Projects

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

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: TO TEAR DOWN A HIGHWAY

Image by Utile Design Pols and advocates discuss what it could mean to take down the McGrath overpass The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the last in a series about

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 21, 2021

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

WHAT IS THE SOMERVILLE WIRE?

BINJ staff and Somerville News Garden volunteers have not undertaken this effort to compete with existing or future news outlets in Somerville. We are simply working on creating a replicable model that cities and towns around Massachusetts and the US can use to stop their municipalities from turning into “news deserts,” in the parlance of journalism academics.

JASON PRAMAS February 23, 2021

SILVER DINING PLAYBOOK: HOW WILL HOSPITALITY WORKERS PAY BILLS IF THEY GET SICK?

“Low wage workers are actually, literally, afraid for their lives. They need to know they’re not dependent on tips.”

HALEY HAMILTON June 25, 2020

ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT

Funding 100 local news articles covering Boston area communities during the coronavirus crisis

JASON PRAMAS March 21, 2020

AMBITIOUS CYCLE: MASS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO OPT OUT OF THE DISPOSABLE ECONOMY

Living with fewer materials and less waste should, in theory, save consumers money and resources. It should also save municipalities money in the sharply rising costs of recycling and trash disposal. But waste-free options are expensive in personal time and inconvenience, especially when compared to the unparalleled convenience of the disposable economy

KARINE VANN February 26, 2020

THE BINJ CITIZENS AGENDA FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY COVERAGE

Below you will find our developing reportorial agenda—the BINJ Citizens Agenda—curated using input from the public as well as media makers who are coming to report on the ground in New Hampshire.

BINJ ONLINE January 23, 2020

BINJ PARTNERS WITH OUTLETS ACROSS THE US FOR COVER STORY ON FENTANYL CRISIS

Our team is dedicated to covering the opioid scourge through our F.I.G.H.T. Opiates program, and since these drugs are ripping through communities everywhere, we have been working to disseminate our reporting as far and wide as possible.

BINJ ONLINE October 10, 2019