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Written by CHRIS FARAONE AND JASON PRAMAS Posted November 29, 2022 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

This #GivingTuesday, Help BINJ With a Donation—Matched Dollar for Dollar Up to $1,000

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #GivingTuesday, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Faraone, donate, donation, editorial, Give, Giving Tuesday, investigative, investigative journalism, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, news, reporting, support

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

MEDIA CONSOLIDATION ACCELERATES IN SOMERVILLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 22, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Prototype "Medville Transnal" front page. Collage by Jason Pramas.

Gannett merges its Somerville Journal and Medford Transcript newspapers as BINJ’s Somerville News Garden project and the Somerville Media Center launch a new municipal foundation to fund local journalism

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, consolidation, Democracy, editorial, Gannett, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Medford Transcript, media, multinational, news, newspaper, Somerville Journal, Somerville News Garden, Somerville Wire

BINJ HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 13, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

BINJ 2021 Holiday Fundraiser a Success!

Raised over $40,000 thanks to our many supporters–and the work of our staff, board, journalists, and volunteers

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, crowdfund, Democracy, fundraiser, givetobinj.org, INN, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, member drive, Miami Foundation, NewsMatch, Somerville Live Wire, Somerville Media Center, Somerville Wire

SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM AND FLANK ALL YOUR FAVORITE CAUSES AT ONCE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 1, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Do you know anybody else training young journalists to write more than short blog posts?

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Dear Reader, fundraiser, Journalism

SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM IN NOV & DEC, FIRST $10,000 MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 3, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Two-month Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism fundraiser supported by the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Miami Foundation

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, crowdfund, Democracy, fundraiser, givetobinj.org, INN, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, member drive, Miami Foundation, NewsMatch

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

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 7, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Laura Kiesel and Jordan Frias testify at the second journalism commission hearing, July 10, 2019. Photo courtesy of Sarah Betancourt.

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge Day, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Free Press, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, journalist, law, legislature, lobbying, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Robert DeLeo, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Society of Professional Journalists

CALL YOUR MA STATE SENATOR TODAY TO HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 4, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

"Boston -Massachusetts State House" by ajay_suresh is licensed under CC BY 2.0

[W]e’re asking all journalists, journalism educators, journalism students, media reform activists, and DigBoston readers who agree that the state journalism commission should be created to call your Mass state senator today and ask him/her to tell Sens. Eric Lesser (D - Longmeadow), Michael Rodrigues (D - Somerset), and Patrick O'Connor (D - Weymouth), who are on the conference committee, to keep the journalism commission in the final economic development bill.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Faraone, community, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislation, local news, local newspaper, news media, newspaper, organizing, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Sen. Brendan Crighton, slider

HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS! ASK YOUR MA STATE REP TO BACK AMENDMENT #40 TODAY!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 26, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Washington Street, Newspaper Row (in Boston a century ago)

[W]e’re asking all readers who are concerned about the collapse of local news media to contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor Amendment #40 of H. 4879. The more cosponsors the amendment has, the more likely House Ways and Means will pass it. If that happens it has a good chance of making it through the full legislative process for this session. And becoming a law. Which would be a promising outcome for the future of local news in the Commonwealth. 

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Faraone, community, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislation, local news, local newspaper, news media, newspaper, organizing, slider

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