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The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

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DIG NOMINATED FOR BEST COLUMN, FEATURE, AND LGBT COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 4, 2020 Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

As the editor-in-chief of this ship, what’s most exciting about Jenny and Yidan’s nominations is that both of their features ran in other outlets as well.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AAN, Dear Reader, news, news to us

COVID-19 HEADLINES FROM ALTERNATIVE MEDIA ACROSS THE US: MAY 1 EDITION

Written by NYADENYA OGHENEVO FRANCIS INYAGWA Posted May 1, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us

Alternative media COVID-19

Want to know what's going on across the country? You won't find out from watching cable news. You need to hit the sources on the ground in all the cities. These outlets have you covered ...

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us Tagged With: AAN, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, Chicago Reader, City Paper, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, INDY Week, Jackson Free Press, Lansing City Pulse, media, Media Farm, news, news to us, Orlando Weekly, Santa Fe Reporter, slider, The Reader, The Stranger, Triad City Beat

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. III, EPISODE 1

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

They thought we were just a bunch of fuckin’ scumbags putting out a paper, having a good time, smoking a bunch of pot. But they couldn’t give up that ultimate control and let us go nuts.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Baratunde Thurston, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Harrison Ford, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Kelsey Bennett, luke o neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 12 (2004 – 2007)

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"I have one regret from my Dig time, and it’s the story I never wrote."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Baratunde Thurston, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Harrison Ford, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Kelsey Bennett, luke o neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 11 (2004 – 2007)

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“Sure! I’ll run into an abandoned subway tunnel for a freelancer I just met! No problem!” 

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Harrison Ford, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Kelsey Bennett, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 10 (2004 – 2007)

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted December 15, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"It was kind of a perfect storm moment. Gay marriage was on the ballot. When you get a cover like that, it sticks with you for a while."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Kelsey Bennett, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 9

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

I asked Billy Joel fans questions that a fundamentalist Christian would ask after a Marilyn Manson concert in 1997, swapping the names “Billy Joel” for “Marilyn Manson.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 8

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The intern wrote something like, “The ’80s! It’s fun! Dance party!” I looked at that and said, “No, this is too earnest. I will destroy it.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, alt weeklies, alt weekly, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 7

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted October 29, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

We’re like, “Sure! That should go in a newspaper! Put that in there!”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, Jeff Lawrence, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 6

Written by BARRY THOMPSON Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The Dig at that point was more of a Dadaist prank or a piece of performance art—almost a metacommentary joke about having a newspaper—as much as it was a newspaper.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: AAN, alt media, Boston, Boston Magazine, Deadpool, DigBoston, Fight Club, joe keohane, Luke O'Neil, media, Metrocorp, Weekly Dig

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