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Redemption Song: The Gray Area Of Onyx White’s Freedom 

Paroled after serving time for murder, Onyx White was making art and speaking to youth about reentry—until a baseless highway stop blocked his path forward. This is his comeback story: the sequel.

It was a clear April afternoon in Boston, the first after four continuous days of rain, and things were looking up for Onyx White. A music producer wanted to record with him in New York, and so he…

The More Opioid Remediation Spending Coverage, The Better

New WCVB reporting on spending meant to help mitigate the opioid crisis raises additional troubling questions

The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism has reported on the darkest least transparent corners of the opioid crisis in Mass since our inception. That coverage has morphed over a decade, and since 2024 has largely taken the form…

Editor’s Note: BINJ’s Video Program Helps Improve Our Reach

Though we were hesitant to start producing long and short form videos on the regular, we’re glad we did

Last summer, as my Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleagues and I watched the number of hits on the articles on our BINJ.News website plummet due to the destruction wrought on traditional search engines by their parent companies’…

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The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism produces bold investigative reporting that challenges powerful interests and lifts up the voices of marginalized people. BINJ publishes high-quality journalism by experienced reporters as well as talented and highly motivated college students whom we train and mentor. Our reporting and analysis fills the gaps left by the mainstream media in Greater Boston and throughout Massachusetts, focusing on prisons, policing, surveillance, housing, the environment, arts, media and other critical issues facing our city and state.

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