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Don’t Miss This Mother Jones Investigation Into “Massachusetts’ Family Separation Disaster”

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 27, 2022 Filed Under: Media Farm, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"In Massachusetts, Black and Latinx children are 2.5 and 2.9 times more likely, respectively, to be involved with DCF as white children."

Filed Under: Media Farm, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: DCF, Massachusetts, media, Media Farm

Meet the Phantom Behind Greater Boston’s Awesome Food Feed Everybody Gotta Eat

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 16, 2022 Filed Under: Eats

“People work hard. They just want to go out, eat, and have a drink like everyone else”

Filed Under: Eats Tagged With: Boston, eats, Food, influencers, instagram, Life, media

EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SUSPENDING PRINT EDITION, GOING DIGITAL-ONLY (AGAIN)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE, JOHN LOFTUS, AND JASON PRAMAS Posted April 19, 2022 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

DigBoston box among the boxes of defunct newspapers in Union Square, Somerville, Mass. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

But with your support we can bounce back fast!

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Chris Faraone, coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, criticism, DigBoston, digital-only, donation, economy, editorial, EIDL, fundraising, government, help, investment, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, loan, media, news, newspaper, pandemic, PPP, print, small business, solidarity, support

MEDIA CONSOLIDATION ACCELERATES IN SOMERVILLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 22, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Prototype "Medville Transnal" front page. Collage by Jason Pramas.

Gannett merges its Somerville Journal and Medford Transcript newspapers as BINJ’s Somerville News Garden project and the Somerville Media Center launch a new municipal foundation to fund local journalism

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, consolidation, Democracy, editorial, Gannett, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Medford Transcript, media, multinational, news, newspaper, Somerville Journal, Somerville News Garden, Somerville Wire

FALLOUT 10: ON NBC BOSTON’S SYMPATHETIC TREATMENT OF TROOPER VIOLATING VAXX MANDATE

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted November 23, 2021 Filed Under: Media Farm, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The real story is not that one state cop held a made-for-TV event in her driveway—it’s that the vaccine mandate is working.

Filed Under: Media Farm, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, COVID, media, state police, vaccine

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

EDITORIAL: GUILTY ERROR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE, JOHN LOFTUS, AND JASON PRAMAS Posted May 17, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

New advertising industry initiative should protect the independent press, not just major outlets like the Boston Globe

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Allen & Gerritsen, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of National Advertisers, Boston Globe, business, Chris Faraone, criticism, DigBoston, editorial, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, marketing, media, news, newspaper, PR, public relations

THE PUSH TO RESCUE LOCAL NEWS IN MALDEN

Written by VEKONDA LUANGAPHAY Posted February 4, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Realistically, we cannot replace professional journalism, but we do fill in some of the gaps and provide local coverage that isn’t getting covered.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Journalism, Malden, media, news desert, reporting

VIDEO: “BUY ME, BOSTON” BOOK LAUNCH THROWDOWN FROM THE DAVID BIEBER ARCHIVES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 29, 2020 Filed Under: Interviews, LIFESTYLE

The following videos were recorded live on Dec. 14, 2020 in Norwood, Massachusetts

Filed Under: Interviews, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: arts, books, Boston, history, media, Music

DEAR READER: DIGBOSTON PUSHES FORWARD INTO 2021

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 18, 2020 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Greater Bostonians, you deserve this much content every week—not only on special occasions.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Dear Reader, independent journalism, media

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