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Watch: ‘King Of Pop Culture’ Gary Sohmers On BINJ Live

Legendary appraiser talks retro and collectibles, alternative press, and music history

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM March 12, 2026

While Researching The Salem Witch Trials, He Learned His Relative Was Among The Accused

“Once I realized the genealogy behind it, it felt more personal and … put more fire in my belly.”

DANA FORSYTHE September 28, 2025

Video: Cambridge And The Source Of Hip-Hop

A discussion with the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive about the little-known history of how the iconic hip-hop publication The Source started in Cambridge

CHRIS FARAONE August 5, 2025

VIDEO: WATCH OUR PROGRAMS FROM THE CAMBRIDGE KIOSK

Interviews with local media and headline makers about the history of publishing in Cambridge and the current state of independent media everywhere

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM July 24, 2025

Video: A History Of Alternative Media And Culture In Cambridge, Massachusetts

A conversation w/ David Bieber of the David Bieber Archives about everything from Harvard Square’s theaters and venues of yore to the current underground media in Greater Boston

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM 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

When Married Women Couldn’t Teach, Massachusetts Unions Led The Fight

An often forgotten chapter in women’s labor history, the fight against marriage bans in Massachusetts eventually found success with activism, passionate union efforts, and nationwide economic change

JACOB SCHLES July 17, 2025

Collage of a young Jason Pramas overlaid over a photo of Out of Town News in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass.

Out Of Town News And Me

My brief and tumultuous tenure working at the famed Harvard Square newsstand was nothing if not formative

JASON PRAMAS June 26, 2025

PUBLICATIONS ON DISPLAY AT THE CAMBRIDGE KIOSK

Remembering the radical press of the 1970s, from The Old Mole, to The Cambridge Phoenix and The Broadside All photos courtesy of David Bieber Archives The publications and memorabilia featured in the BINJ installation at the Cambridge KiOSK (June 2025) are sourced from the David Bieber Archives to reflect some

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM May 29, 2025

The Massachusetts Native Helping The Government Study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Ryan Graves flew fighter jets for the Navy, but his toughest mission has been giving credence to UAP sightings

ADAM SENNOTT May 8, 2025