toolbox."

The Fuller Project, a small nonprofit newsroom, was listed on InfluenceWatch, signaling right-wing scrutiny. Leadership affirmed the organization's long-standing mission to use investigative, explanatory, and enterprise journalism to catalyze positive change for women, now explicitly naming gender minorities alongside women. New initiatives under recent leadership include social-first video, partnerships with local reporters and creators, and a reinstated conflict beat. Rapid backlash and politicization of work on gender inequality have made advocacy and reporting more difficult, prompting a strategic shift toward unapologetic visibility and resilience. Persistent attacks on media, diversity, facts, and funding pressures threaten both legacy and smaller public-interest news organizations.

Read at Nieman Lab