journalist Archives

Editorial: Help Support BINJ’s Internship Program

“Training the next generation of reporters is not just a mandate, it’s an honor”

JASON PRAMAS December 12, 2024

EDITORIAL: STUDENT JOURNALISTS, PITCH US!

New BINJ intern track makes it easier than ever for muckrakers-in-training to work with HorizonMass

JASON PRAMAS September 19, 2024

Niya Doyle. Photo courtesy of Niya Doyle.

OPINION: IS THERE A PLACE FOR BIPOC JOURNALISTS ANYMORE?

Where do we go next when traditional media is becoming increasingly obsolete?

NIYA DOYLE March 15, 2024

SOMERVILLIANS DONATE $5,000 TO RESTART SOMERVILLE WIRE

Municipal news service can run for another few months, now accepting applications for a reporter gig Great news! Thanks to the 40 Somerville residents who donated the $5,000 we needed, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism has met our goal to restart publication of the Somerville Wire news service for

JASON PRAMAS February 2, 2023

Screenshot of Marc Levy and Jason Pramas video. Image by Jason Pramas.

VIDEO: JOURNALISTS DISCUSS PROBLEMS REPORTING RECENT DAVIS SQUARE DEATH

Share concerns about collapse of local news media and stonewalling by Somerville officials Early on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, a person died in the middle of Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., USA. No news outlet reported on it … and the City of Somerville and Somerville Police Department said nothing

MARC LEVY AND JASON PRAMAS May 13, 2022

Laura Kiesel and Jordan Frias testify at the second journalism commission hearing, July 10, 2019. Photo courtesy of Sarah Betancourt.

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets

JASON PRAMAS February 7, 2021

ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT

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

JASON PRAMAS March 21, 2020

BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS

If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular May 1, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because

JASON PRAMAS May 1, 2018

TOWNIE EXTRA: YASER MURTAJA, PRESENTE!

The killers of the Palestinian journalist must be brought to justice April 11, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Typically, I mainly focus on Bay State issues in this column. But I’ll make an exception this time and stand with my colleagues at the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

JASON PRAMAS April 11, 2018