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EDITORIAL: PERSONAE NON GRATAE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 23, 2021 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

WGBH studio complex, 1 Guest Street, Brighton/Boston. Entrance, seen from Market Street. Image from Wikimedia Commons, author unknown.

GBH needs to start inviting Dig and BINJ reporters to appear on its local news and public affairs shows

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACCESS, Beat the Press, BIPOC, cancel, cancellation, Chris Faraone, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, documentarian, documentary, editorial, Emily Rooney, equity, fairness, filmmaker, GBH, Greater Boston, independent press, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, journalist, Ken Burns, media analysis, television, under the radar, WGBH

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

ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 21, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Pandemic Democracy Project banner

Funding 100 local news articles covering Boston area communities during the coronavirus crisis

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Boston, community, coronavirus, COVID-19, David & Reva Logan Foundation, Democracy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalist, local, Massachusetts, mutual aid, news, nonprofit, pandemic, slider, SOMERVILLE

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

BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Charlie Baker

 

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,  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, biotechnology, boondoggle, Boston, Charlie Baker, Column, convention, corporate, corruption, economy, General Electric, Giveaway, higher education, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalist, Massachusetts, MBTA, media, news, Politics, public, public transportation, Republican Party, taxes

TOWNIE EXTRA: YASER MURTAJA, PRESENTE!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 11, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

Cartoon by Mike Flugennock

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  ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Column, demonstration, Gaza, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Jason Pramas, journalist, justice, killing, news, Obituary, Palestine, photojournalist, Protest, rally, right of return, shooting, Townie, Yaser Murtaja

DIGBOSTON SEEKS LOCAL TALENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 6, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photos of Boston by Olivia Falcigno for DigBoston

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, DigBoston, editorial, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalist, local, search, talent, training, working class

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THAT TERRIBLY SCARY DATA GRAB STORY CONTINUES

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 29, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, ACLU, arrests, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, detective Greggory Pemberton, Donald Trump, First Amendment, J20, Jennifer Kerkhoff, John Borchert, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Metropolitan Police Department, Trump, Washington DC

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: DOJ WARRANT SEEKS INFORMATION ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS FROM WEB HOST

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 15, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, detective Greggory Pemberton, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Jennifer Kerkhoff, John Borchert, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Metropolitan Police Department, Trump, Washington DC

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: OPERATION STINGBALLS

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 7, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Without warning, Defendant Officer John Doe 150 grabbed Mr. Horse’s testicles and yanked on them."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Aaron Cantu, ACLU, Christopher Gowen, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Jennifer Kerkhoff, journalist, Judge Lynn Leibovitz, media, Trump, Washington DC

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