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Journalism
#MEDIARANT: INSPIRED BY WEEK OF WATCHING SNOW COVERAGE
As for working journos, I'm here to rep for y’all. To rep for indies, and to kick the #mainstreammedia w/out the cheap right-wing vitriol
HOW RORY GILMORE FAILED LOCAL MEDIA
This is not a review of the new Gilmore Girls ... just my cheap personal gripe that seemed worth sharing
MEDICINE FOR A MENDICANT MEDIA
Is there a better alternative to today’s busted model of mendicant journalism? I think so. The one least discussed in this country in this era, but perhaps the most important.
A DEPARTURE: AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BLISTERING COLUMNS, A FREE RADICAL CHANGE
I’m glad this column has allowed me to shine a light, however small, on the ills that plague the city. But we need more voices like mine, and more willingness to take risks.
THE DISAFFECTION OF TIBETAN ELECTIONS
Part III in ‘A Higher Allegiance: The Rise of a Transnational Identity in Boston’s Immigrant Communities,’ a BINJ series
PUBLICK PRAISE: SPJ NAMES BOSTON ‘BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM’
Boston is where journalists uncovered the “Ponzi Scheme,” among a lot of other things ...