CHRIS FARAONE, Author at BINJ

HELP BINJ CONTINUE ITS COVERAGE OF PRISONS AND PAROLE IN MASS

From violence against prisoners to our broken parole system, we are on the case. But we need your support.

CHRIS FARAONE April 21, 2021

HOW JULIET HIT A $100K KICKSTARTER GOAL IN 4 DAYS

“We’re not going to survive for 20 more years if we don’t do this [move to a bigger space].”

CHRIS FARAONE April 14, 2021

RISE OF THE HAND MACHINES

In “The Smartphone Society,” Aschoff moves beyond moral panic and asks bigger questions about our devices

CHRIS FARAONE March 4, 2020

“SHOULD A CORPORATION POISON YOUR FAMILY FOR MONEY?”: STEYER HAS NO LOVE FOR FERC, WOULD “EMPOWER” STATES TO STAND UP AGAINST PIPELINES

“Should a corporation poison your family for money?” Steyer asked the crowd. “Climate is the number one priority … not because we want it to be, but because it has to be.”

CHRIS FARAONE February 6, 2020

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MATTERS, HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS ON GIVING TUESDAY

This rolling collapse of news media serving American cities and towns—following their purchase by ever more aggressive giant media conglomerates—now threatens our beleaguered democracy.

CHRIS FARAONE December 3, 2019

ACKNOWLEDGING SOME BRIGHT SPOTS ON THE DARKENING MASS MEDIA LANDSCAPE

Though the response was mostly positive, however cloaked in sadness, there were also criticisms, and for the most part I agree with complaints about how I neglected to identify those working hard to hydrate news deserts and who are launching ambitious hyperlocal startups and hustling between the gaps.

CHRIS FARAONE November 6, 2019

REAL TROOPERS & BEEPER DAYS

Consultants told Mass State Police how to avoid turmoil. The department ignored the advice and spent the following two decades spiraling toward boundless corruption.

CHRIS FARAONE October 10, 2019

FENTANYL IN THE FAMILY

Ben Westhoff’s dive into the ‘deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic’ is the most frightening book of the year, and it’s mandatory reading

CHRIS FARAONE September 3, 2019

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

“Pullman, Lynch and others were also allegedly involved in a scheme to defraud two different companies that sought to do business with the Commonwealth.”

CHRIS FARAONE August 21, 2019

HELP BINJ BRING ITS POP-UP NEWSROOM BACK TO MANCHESTER FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY

Independent journalists from BINJ, DigBoston, and several other sites and papers will use the facilities, which we first conceived as an alternative to the hotel across the street where journalists from bigs like CBS and CNN enjoyed cozy press accommodations while the rest of us sat on the carpet in the lobby and fought over electrical outlets.

CHRIS FARAONE July 26, 2019