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POOR PROTEST COVERAGE SHOWS NEED FOR MASS JOURNALISM COMMISSION
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
THE PUSH TO RESCUE LOCAL NEWS IN MALDEN
“Realistically, we cannot replace professional journalism, but we do fill in some of the gaps and provide local coverage that isn’t getting covered.”
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DEAR READER: A RESOLUTION AND A THANK YOU FOR THE NEW YEAR
For every 50 right-wing roaches who wreak havoc on my nerves, there is only one Eileen, who just three weeks ago sent me her latest care package.
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We’d like to encourage you to support journalism in the public interest in Massachusetts by donating whatever you can to BINJ. With your help we can produce strong investigative reporting that “afflicts the comfortable and comforts the afflicted,” and reestablish the local news organizations that can guarantee democracy remains strong in the Commonwealth for decades to come.
CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
EDITORIAL: HOW TO WRITE FOR DIGBOSTON
To start the new year, I thought it would be helpful to discuss the question we get most often from our readers: “How can I start writing for DigBoston?” Our answer is simple ...
HERE IS WHAT A DAY OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM LOOKS LIKE
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.
