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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

Video: The Importance Of Local News w/ Author-Journalist Miranda S. Spivack

A conversation about town and city watchdogs, government transparency, and “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards”

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM June 29, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

How A Western Mass Reporter Took On Titans Of Big Tech And Media

An interview with Eoin Higgins, author of ‘Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left’

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CHRIS FARAONE May 7, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

This Is How Media In Boston Whitewashes Privacy Concerns

Everyone is worried about drones until a private company gets special permission to fly them over individuals and cars in Boston

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CHRIS FARAONE February 16, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

BINJ REPORTER LEADING PSYCHEDELICS COVERAGE IN MASS

Benzinga, Double Blind, and others follow up on Jack Gorsline’s reporting on the upcoming Bay State ballot initiative

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CHRIS FARAONE July 16, 2024
Niya Doyle. Photo courtesy of Niya Doyle.
NIYA DOYLE

OPINION: IS THERE A PLACE FOR BIPOC JOURNALISTS ANYMORE?

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

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NIYA DOYLE March 15, 2024
CHRIS FARAONE

FOLLOW-UP: ALLEN CURRY

Subject of BINJ feature who was victim of 1981 attack by fellow firefighters one step closer to full pension We started the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in 2015 to report stories that weren’t being told about people who were often ignored by big media.  That’s become the leading cliché

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CHRIS FARAONE August 14, 2023
JASON PRAMAS

BOSTON DSA FACTION SHOULD DROP ITS CHARGES AGAINST REP. MIKE CONNOLLY

An apology would also be in order As the saying goes, “we all make mistakes.” And I think the faction of the Boston Democratic Socialists of America that has filed written charges against Rep. Mike Connolly to demand his expulsion from that chartered local of a national political organization to

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JASON PRAMAS July 7, 2023
EUGENE C. BRUNE AND HOWARD E. HORTON

OPINION: SOMERVILLE MEDIA CENTER SHOULD REMAIN IN THE HEART OF UNION SQUARE

Mayor Emeritus and Former City Communications Director Call for Public Access Station to Be Allowed to Stay in City-Owned Firehouse Today, the Somerville Media Center is operating under the threat of eviction from the City of Somerville. We believe this eviction decision needs to be, immediately, reconsidered and reversed. SMC,

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EUGENE C. BRUNE AND HOWARD E. HORTON November 23, 2022
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JASON PRAMAS

EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE MEDIA FUND GIVES FIRST TWO GRANTS

Somerville Media Center and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism get equal shares of donations raised from community members I’m pleased to report that about 20 Somervillians became the first donors to the new Somerville Media Fund this spring. Generously giving $2,330.02 to help the Fund’s initial two member news organizations—Somerville

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JASON PRAMAS July 26, 2022
DigBoston box among the boxes of defunct newspapers in Union Square, Somerville. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
JASON PRAMAS

EDITORIAL: NOW EVEN LESS NEWS IN SOMERVILLE

DigBoston goes digital-only, yet another reason to donate to the Somerville Media Fund (Somerville Wire) – It’s rare that a journalist writes an editorial about an editorial, but careful readers may note that the principals of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism—Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and me—also run the commercial

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JASON PRAMAS April 19, 2022
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