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THE CHINATOWN PROJECT AND BOSTON’S BENEVOLENT VOLUNTEER FOOD INFLUENCERS

Written by ABIGAIL LEE Posted February 22, 2022 Filed Under: Eats

Young social media makers aim to subvert the perception many Greater Bostonians have of Chinatown

Filed Under: Eats Tagged With: Chinatown, eats, social media, Videos

REBELLE + SCIENCE ALLIANCE

Written by CANDACE MCDUFFIE Posted March 10, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

Dutch returns to MOS for a full-on virtual production (with collaborators this time).

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: livestreaming, Music, rap, social media

EDITORIAL: MAJOR NEWSPAPERS SHOULD GIVE BACK FACEBOOK GRANTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 12, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money should go to the local independent news outlets the digital giant has hurt worst

Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Canada, Chris Faraone, conglomerate, corporation, criticism, data, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, funding, grant, greed, Guam, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, media, multinational, national, news, newspapers, nonprofit, PR, public relations, Puerto Rico, slider, social media, usa

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

COP BLOCK: CHICOPEE POLICE CLAIM JOURNALISM IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR DEPARTMENT

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we are on the “attack.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

A CHICKEN FOR EVERY COP

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 4, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Chick-fil-A

The Western Mass police department that has hosted more than two-dozen events at Chick-fil-A

Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

SOME CLOSURE FOLLOWING THAT HELLSTORM WE UNLEASHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST WEEK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 16, 2018 Filed Under: Dear Reader, Media Farm

Those who choose to stay informed should understand how in addition to financial strains and the resulting brain drains broken budgets have led to across our industry, journalistic entities are also often at the mercy of technocrats and new media gurus.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, Media Farm Tagged With: articles, Facebook, media, Medium, shares, social media, Twitter

EDITORIAL: MEDIUM WELL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 16, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

Facebook middle finger

 

Democracy requires public control of social media giants

 

In this edition of DigBoston, our Editor-in-Chief Chris Faraone has already written ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: billionaire, corporation, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, Ev Williams, Facebook, Jason Pramas, Medium, public, social media, utility

SHARING IS CARING (AND MOST OF YOU SOCIAL MEDIA RATS DO NEITHER)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 8, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Why do so many folks shy away from sharing articles about controversial topics, or at least ones that have yet to be reduced and cheapened to a meme or blog post farted out by some venture-backed national news aggregator?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: articles, Facebook, media, shares, social media, Twitter

UPDATE: DIGBOSTON DISPATCH

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 4, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Update

Still from NOTES AFTER LONG SILENCE (1989) by Saul Levine

 

News from behind the editorial curtain plus support for Saul Levine

 

Seeking next group of working-class journalists

In November, I put out the word that DigBoston was looking for working-class Boston natives to write for us.

 

Specifically, I called for locals with three of the four qualities we look for in good journalists: ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Update Tagged With: Boston, Facebook, feedback, Flipboard, Jason Pramas, Journalism, justice, massart, Saul Levine, social media, update, working class

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