Inside BINJ

BINJ WINS AWARDS FOR POLITICAL COLUMN AND FIRST AMENDMENT JOURNALISM

We also had the honor of giving out a prize of our own, the “BINJ Award,” which we sponsored to acknowledge the “Best Nonprofit Collaboration.”

BINJ ONLINE July 21, 2019

SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN INFORMATIONAL MEETING (AUG. 8)

A News Garden for a (Potential) News Desert

BINJ ONLINE July 14, 2019

MAKING FOIA WORK: THE METHODS AND DESIGN BEHIND OUR INVESTIGATION INTO GUN PROCUREMENT IN MASS

A single convenient clearinghouse for all of the material we produced—from links to features in English and Spanish, to a detailed Participatory Design Process Book

BINJ ONLINE June 25, 2019

BINJ RESTORATIVE JUSTICE STORY ON NEW ENGLAND CABLE NEWS

An Arlington, Massachusetts police lieutenant who was put on paid leave after writing a column filled with controversial statements about violence, immigrants and more is back on the job after going through a “restorative justice” program. Independent journalist Laura Kiesel joins Sue to talk about what this means and why she doesn’t agree with the program.

BINJ ONLINE June 17, 2019

BINJ REPORTING HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY

While we can use all the local push that we can get, we are thrilled that The Appeal and The Marshall Project—both leading sources of news and information regarding criminal justice and prisons—picked up the latest from BINJ and reporter Jean Trounstine.

BINJ ONLINE May 28, 2019

TWO BINJ PROJECTS WIN AWARDS

We are thrilled to learn that Tibisay Zea has been given this year’s Rhode Island for Community & Justice Metcalf Media Award for Diversity in the Media for her reporting on “Aging in the Shadows,”

BINJ ONLINE May 24, 2019

BEYOND ENGAGEMENT

A hopeful peek at the future of collaborative journalism

CHRIS FARAONE May 23, 2019

NOW YOU CAN READ BINJ TRANSIT JOURNALISM IN THE METRO

We are excited to announce that BINJ will now be reaching several hundred thousand additional readers on certain weeks through a new partnership with the Metro.

BINJ ONLINE May 15, 2019

SIGN UP FOR UPCOMING COMMUNITY JOURNALISM 101 CLASSES

Community Journalism 101 is a series of free, low-barrier journalism workshops, open to community members. They are run by Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ), often in partnership withSomerville Media Center.

BINJ ONLINE May 11, 2019