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Massachusetts

POLINA WHITEHOUSE

FRAGMENTED MASS VACCINATION SITE AND SYSTEM MAKE FOR UNCERTAINTY

The state’s map of vaccination sites is missing several locations. Here’s why.

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POLINA WHITEHOUSE February 15, 2021
DAKOTA ANTELMAN

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE COMMITMENTS

Some who are civilly committed for addiction in Mass face abusive prison conditions. Still, some families say it’s better than the alternative

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DAKOTA ANTELMAN February 11, 2021
Screenshot of MA journalism commission law text
BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ADVOCATES TO SUGGEST PICKS FOR MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION SEATS

A joint press release by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and Free Press Action

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM February 10, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

INSIDE THE BATTLE OVER A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON FOR MASSACHUSETTS

“Either they don’t have people with the right expertise in charge of this process, making very embarrassing bumbles, or you literally are trying to circumvent the process.”

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DAN ATKINSON February 8, 2021
Laura Kiesel and Jordan Frias testify at the second journalism commission hearing, July 10, 2019. Photo courtesy of Sarah Betancourt.
JASON PRAMAS

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets

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JASON PRAMAS February 7, 2021
JORDAN FRIAS

FROM MASS TESTING TO MASS INOCULATION: A COVID RESPONSE IN THREE SCENES

Jordan Frias has reported on the response to COVID-19 through our Pandemic Democracy Project for nearly a year. Published together below, his three latest dispatches from the field show the movements of public health workers and officials on the ground, as they continue testing for coronavirus and attempt to get as many vaccines into biceps as possible.

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JORDAN FRIAS February 3, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DISPATCH FROM THE DISASTROUS DOC HEARING ON ITS SNAIL MAIL OVERHAUL

Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 1, 2021
MARC LEVY

APPOINTED SOMERVILLE OFFICIAL SPURS OUTRAGE WITH TWEETS FROM DC MOB SCENE

Mayor Curtatone says “We’re taking it seriously and doing our due diligence”

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MARC LEVY January 9, 2021
BINJ ONLINE

DATA ANALYSIS & REPORT: THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IN MASSACHUSETTS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

Why did Massachusetts’s nursing homes fail so profoundly? And how can we prevent this from happening again?

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BINJ ONLINE September 5, 2020
Massachusetts saliva test COVID
DAN ATKINSON

INSIDE THE NO-BID CONTRACTS MASS IS ABOUT TO ENTER FOR COVID SALIVA TESTS

“We are still only a fraction of what Gov. Baker projected where the state should be testing per day per week, we need to be ramping up significantly.”

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DAN ATKINSON August 25, 2020
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