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This Week In BINJ.News: Nov. 6, 2026

Introducing this weekly letter/The World Cup post-mortem only we’re doing

For some time, Linda Pinkow, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism’s excellent development director, has been encouraging our editorial staff to start including a letter at the top of our BINJ.News Weekly Newsletter where we can let readers…

Editor’s Note: That Big Op-Ed I Promised BINJ Readers … Ran In Truthout

Learn why 60 publishers joined the independent publishers' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft and what's at stake for American journalism.

A few weeks ago, I promised BINJ.News readers that I would be writing a more in-depth article on why the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism joined 59 other independent news publishers to file a mass-action lawsuit against tech…

IndyMass: October 30, 2026

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #71. FOOD Food Commentary: “The Real Food Show” — The Galloping Propagandist The Arts Fuse (Somerville) OK, I’m…

It’s New England Week At Flaming Hydra

Author Luke O’Neil on the all-star writing collective’s run through Maine and Mass: “New England is a pretty broad category, and everyone who turned something in came at the idea with a really unique perspective.”

We’re major fans of Massachusetts journalist and author Luke O’Neil and his Welcome to Hell World newsletter. By extension, and since we are also an experimental independent outfit, we’re super hot for Flaming Hydra, the all-star writing crew…

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