The road to the World Cup is paved with promises and press releases. For well over a year before the first kickoff of the most recent tournament in June, FIFA and its hosts published a dizzying amount of…
This topic deserves a more substantial piece; so this one is just a placeholder note for BINJ.News readers until I crank out a deeper dive. But I’m pleased to announce that the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism has…
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #68. ARTS With ‘Rhinoceros,’ Diane Paulus turns the page to a new chapter at the American Repertory Theater…
Northampton, Mass. (Special to BINJ.News) - In the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 26, about 75 keffiyah-clad and banner-bearing people gathered at a rally outside the Hampshire County Superior Court, their chatter interrupted periodically by the enthusiastic honks of…
As an aging townie, a handful of figures have been fixtures in Boston journalism since I was a teenager. Howie Carr, who is a good deal older than me, is one of them. An early example of the…
I was the first reporter to cover the threat of Automatic (or Automated) License Plate Readers in Massachusetts. Long before the letters ALPR crept into the common lexicon, and more than a decade before companies like Flock Safety…
Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*
