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CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

BEYOND ENGAGEMENT: A HOPEFUL PEEK AT THE FUTURE OF COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 23, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm

Hosted by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University in New Jersey, the gathering showcased the potential of not only journalists working with other journalists and outlets, but also of reporters connecting with nonprofits, activists, and an increasingly participatory public.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm Tagged With: Akoto Ofori-Atta, Atlantic City, Authentic City Partners, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chi.Vote, City Bureau, Darryl Holliday, Detroit Journalism Cooperative, Documenting Hate, Equip, Free Press, Granite State News Collaborative, MuckRock, New Hampshire, ProPublica, Rachel Glickhouse, the Trace

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)

Written by Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, history, Journalism, licenses, licensing, Maine, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Massachusetts, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, ONA, Online News Association, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, statistics, straw purchasing, Virginia, wbur

THE FOILIES 2019: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY

Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Posted March 16, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“Like the time we knocked out two English papers, a science experiment, and built the White House out of sugar cubes,” Evan said. “It opened up our Sunday for filing Freedom of Information requests.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FOIA, government transparency, Kennedy assassination, MuckRock, public information, public records, Sunshine, Sunshine Week

THREAT LEVEL: HYPOTHETICAL

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted November 22, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It was a standard public information request … until the state set up a maze to block one intrepid reporter’s access to records

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Broken Records, Burwell, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth, FOIA, governor, Haddadin, Hamel, Mackey, Massachusetts, MassIT, Metro West Daily News, MuckRock, public information, public records, Suffolk Superior Court, sunlight

BROKEN RECORDS: WHAT THE FOIA?!

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Who do you call when the cops rip you off?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, BPD, Broken Records, CIA, Evan Anderson, FBI, FOIA, Lieutenant McCarthy, Maura Healey, MuckRock, public information, transparency, William Galvin

BROKEN RECORDS: THE SUN DON’T SHINE IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted March 14, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the Commonwealth, even paying for public records doesn’t guarantee you’ll get them

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police Department, BPD, Broken Records, FOIA, Golden Padlock Awards, J. Patrick Brown, Massachusetts, MuckRock, National Security Agency, NSA, Secretary Galvin, Sunshine Week

SPECIAL SUNSHINE WEEK FEATURE: THE FOILES 2016

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 14, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

Some Government Agencies Are So Bad at Handling Public Records Requests, They Deserve an Award

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials Tagged With: Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Kim Davis, MuckRock, privacy, Rowan County, Sunshine Week, terrorism, transparency, US Army, White House

INFO WARS: THE PERILS OF REPORTING IN MASS (A MEDIA FARM UPDATE)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 23, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

Please excuse any sentimental camaraderie, but we do hope that you’ll join the chorus and echo our complaints.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, BPD, BPS, FOIA, information, Massachusetts, MuckRock, public records, SPJ

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