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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

NONPROFIT MODEL NOT A PANACEA FOR AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 10, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, capitalism, commission, contingent work, Democracy, economy, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, Massachusetts, neoliberal, news, news desert, NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America, newspaper, Politics, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Sen. Brendan Crighton, state government

PROPOSED STATE JOURNALISM COMMISSION NEEDS BROADER MEMBERSHIP

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 20, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sandstorm State House collage by Jason Pramas

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, boston university, capitalism, Column, commission, contingent work, Democracy, economy, emerson college, Framingham State University, Harvard University, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, Massachusetts, neoliberal, news, news desert, NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America, newspaper, Nieman Foundation, Northeastern University, Politics, Rep. Jim Hawkins, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, SAG-AFTRA, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Shorenstein Center, socialism, state government, UMass Amherst

PUBLIC BAD. PRIVATE GOOD? BOSTON HERALD’S ATTACK ON MASSHOUSING HIGHLIGHTS DOUBLE STANDARD IN AMERICAN JOURNALISM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 6, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Over the last several days, the Boston Herald has had its knives out in no less than three articles and two editorials against MassHousing—an independent, quasi-public agency created in 1966 and charged with providing financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts.

 

 ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Herald, Braintree, business expense, capitalism, Column, Digital First Media, economy, government, hotel, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, leased car, Massachusetts, neoliberal, news, newspaper, per diem, Politics, public, racism, travel

WHY GATEHOUSE’S BOSTON ‘MEGACLUSTER’ IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

No corporation should own most newspapers in a region

 

In last week’s Apparent Horizon, “GateHouse Editorial Flacks for Mass Retailers ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bad jobs, Cambridge Chronicle, capitalism, child labor, Column, contingent work, economy, Fortress Investment Group LLC, GateHouse Media, history, Jason Pramas, labor, Massachusetts, megacluster, neoliberal, New Media Investment Group Inc, news, newspaper, Politics, Retailers Association of Massachusetts, socialism, SoftBank Group Corp, subminimum wage

ONE OF THE MOST IDIOTIC VOICEMAIL MESSAGES WE’VE EVER HEARD

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 30, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

It’s painful to imagine the absolute horror faced by these people, clientele and management alike, still we must do our best if there is to be any sense of sanity restored to the downtown area.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: Back Bay, Boston, distribution, newspaper

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