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Opinion: Trouble with a Capital T

Written by PAT JEHLEN Posted September 6, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Sen. Pat Jehlen and Reps. Mike Connolly, Paul Donato, and Steve Ultrino on a trip to see how the Orange Line shuttle would work. Photo courtesy of Sen. Pat Jehlen.

"The Fair Share Amendment is our best chance to raise more revenue and say that safety, public transit, education, and our future are worth paying for."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: analysis, background, crisis, Gov Charlie Baker, legislature, Massachusetts, MBTA, opinion, Politics, public transportation, Sen. Pat Jehlen, SOMERVILLE, transit

ALERT: Mass. Legislature Needs to Extend Tax Rebate to the Working Poor

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 12, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Collage by Jason Pramas. CC-BY-SA 2022 Jason Pramas. Image "MASS state house" by christopdesoto is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The proposed $38,000 income floor for $250 checks is unfair during the ongoing economic crisis, contact your legislators today to demand they vote to eliminate it

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, fairness, government, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, rebate, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Ronald Mariano, Rep. Tami Gouveia, Sen. Karen Spilka, tax, working families, working poor

SOME SUBVERSIVE IDEOLOGIES NOT MENTIONED IN NH’S ORWELLIAN ‘TEACHER LOYALTY’ BILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 7, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Head 3," CC-BY Son of Groucho. Photo of a statue in honor of assassinated Turkish investigative journalist Uğur Mumcu.

(Jackboots and torture and slaughter, oh my!)

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, children, Column, communism, Democracy, education, fascism, fascist, free speech, free thought, freedom, government, Jason Pramas, legislature, Libertarian, liberty, Marxism, nazism, New Hampshire, parents, public, racism, racist, Republican, socialism, student, teacher, white supremacy

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

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

EDITOR’S NOTE: GLOVES OFF

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 11, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass pols will get no more favors from Dig on COVID response

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Chris Faraone, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, DigBoston, editorial, Election, governor, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, pandemic, Politics, Robert DeLeo

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

NO MASS COMMISSION TO STUDY JOURNALISM WITHOUT REPORTER INPUT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 8, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Between the countless white papers already in existence and the obvious reality on the ground that any reporter who has been in the game for more than a year can tell you about, there is already more than enough information to start planning ways to reverse the destruction that the likes of leeches such as Gatehouse Media have wrought in Mass.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, Democracy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, legislature, Massachusetts, reform, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Sen. Diana DiZoglio, transparency, website

SECOND HEARING CALLED ON MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION BILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 19, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

After some fast action by your pals at DigBoston and BINJ

 

Almost immediately after rising on Monday, I knew that I wasn’t going to have a normal start to my week. Production on DigBoston commences over the weekend for my colleagues ...  read more

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

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