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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

Lynne Doncaster speaking to Somerville News Garden event. Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian

SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC EVENT

Seeks more participation from Somerville residents It has been nine months since DigBoston and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism partnered with the Somerville Media Center to organize an event asking Somervillians what kind of coverage was missing from their city’s remaining news media. The February 2019 Somerville Community

JASON PRAMAS November 6, 2019

BINJ SELECTED FOR SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK ‘RENEWING DEMOCRACY’ GRANT, EXPANDS SCOPE OF PRISON & PAROLE REPORTING

BINJ is examining how grassroots campaigns in Massachusetts and elsewhere are challenging policies related to parole, fighting to reduce the number of people sentenced to life without parole, and in many cases, having success and creating real change.

BINJ ONLINE October 23, 2019

BINJ TO PRESENT AT MEDIA CONFERENCES IN MAINE AND ILLINOIS

If you see us at a conference or meetup, please be sure to introduce yourself and tell us about the work you are doing in your area.

BINJ ONLINE October 23, 2019

BINJ ED DIRECTOR DISCUSSES STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION ON BLOOMBERG RADIO

In addition to appearing in DigBoston, the article has also been published by our frequent partners at the Shoestring in Western Mass, and it will also run in the upcoming issue of the Bay State Banner.

BINJ ONLINE October 16, 2019

EVENT: REVIVING LOCAL JOURNALISM IN SOMERVILLE

SAVE THE DATE for the follow-up event to February’s successful Somerville Community Summit!

BINJ ONLINE October 10, 2019

BINJ CO-PUBLISHES FIRST FEATURE IN CHINESE

We are excited to announce that one of our recent features, “Unbearable Pressure: For members of the Asian LGBTQ community, Boston can be solid ground for personal discovery and advocacy. Still, some stories remain untold,” has also been published by Sampan, the only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

BINJ ONLINE August 18, 2019

INTERVIEW & EVENT (JULY 28) AT PORTER SQUARE BOOKS TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE

“The positive that always comes out of those conversations is that you end up getting much more integration of a successful business because most people want to know what a company stands for.”

GABBY RAYMOND July 26, 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

WHY WE’RE HELPING BUILD JOURNALISM NONPROFITS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY

“The public benefited, too, from the much greater availability of new visions and values, which broadened the political, cultural, and spiritual options of millions”

BINJ ONLINE July 21, 2019