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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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FOIA-BLES: CRITICAL MASS RECORDS REFORM BILL TAKES TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted February 1, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If the best parts of the Senate bill survive and the worst provisions in the House bill are scrapped, then the Massachusetts public records law might become a little bit less broken.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: andrew quemere, bay state examiner, bill, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Broken Records, FOIA, House Senate, lawmakers, legislature, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, public records, Sunshine, transparency

THE SECRETARY OF SECRECY: A NEW COLUMN ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS REFORM IN MASS, AND JUST IN TIME

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted January 18, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

There are a few possible solutions. One would be giving Galvin’s office more power to enforce the law. Another would be to streamline the process by eliminating Galvin’s role entirely and having the AG’s office handle the process from start to finish.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, andrew quemere, attorney general, bay state examiner, Boston Globe, Broken Records, FOIA, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, Maya Shaffer, public information, public records, Secretary of Commonwealth, Secretary of State, Todd Wallack, William Galvin

THE YEAR IN MASS SURVEILLANCE

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted December 22, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

You’d be better off using divination sticks than relying on TV to find out what’s going on regarding these matters, so we keep track of it all. Here’s a brief overview of this year’s surveillance-related news in the Commonwealth.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #BINJbrother, #mapoli, Alex Marthews, bay state examiner, Big Brother, Black Lives Matter, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commissioner William Evans, DHS, DigBoston, Digital 4th, Massachusetts, Muska Nassery, Segun Idowu, Shekia Scott, surveillance

STATE SECRETS: THERE AREN’T ANY PUBLIC RECORDS—ONLY RECORDS THE COMMONWEALTH HASN’T GOTTEN AROUND TO DECLARING EXEMPT YET

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted December 16, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

All things considered, the supervisor of records needs to be removed regardless of whether the current push for an update to the public records law passes.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: bay state examiner, Bill Galvin, Broken Records, Dianne Kane-McGunigle, FOIA, Maya Shaffer, public records, QPD, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Shawn Williams, Supervisor of Records, William Galvin

SWAT INC: THE COMMONWEALTH’S MOST INFAMOUS MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE CONTINUES TO FLOUT RECORDS LAW

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted November 5, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

After nearly two months, seven in-person visits, numerous phone calls and emails, and a run-in with the Wilmington police, we finally received some of the records we requested.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Andover, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boxford, Cambridge, Carlisle, Concord, Dracut, FOIA, freedom of information, Gloucester, Haverhill, Law Enforcement Councils, lawsuit, Lowell, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, militarized police, Nahant, NEMLEC, New England. Lynn. Lynnfield, Newburyport, newton, North Shore, records, Rowley, Salem, Secretary of State, SOMERVILLE, Swampscott, SWAT, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Washington Post, Weston, Wilmington

COUNTERING COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 18, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mainstream tools have looked the other way, the entire time enabling our police state to metastasize, batons to crack, and thousands of surveillance cameras to scan both cars and crowds in spite of ongoing attempts to outlaw the recording of cops.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bacon, bay state examiner, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Boston Police Department, BPD, Jim Braude, Margery Eagan, media malfeasance, PINAC, Police, police cameras, right to record, Stanley Rosenberg, surveillance, WGBH

YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Meet the crusaders battling for everyone’s right to record cops in the commonwealth…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU of Massachusetts, ademo freeman, amherst, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, blarney blowout, Boston, BPD, carlos miller, Cop Block, copblock, Fall River, Ferguson, Film the Police, Franklin County, jesus arocho, marv, Massachusetts, miami, Motorhome Diaries, New Hampshire, pete eyre, PINAC, Police, police brutality, recording, recording cops, recording police, scott p. livingstone, Simon Glik, south carolina, Springfield, tyrisha greene

DEAR BOSTON MEDIA: PLEASE STEAL THIS ARTICLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

From the Olympics to police brutality, the Hub reporters should piggyback more independent research and ideas

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anchorman, bay state examiner, Bay Windows, Big Brother, Blackstonian, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Media, Boston Olympics, Boston Phoenix, Charter Schools, Deval Patrick, Dorchester Reporter, Eileen Donoghue, John Fish, Open Media Boston, police brutality, reporting, Ron Burgundy, SOMERVILLE, surveillance, William Coyne

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