This Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism archives section houses every article and organizational update published at binjonline.org and binj.news since our organization’s launch in 2015—including every article syndicated via BINJ’s MassWire news service until August 2023 and every article syndicated via BINJ’s Somerville Wire news until the Somerville Media Fund became its nonprofit sponsor in February 2023.
All articles syndicated via MassWire, including everything produced at BINJ’s HorizonMass magazine website, after August 2023 and via Somerville Wire between February 2023 and February 2024 (when it ceased publication) can be found on those respective websites. The full archives of the original run (September 2015 to March 2023) of Jason Pramas’ column “Apparent Horizon” can be found at jasonpramas.work. The second run (July 2024 to present) of “Apparent Horizon” can be found at the HorizonMass site.
The archive of former major BINJ projects can be found here.
THE BEST OF BINJ: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING
From the best reporting you will find on the Massachusetts Governor’s Council to coverage of contractors who had big paydays during the pandemic
THE BEST OF BINJ: ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
We cover all disasters – from natural, to the man-made ones. Here’s some of our best environmental reporting from the first decade of BINJ
THE BEST OF BINJ: TRANSIT REPORTING
From the least-traveled commuter rail stop in the state to hundreds of millions of dollars in wasteful contracts exposed
YOUR DONATIONS TO BINJ MATCHED TWICE!
We have an opportunity to make your donation go even further through NewsMatch, a collaborative national effort to support independent, public service journalism, led by
THE BEST OF BINJ: PRISON & PAROLE REPORTING
Coverage of prisons and parole in Massachusetts from the past decade, including the unparalleled reporting of Jean Trounstine
THE BEST OF BINJ: POLICE & SURVEILLANCE REPORTING
From multiple features on SWAT raids across the Bay State to extensive reporting on surveillance and Fourth Amendment issues
NEW BINJ FEATURE ON WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION
Nearly a hundred people have been exonerated by state and federal courts in Massachusetts since 1989. “Together, they spent more than 1,341 years imprisoned for
THE BEST OF BINJ: HOUSING & GENTRIFICATION REPORTING
From covering the tiny house movement on Martha’s Vineyard to our series on homelessness in Cambridge
THE BEST OF BINJ: LABOR REPORTING
From Cole Rosengren’s extensive coverage of recycling workers which impacted policies across the region to bombshell reporting by Eoin Higgins on problems at a major
THE BEST OF BINJ: EDUCATION REPORTING
From “A Modern Metco,” to “UMASS Boston’s Last Remaining Painter”
BINJ AWARDED $100K PRESS FORWARD GRANT
With readers’ support, funds from a new national funding initiative may help us “achieve escape velocity” at last
BINJ JOINS MIT PROJECT TO HOST COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
“realtalk@MIT isn’t just about conversation – it’s about creating a lasting culture of listening.”
BINJ EDITORIAL DIRECTOR TALKS POST COMMISSION WITH “THE YOUNG JURKS”
Chris Faraone and Mike Crawford discussed police accountability, corruption, and larger issues surrounding the Karen Read case
NEW BINJ COLLABORATION WITH INVISIBLE INSTITUTE
The lack of comprehensive employment history data in Massachusetts is driven home by the launch of a data tool for exactly that information from 17
APPARENT HORIZON RETURNS, COLUMN RUNS ON COUNTERPUNCH
Latest piece is on how for a growing number of people, global warming is already a serious and worsening health threat
VILLAIN FROM BINJ FEATURE MAKES MEDIA ROUNDS
“Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout appears on far-right American radio show
NOW ARRIVING: A MAJOR MBTA DOCUMENT DUMP
BINJ receives critical MBTA safety documents after successfully appealing agency’s public records request denial
RESEARCHING THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL
New series by Jean Trounstine includes original data set on Massachusetts judicial appointments culled from hundreds of paper files
BINJ IMPUGNS NO-BID CONTRACT PROPOSED FOR DAVID ORTIZ-TIED BIZ
A feature that involves one of the great Boston pro sports heroes of modern time, plus is squarely in line with a realm of reporting
WHY WE CANCELED OUR LONG-PLANNED BOSTON OLYMPICS POSTMORTEM EVENT
Instead of using BINJ resources on this panel, we want to redirect the energy, and hope that many of you join our new group
BINJ REPORTER LEADING PSYCHEDELICS COVERAGE IN MASS
Benzinga, Double Blind, and others follow up on Jack Gorsline’s reporting on the upcoming Bay State ballot initiative
INTRODUCING BINJ GARBAGE RAIL KIDS
New project by BINJ distributes trading cards examining deteriorating MBTA and culture of wasteful spending at Greater Boston’s public transit agency
EFF AMPLIFIES CELL-SITE SIMULATOR INVESTIGATION
BINJ article provided “some of the most comprehensive information about modern CSS that the public has had access to in years.”
NIYA DOYLE PIECE ON JOURNALISM RUNS IN EDITOR & PUBLISHER
BINJ intern asks, “Is journalism just a rich kid’s hobby?”
