engagement Archives

“IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING”: GABBARD SUPPORTERS PROTEST CNN TOWN HALL EXCLUSION

“I’m here showing solidarity and support for a candidate who CNN is not letting speak,” said Nitya Pool, a protester wearing one of the recently-made black T-shirts the campaign was selling on site.

FLAVIANA SANDOVAL February 6, 2020

THE OTHER PROTEST: PRO-TRUMP TRUCK FLASHES HIGH-WATTAGE TV CLIPS ABOUT DEMS OUTSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE CLIMATE TOWN HALL

While college students interviewed presidential hopefuls at a town hall on energy and climate change, supporters of President Donald Trump staged a high-wattage protest outside. Giant flatscreens, attached to a pro-Trump PAC’s black truck, flashed TV news clips meant to embarrass leading Democratic candidates.

ERICK TRICKEY February 6, 2020

REQUESTING EQUITY: STUDENTS PRESS CANDIDATES TO REMEMBER POOR PEOPLE IN CLIMATE POLICIES

“We have to make sure that money goes right back to people, to help with their heating and their cooling bills, or we’re never going to get it passed.”

ERICK TRICKEY February 6, 2020

THRIVING IN CHAOS: A DISORIENTED CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Klobuchar went on to tell the crowd that her campaign exceeded expectations: “I think the answer for all of this is that you want a president who has the presence of mind that can thrive in chaos.”

PATRICK COCHRAN February 5, 2020

FROM SPECK TO SPECTACLE: A POLITICAL HISTORY IN THREE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES

At this point in 1952, incumbent President Harry Truman was on the fence about seeking another term, and other big-name Dems were unwilling to succeed his increasingly unpopular presidency.

PATRICK COCHRAN February 5, 2020

MANCHESTER DIVIDED EVENT SCHEDULE

The Shaskeen Pub will host the BINJ pop-up newsroom and reporters from across the country from Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, and has a schedule packed with music, comedy, podcast tapings, and other events for a week of political pandemonium.

BINJ ONLINE January 27, 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 2019 REVIEW + 2020 PREVIEW

Our fourth year of operation and our first as a standalone 501(c)3 nonprofit, 2019 was a time for BINJ to mature and lay the foundation to become a much larger force in local reporting and media-focused organizing, not only in Greater Boston but across the Commonwealth and all throughout the country.

BINJ ONLINE December 26, 2019

Lynne Doncaster speaking to Somerville News Garden event. Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian

SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC EVENT

Seeks more participation from Somerville residents It has been nine months since DigBoston and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism partnered with the Somerville Media Center to organize an event asking Somervillians what kind of coverage was missing from their city’s remaining news media. The February 2019 Somerville Community

JASON PRAMAS November 6, 2019

ACKNOWLEDGING SOME BRIGHT SPOTS ON THE DARKENING MASS MEDIA LANDSCAPE

Though the response was mostly positive, however cloaked in sadness, there were also criticisms, and for the most part I agree with complaints about how I neglected to identify those working hard to hydrate news deserts and who are launching ambitious hyperlocal startups and hustling between the gaps.

CHRIS FARAONE November 6, 2019