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NONPROFIT MODEL NOT A PANACEA FOR AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 10, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, capitalism, commission, contingent work, Democracy, economy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, Massachusetts, neoliberal, news, news desert, NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America, newspaper, Politics, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Sen. Brendan Crighton, state government

PROPOSED STATE JOURNALISM COMMISSION NEEDS BROADER MEMBERSHIP

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 20, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sandstorm State House collage by Jason Pramas

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, boston university, capitalism, Column, commission, contingent work, Democracy, economy, emerson college, Framingham State University, Harvard University, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, Massachusetts, neoliberal, news, news desert, NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America, newspaper, Nieman Foundation, Northeastern University, Politics, Rep. Jim Hawkins, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, SAG-AFTRA, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Shorenstein Center, socialism, state government, UMass Amherst

WHY GATEHOUSE’S BOSTON ‘MEGACLUSTER’ IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

No corporation should own most newspapers in a region

 

In last week’s Apparent Horizon, “GateHouse Editorial Flacks for Mass Retailers ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, Cambridge Chronicle, capitalism, child labor, Column, contingent work, economy, Fortress Investment Group LLC, GateHouse Media, history, Jason Pramas, labor, Massachusetts, megacluster, neoliberal, New Media Investment Group Inc, news, newspaper, Politics, Retailers Association of Massachusetts, socialism, SoftBank Group Corp, subminimum wage

GATEHOUSE EDITORIAL FLACKS FOR MASS RETAILERS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Calls for undermining the rising statewide minimum wage with a subminimum wage for teens

 

A couple of days back I picked up a Cambridge Chronicle newspaper at a takeout joint I frequent. Opened it up. Skimmed the top story, and the week’s arrests. Then moved ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, Cambridge Chronicle, capitalism, child labor, Column, contingent work, economy, GateHouse Media, Jason Pramas, labor, legislation, Massachusetts, minimum wage, neoliberal, Politics, Retailers Association of Massachusetts, socialism, subminimum wage

HOMELESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: SAVAGE CUTS AND CRAPPY JOBS ARE WHAT GOT US HERE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 6, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

There are three major structural problems out of the control of impoverished individuals that best explain the rise of homelessness in Massachusetts: savage cuts to our state mental health system, an economy that creates large numbers of bad low-wage jobs, and the destruction of affordable housing.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, Boston, Boston Winter, Haley House, homelessness, Housing, housing insecure, Jason Pramas, Long Island, low income, mortgage scandal, National Low Income Housing Coalition, winter

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