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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

YOU’RE READING AN AWARD-WINNING PAPER

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

"With four nominations this year, we’re one of the standout papers nationally."

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Association of Alternative Newsmedia, award, newspaper, nomination

WELCOME, BOSTAAN!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 22, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

BostAAN 2021

DigBoston hosts the premiere indy newspaper convention at a difficult moment for journalism

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alternative, BostAAN, Boston, Chris Faraone, convention, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, independent, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, national, newspaper

EDITORIAL: ADVERTISERS ARE RETURNING TO DIGBOSTON, YOU CAN HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 29, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

DigBoston cover

Buy ads in our pages or tell your bosses to buy them today!

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ad, advertising, appeal, Boston, budget, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, newspaper, pandemic, small business

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

EDITOR’S NOTE: TO THE PERSON VANDALIZING OUR STREET BOXES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 25, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

You are not stopping us. You’re not even slowing us down.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, circulation, Democracy, DigBoston, distribution, distribution boxes, Massachusetts, newspaper, vandalism

CALL YOUR MA STATE SENATOR TODAY TO HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 4, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

"Boston -Massachusetts State House" by ajay_suresh is licensed under CC BY 2.0

[W]e’re asking all journalists, journalism educators, journalism students, media reform activists, and DigBoston readers who agree that the state journalism commission should be created to call your Mass state senator today and ask him/her to tell Sens. Eric Lesser (D - Longmeadow), Michael Rodrigues (D - Somerset), and Patrick O'Connor (D - Weymouth), who are on the conference committee, to keep the journalism commission in the final economic development bill.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Faraone, community, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislation, local news, local newspaper, news media, newspaper, organizing, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Sen. Brendan Crighton, slider

HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS! ASK YOUR MA STATE REP TO BACK AMENDMENT #40 TODAY!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 26, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Washington Street, Newspaper Row (in Boston a century ago)

[W]e’re asking all readers who are concerned about the collapse of local news media to contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor Amendment #40 of H. 4879. The more cosponsors the amendment has, the more likely House Ways and Means will pass it. If that happens it has a good chance of making it through the full legislative process for this session. And becoming a law. Which would be a promising outcome for the future of local news in the Commonwealth. 

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Faraone, community, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislation, local news, local newspaper, news media, newspaper, organizing, slider

GATEHOUSE STRIKES AGAIN: WORCESTER MAGAZINE ON THE ROPES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 29, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Over the holiday weekend, my wife and I had occasion to take the commuter rail out to Dedham to a family gathering in memory of loved ones who have left us. As we walked the mile to my cousin’s place—through middle-class suburban streets nearly bereft of foot traffic (and, in some places, sidewalks)—I looked at the many houses we passed. And thought about the fact that, despite their generally tidy exteriors and the lush greenery all around them, we were walking through a “news desert” in formation.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Column, corporation, Dedham, Democracy, DigBoston, downsizing, GateHouse, Jason Pramas, layoffs, Massachusetts, megacluster, multinational, news, news desert, newspaper, Worcester Magazine

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