CHRIS FARAONE, Author at BINJ

THE WAITING GAME

He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square

CHRIS FARAONE December 5, 2023

INTRODUCING CAMBRIDGE UNHOUSED

Why are we blanketing one Massachusetts city in particular with focused housing crisis coverage this winter?

CHRIS FARAONE November 1, 2023

TRAGEDY STILL LINGERS OVER LAWRENCE

A Merrimack Valley Natural Gas Explosion Time Capsule: Putting the extensive damage done in focus five years after a preventable fatal disaster disrupted northeast Massachusetts

CHRIS FARAONE September 13, 2023

FOLLOW-UP: ALLEN CURRY

Subject of BINJ feature who was victim of 1981 attack by fellow firefighters one step closer to full pension We started the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in 2015 to report stories that weren’t being told about people who were often ignored by big media. That’s become the leading cliché

CHRIS FARAONE August 14, 2023

STRIKE & FRISK

AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing” The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked” There has been significant state-level scrutiny of Massachusetts municipal law enforcement in the past year, with the appointed Peace Officer Standards

CHRIS FARAONE May 15, 2023

BEYOND INFLUENCE

BINJ profiles of internet sensations tell stories behind local creatives with international fanbases This year, in addition to the community news and investigative reporting that BINJ is best known for, we are excited to get back into covering a lot of music and arts. It’s not a new initiative, we

CHRIS FARAONE March 3, 2023

CAMBRIDGE HISTORY NIGHT & SILENT AUCTION

Hello Readers & Supporters, We had such a great community event last December at the Plough & Stars that we’re returning to the Cambridge tavern for a followup on March 23. This time, we’re changing the format a little bit … While we still want people to mingle and discuss

CHRIS FARAONE February 17, 2023

RECOGNITION FOR RELIGION REPORTING

The kind of deep read that gets people and communities talking while winning awards in the process Congratulations to Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada and Claire Sadar on their receiving an honorable mention in the Associated Church Press Best of the Church Press Awards for the first two installments of their Sacred Writes

CHRIS FARAONE May 25, 2022

A NEW AMERICAN PROJECT

In the nationwide bipartisan blitz to privatize public housing, Boston’s giving billions worth of benefits to some of America’s largest developers, financiers, and property management firms. Politicians are applauding, but for many residents caught in the transition, their housing future is unclear BY CHRIS FARAONE with research and reporting by

CHRIS FARAONE February 1, 2022

BINJ IMPACT ON THE SURVEILLANCE FRONT IN BOSTON

We have continued to cover these issues with our publishing partners, most recently via Dan Atkinson and his excellent work for DigBoston.

CHRIS FARAONE June 8, 2021