Tiny News Collective

The Trans Journalists Association (TJA) is a professional membership organization that promotes more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media and supports gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. TJA has supported more than 800 trans and gender-expansive journalists through their workplace and coverage resources and has roughly 200 members.

TJA is partnering with Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) to build a trans coverage and networking track at IRE’s annual conference. This track aims to: educate and expose mainstream newsrooms to nuances and resources surrounding trans issues to foster better coverage; develop stronger ties with newsrooms, allowing TJA to better offer assistance in such coverage, provide training and networking opportunities for TJA members to help them advance in their careers; and build community among TJA members — many of whom are isolated in newsrooms or work as freelancers — and better understand their needs and concerns.