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The Globe Still Needs to Apologize for Cheerleading the GE Boston Deal

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2022 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave ... ." Effects by Jason Pramas on a selection from a photo by Chris Faraone. Copyright 2022 Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas.

As the one-time corporate behemoth slinks away from the chaos it created in the Bay State (yet again)

While my DigBoston and BINJ colleagues and I do occasionally skewer the Boston Globe ...  read more

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brian McGrory, Column, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, flack, GE Boston Deal, General Electric, Globe, Jason Pramas, Jon Chesto, Journalism, marketing, Massachusetts, newspaper, PR, propaganda, Shirley Leung

Share and Share Alike: Major Funders Need to Give Equally to All Nonprofit News Outlets

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 29, 2022 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Pie” by Eric Ferdinand is licensed under CC-BY 2.0

Because the current practice of “every outlet for itself” is absolutely failing to rebuild local news in the US

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, corporation, criticism, Democracy, foundation, funding, giving, government, Jason Pramas, Journalism, news, nonprofit, strategy

POOR PROTEST COVERAGE SHOWS NEED FOR MASS JOURNALISM COMMISSION

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 4, 2021 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of Extinction Rebellion Boston

Environmental zap action in front of Gov. Baker’s Swampscott home gets lots of attention with little useful context due to shrinking local press corps

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, analysis, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Climate Change, Column, communication, criticism, Democracy, Extinction Rebellion, global warming, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, media, news, press, Protest, reform, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, reporting, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Sunrise Movement, Swampscott, transparency, website

REFERENDUM ROUNDUP

Written by TADHG LARABEE, POLINA WHITEHOUSE, AND MARIE UNGAR Posted November 6, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Voters hurt prisoners and some workers, helped other workers, and legalized drugs and gambling

Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: cannabis, drug, gambler, gambling, labor, legalization, Marijuana, prison, prisoner, referendum, voters, voting, worker

REPUBLICANS GET MAULED IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted June 5, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Susan Moran

Dems now hold 128 of 160 seats in the House. “Two areas that were strong for Trump a few years ago came back home and voted blue.”

Filed Under: Analysis, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: analysis, news, news to us, Politics, slider

EDITORIAL: MAJOR NEWSPAPERS SHOULD GIVE BACK FACEBOOK GRANTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 12, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money should go to the local independent news outlets the digital giant has hurt worst

Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Canada, Chris Faraone, conglomerate, corporation, criticism, data, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, funding, grant, greed, Guam, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, media, multinational, national, news, newspapers, nonprofit, PR, public relations, Puerto Rico, slider, social media, usa

RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 29, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

image with President Trump surrounded by quotes about right-wing protests to end coronavirus stay at home orders

Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, fascist, hard right, Health, Jason Pramas, Koch, labor, Medicare for All, middle class, nazi, news analysis, pandemic, Paycheck Security Act, Protest, public health, Reopen America, right wing, slider, stay at home, United States, Wall St, white supremacist, worker, working class

THE CASE FOR NO MORE COPAYS

Written by MARIA TERMINI Posted February 4, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

We cannot let this system continue. Our health is very important. We cannot be complacent and accept the health care system we have as the way things are.

Filed Under: Analysis, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Healthcare, Medicare for All, minimum wage

WEYMOUTH ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Against all odds, a dogged group of Fore River Basin residents decided to put up a fight, the ferocity of which Enbridge never saw coming.

Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

ANALYSIS: WILL WARREN’S CAMPAIGN REFLECT THE BACKDROP OF HER LAWRENCE ANNOUNCEMENT?

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted February 19, 2019 Filed Under: Analysis, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

While the perception of a polarizing political figure dominates the media narrative surrounding the candidate, Warren has shown that her positions and emphasis on popular issues can be a boon for her campaign.

Filed Under: Analysis, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, 2020, Boston, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Iowa, Massachusetts, Politics, POTUS, presidential race, Trump, Washington

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