Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism Archives

Editorial: BINJ Seeks Major Donors

Our long-term survival prospects would be greatly enhanced by connections to a few cool institutions and individuals

JASON PRAMAS November 6, 2025

Editorial: BINJ.News Replaces HorizonMass

Since August, my Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleagues Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow and I have been alerting our growing audience to the fact that we decided the title of our independent weekly news magazine needed to take advantage of our better-known 10-year-old brand name BINJ. So we

JASON PRAMAS November 1, 2025

Editorial: HorizonMass Is Rebranding

As we start our third year of publication, we’ve decided our news outlet needs BINJ in its name

JASON PRAMAS August 14, 2025

Editorial: Public Grantmaking Can Help Mass Indy News Outlets Survive

BINJ would like to work with fellow journalists and allied organizations to convince our state legislature to give it a shot

JASON PRAMAS July 24, 2025

Celebrating 10 Years Of BINJ

The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism’s first decade has been an incredible roller-coaster ride, but Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow, and I look forward to the challenges to come It’s truly wild that the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism just turned 10 years old. Although ace journalist Chris Faraone

JASON PRAMAS July 17, 2025

BINJ's Linda Pinkow addresses the May 17, 2025 New England Independent News Outlets Conference. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2025 Jason Pramas.

BINJ HOSTS LOCAL JOURNALISM STRATEGY CONFAB

The New England Independent News Outlets Conference brought together 18 publications with staffers from two foundations to discuss how to get more financial support from local and regional funders

JASON PRAMAS June 12, 2025