Democracy requires public control of social media giants
In this edition of DigBoston, our Editor-in-Chief Chris Faraone has already written ...
EDITORIAL: MEDIUM WELL
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EDITORIAL: HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT DIGBOSTON
A reader’s guide to building a better news weekly
What does it mean to support a news outlet? Clearly the answer to that question varies widely depending on whether the outlet is big or small, nonprofit or for profit, subscription- or advertising-based.
But in an era when news organizations of all ...
EDITORIAL: STRATEGIC RETREAT
DigBoston to move away from Facebook, help build democratic social media alternatives
A decade back it seemed only natural for news publications like DigBoston to stake out turf on Facebook. After all, it provided an easy way for us to reach our audience ...
EDITORIAL: FEEDBACK REQUESTED
DigBoston asks readers to chime in about our coverage, digital presence, and events
Frequent readers know that my colleagues and I on the new DigBoston staff like to hear from people from all the varied communities that make up our audience, talk with them, ...
DIGBOSTON JOINS MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
News weekly feels the threat of cataclysmic war is grave enough to warrant direct action
DigBoston—and this should be obvious, but it bears stating plainly—is against the US or any nation, organization, or individual having nuclear weapons. Because the longer anyone has them, the more likely ...
DON’T TAKE JOURNALISM LYING DOWN
If a DigBoston article inspires you, take action to right wrongs
As each new year arrives, DigBoston staff—and journalists in general—like to offer some thoughts for the 12 months to come. These missives often take the shape of admonitions, ...
THE YEAR IN DIGBOSTON
Let them call us rebels, and welcome…
If you had asked me 14 months ago if I thought that I’d have a shot at taking over the management of DigBoston with my partners Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and Marc Sneider, ...
A NOTE OF APPRECIATION TO OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES…
The timing couldn’t have been better. No sooner did this publication release last week’s editorial announcing our “unnaming” policy ...
DIGBOSTON SEEKS LOCAL TALENT
Boston townies, take your best shot!
Good journalists typically have four attributes: an ability to communicate information about the world around them to other people, training in the conventions of journalism, compassion for their fellow human beings, and deep knowledge of the areas they ...
EVERY DAY IS LABOR DAY
DigBoston commits to expanding coverage of workers and unions
For the past many years, I’ve written an annual Labor Day editorial for whatever publication I’m running at the time. And it’s always a relentlessly depressing exercise. Because there just hasn’t been much good news for working people in decades.
Since the 1970s, corporate ...
