If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because he doesn’t do anything very differently than his predecessor Deval Patrick did. Or […]
TOWNIE EXTRA: YASER MURTAJA, PRESENTE!
The killers of the Palestinian journalist must be brought to justice Typically, I mainly focus on Bay State issues in this column. But I’ll make an exception this time and stand with my colleagues at the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and their affiliate the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) to protest the killing of […]
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 specialize in (which we call “beats” in the journalism […]
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THAT TERRIBLY SCARY DATA GRAB STORY CONTINUES
This is after the Trump Department of Justice has had the chance to view personal information from thousands of people who did no more than send an email to an address associated with the site.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DOJ WARRANT SEEKS INFORMATION ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS FROM WEB HOST
While major news outlets hyperventilate over not being called on at press conferences, other reporters, as well as activists who exercised their First Amendment rights are facing decades in prison.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: OPERATION STINGBALLS
“Without warning, Defendant Officer John Doe 150 grabbed Mr. Horse’s testicles and yanked on them.”
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DREAM DARKER
“The fact that we are already here and the amount of resources being spent to get to where we are now leads me to believe we are going to have to sit through all these trials. All this taxpayer money is going to be wasted.”
EDEN LANE RETURNS TO THE STAGE
Award-winning journalist & transgender superstar preps for Trans Scripts at A.R.T.
