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JEAN TROUNSTINE

Prison Brought Us Together, But Friendship Survives

This holiday season, longtime BINJ prison reporter Jean Trounstine reflects on the work that cleared her path to journalism

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JEAN TROUNSTINE December 24, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

IndyMass: December 19, 2025

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! CULTURE ‘People Just Don’t Know Filipinos’ Sampan (Boston) Love seeing former BINJ interns published in other area news outlets (even when, in this case, the intern wrote for the outlet in question

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JASON PRAMAS December 19, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

Editor’s Note: This One’s For BINJ’s Longtime Donors

I’m usually in production every Thursday for our weekly Friday email blast to the 10,000 people who get our BINJ.News newsletter. And in-between editing and publishing articles from our growing crew of reporters, younger and older, I always have to make time for writing my own pieces.  So I had

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JASON PRAMAS December 18, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

When It Comes To Mass Surveillance, We Are Totally Flocked

Cambridge ended its contract with a controversial vendor, but the people of Massachusetts are still being watched

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CHRIS FARAONE December 18, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

Editor’s Note: Help BINJ Improve Our Internship Program

My Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleagues Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow and I are not shy about singing the praises of our reporting interns whenever we have the chance. But after running our internship program for over eight years, even we are shocked at how talented our current

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JASON PRAMAS December 12, 2025
TOM MEYERS

Opinion: The Commodification Of Public Education

A cornerstone of any strong educational system is the recognition that teaching is a profession, not a set of tasks. Educators earn licenses through years of training, experience, and ongoing ethical responsibility—just as electricians, accountants, or attorneys do. Their professional judgment is not a luxury; it is the foundation that

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TOM MEYERS December 9, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

IndyMass: December 5, 2025

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! EDUCATION Governor releases draft graduation requirements The Flipside (Boston) Parts of the proposal look innovative, but is there a stealth MCAS-like component? (Could be.) From “It’s kind of falling apart” to “who

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JASON PRAMAS December 5, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

Editor’s Note: Why Support BINJ?

Anyone that’s read me asking for donations for the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism over the years will have seen me mentioning certain themes over and over. I often stress the importance of journalism to a democratic society, for example. I effuse about the fine work that our “intern army”

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JASON PRAMAS December 4, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

Editor’s Note: Give To BINJ

With Thanksgiving behind us, it’s only four days until the “holiday” that every nonprofit leader (who I know, anyway) dreads: “Giving Tuesday.” It has only been 13 years since one Henry Timms of the 92nd Street Y in New York City created a marketing gimmick meant to spark a “global

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JASON PRAMAS November 28, 2025
TOM MEYERS

OPINION: Divestment Of Dollars From The Merchants Of Death!

As a retired teacher and proud member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, I am heartened that our union voted to support H.1264/S.767, An Act Promoting Responsible Investment. This legislation would safeguard our pension funds by prohibiting investments in companies that manufacture weapons of mass destruction. Beyond the moral urgency, this is

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TOM MEYERS November 28, 2025
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