Seeks more participation from Somerville residents It has been nine months since DigBoston and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism partnered with the Somerville Media Center to organize an event asking Somervillians what kind of coverage was missing from their city’s remaining news media. The February 2019 Somerville Community Summit ultimately attracted 115 […]
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART VI
Residents vent on issues related to arts, artists, and artisans
THE SUMMIT: PART V
Residents vent on issues related to trees and the environment
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART IV
Residents vent on issues related to immigrant communities
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART III
Residents vent on issues related to poverty and affordable housing
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART II
“It’s time for Somerville to get a piece of the pie. Jobs, housing that’s affordable to long term residents. We’re tired of families having to leave.”
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART I
“We want to connect and align with other neighborhood or issue groups doing similar things … and it’s hard to know who and where this is.”
SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SUMMIT: CONVENING A CITY TO IMPROVE ITS NEWS MEDIA
EDITORIAL Last Saturday, DigBoston, our allied nonprofit Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ), and our frequent partner the community access television station Somerville Media Center (SMC) turned out over 100 Somerville residents to the ONCE ballroom on Highland Ave to talk to 15 area journalists about local issues and happenings that they thought […]
MEET THE HEAVY LEATHER TOPLESS DANCE PARTY
On the cable set in Somerville in August, Elsa Riot is doing her damndest to sync up an impromptu rendition of the herky-jerky Beach Blanket Bingo routine with a ruthless sonic pummeling by way of a group of apparent Motörhead adherents.
