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VOICE OVER: DIG STRONG AND MOURN ON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 5, 2018 Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

Here at the Dig, along with our partners from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, we are busy working on multiple investigations—you know, the kind that critics who don’t know the first thing about independent media in 2018 keep alleging that papers like ours have stopped producing.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt weeklies, Boston, Journalism, media, New York, nonprofit journalism, NYC, Rupert Murdoch, Village Voice

HERE IS WHAT A DAY OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM LOOKS LIKE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 1, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm

I offer an occasional column like this as a reminder that, while content may be everywhere these days, the kind of journalism we do here is different, often more cumbersome and difficult to execute, or at the very least more in the know and edgier than what you get from aggregators.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, Media Farm Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, fundraising, Independent Media, indie media, Journalism, media, nonprofit journalism, reporting

A VERY SPECIAL MEDIA FARM: ALTERNATIVE SPIN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 14, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Heads are looking for a place to turn. A hopeful place, but also outlets that are down to scrap.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, media, nonprofit journalism, Trump

MAKE SOME WAVES: WHY ZUMIX RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 28, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC

Help keep multi-generational radio on air as it moves to a dial near you.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: 2016, Boston, chelsea, Dig, DigBoston, east boston, East Boston High School, Everett, nonprofit, nonprofit journalism, radio, Revere, Winthrop, Zumix, ZUMIX Radio

MEDICINE FOR A MENDICANT MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 25, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Is there a better alternative to today’s busted model of mendicant journalism? I think so. The one least discussed in this country in this era, but perhaps the most important.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: independent publishers, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Koch brothers, LION, media, media funding, nonprofit journalism, NPR, PBS, Peter Thiel

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