On Venezuela, On Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up
Running a news weekly as I do, it’s always interesting to watch the narrative around developing stories that I might comment on as a journalist change quickly over days or even hours. Such is the case with two big national and international stories of great interest to Massachusetts residents this week: the capture of Venezuelan […]
Cambridge’s Comedy Studio Hosts Hump! Festival
No matter how much porn you’ve watched, it’s almost certain you haven’t seen the clips in Hump!, the touring DIY film festival coming to Cambridge this spring. The annual festival—screening twice April 16 at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square—packs a veritable orgy of tones and types into 24 films over 90 intermission-free minutes. The […]
Massive File From J6 Insurrection Trials Goes Live On Internet Archive
SAN FRANCISCO – The Internet Archive marked the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol as one might expect: launching an upload of publicly accessible materials from the trials of 1,575 defendants who took part in the attempted overthrow of America’s government to keep President Donald Trump in power after he […]
Court Rules For Reporter In Case Where DA Used Taxpayer Money To Shield Troubled Cops
“We hope that other district attorneys will abide by this ruling if they receive similar requests in the future.”
Who Is Watching The Officials Who Select The Watchers?
How the secretive procurement teams approving hundreds of millions for Mass surveillance are incentivized to spend
Editor’s Note: BINJ Annual Fundraising Drive Was A Success!
Once again, as has been our practice for the last five years, we asked our audience to support the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism every week in November and December and a bunch of you came through. We’re still waiting for any late checks to arrive, but we already know we blew past our $50,000 […]
IndyMass: January 2, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! And, wow, this is the 50th installment of this little secondary column of mine. Tempus fugit (time flies)! HOUSING New Bedford awarded $2.5 million to help ease housing shortage The New Bedford Light Barely a drop in […]
Editor’s Note: Happy Holidays!
On behalf of the entire Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism staff, board, and “intern army, ” I send our best wishes for a happy holiday and a most excellent new year to all our readers. As journalists, we may often report the worst, but know that we always hope for the best. Peace. Jason Pramas […]
Demand For Low-Income Fuel Assistance Continues To Skyrocket
BOSTON – It’s effortless for Everett resident Luke Charles Farrell to recall the exact day his basketball career at the University of Alabama came to a halt. On Dec. 15, 1996, Farrell lost vision in his left eye when a fellow athlete elbowed Farrell’s face while attempting a slam dunk. He was forced to medically […]
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