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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

SECOND HEARING ON MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION BILL A SUCCESS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 18, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass State House dome, Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass. Intense HDR. www.joiseyshowaa.com

 

Over 80 journalists, journalism students, and professors answer DigBoston’s call to turn out

 

Amazingly, I’m on my first real vacation in four years this week. But I think it’s important to pen a truncated version of my usual column to thank the 80 plus people (about half of whom were journalism students… yay!) who showed up for the July ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, communication, Democracy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislature, Massachusetts, reform, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Sen. Diana DiZoglio, transparency, website

GIVE MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION SEATS TO WORKING JOURNALISTS

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

 

This week, I joined fellow journalists, journalism educators, and members of the public at large in testifying on a bill to form a Mass journalism commission that is currently before the state legislature. In view of the potential importance of the initiative, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, bill, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, communication, Democracy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, journalism department, journalist, labor, legislature, Massachusetts, NABET, NewsGuild, public college, reform, Rep. Ed Coppinger, SAG-AFTRA, Sen. Diana DiZoglio, Society of Professional Journalists, testimony, transparency, union

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