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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

ACCESS DENIED: BUTTIGIEG PACKS ROOM, BRUISES INDEPENDENT MEDIA EGOS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted February 6, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Through the fog of nobodies, MSNBC show host and hoagie hound Chris Matthews managed to get access; “Just hang on,” he whispered in his trademark brassy brogue to the minion flanking his effort, “she’ll get us in.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Chris Matthews, Citizens Agenda, criminal justice, Deval Patrick, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, gun control, guns, immigration, income inequality, Joe Biden, law enforcement, local media, Manchester Divided, media, Michael Bloomberg, New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, press, primaries, Primary, religion, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

ANNOUNCING THE DIGBOSTON  ‘UNNAMING’ POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 21, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Doing our part to shut down the ultra right

 

As journalists, my DigBoston colleagues and I have a responsibility to do our best to cover news of the day fairly and accurately. And that’s based on our abiding belief in ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, ethics, fascist, freedom, human rights, Jason Pramas, Journalism, nazi, news, policy, press, reactionary, rights, social justice, ultra right, unnaming, white supremacy

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: CPACTIVISTS

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted February 27, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

I am stoned at CPAC. I am in hell. Here’s how it happened …

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baynard Woods, CPAC, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, Marijuana, media, press, Steve Bannon, Washington DC, Wayne LaPierre

AND THE AWARD FOR MOST OPPORTUNISTIC USE OF THE BALTIMORE SITUATION FOR CLICKS GOES TO …

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 28, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

In other places, Patch was more reserved in its fraudulence.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baltimore, Freddie Gray, irresponsible journalism, Massachusetts, media, new england, Patch, police brutality, police misconduct, police violence, press, riots

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