Hey fam, it's me Amara. Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, at a time when disinformation is rampant and attacks on our community or everywhere, telling our own stories

has never been more urgent. And that's where journalists come in. Whether they're reporting

from newsrooms, freelancing, or building new media spaces entirely, trans journalists are doing

the essential work of documenting our lives and reshaping the media landscape from the

inside out. And they're doing so at a time when journalism itself is coming under renewed and

vigorous attack from forces in our country and at the same time when trans people themselves

are also facing similar attacks.

Despite it all, trans journalists continue to show up at a time when we most need them.

That's why today I'm excited for this conversation with co-executive director of the Transjournalist

Association, Travelle Anderson.

To dig into the state of journalism, trans people's role in it, and where we go from here.

I want to show the similarities of erasure, both historically and contemporarily, that

journalism, news is responsible for and hopefully continue to build a kind of a coalition of folks who believe

in accurate reporting.

And here at TransLash, we're always working to further our mission of telling trans stories to

save trans lives.

That's why we just launched the TransLash Wire, our new written platform dedicated to original journalism which centers trans

perspectives from corners of the country that are often overlooked. So make sure to go check

out those critical stories at translash.org. And with that, let's start out as always with

some trans joy. It's no secret that local journalism is in crisis.

After their daily newspaper folded It's no secret that local journalism is in crisis.

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