
Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency.
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Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency.
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Call for government accountability and transparency
Written by MAYA SHAFFER Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
This is what happens when you try asking the second largest city in Mass and state officials to adhere to basic public records laws
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
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
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
The mayoral candidate put forth a public safety and criminal justice plan.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
With follow-through, Boston could have a BPD that resembles the force that officials have always pretended we have.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Amazingly, I’m on my first real vacation in four years this week. But I think it’s important to pen a truncated version of my usual column to thank the 80 plus people (about half of whom were journalism students… yay!) who showed up for the July ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
This week, I joined fellow journalists, journalism educators, and members of the public at large in testifying on a bill to form a Mass journalism commission that is currently before the state legislature. In view of the potential importance of the initiative, ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader
Between the countless white papers already in existence and the obvious reality on the ground that any reporter who has been in the game for more than a year can tell you about, there is already more than enough information to start planning ways to reverse the destruction that the likes of leeches such as Gatehouse Media have wrought in Mass.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Almost immediately after rising on Monday, I knew that I wasn’t going to have a normal start to my week. Production on DigBoston commences over the weekend for my colleagues ... read more