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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

IN PANDEMIC, “EVERY TOOL” AVAILABLE NOT ENOUGH FOR IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES

“People are still getting deported. It’s a pandemic, and they are tearing apart families for nothing.”

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN April 26, 2020
KEIKO HIROMI

COVID PHOTOS: COURAGE & COMPASSION, FROM DORCHESTER TO THE NORTH SHORE

These photos are of Massachusetts, and specifically some of the many brave people who are working through the crisis. They haven’t asked for attention or applause, but they certainly deserve our recognition and appreciation.

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KEIKO HIROMI April 19, 2020
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DANA FORSYTHE

INDEPENDENT BREWERIES PUSH CANS, NEW DISTRO MODELS DURING OUTBREAK

Tap rooms have been shut down, while businesses have had to adapt to a lack of foot traffic and extended stays. Many have embraced curbside pick-up and delivery, but that’s only produced a fraction of what many local operations need to continue.

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DANA FORSYTHE April 5, 2020
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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

EDUCATORS, STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH ONLINE LESSONS DURING COVID CRISIS

“How do you do that when you’re not in the room with the person? How do you make sure everyone gets what they need in that environment?”

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 31, 2020
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NICOLE ASCHOFF

CAMBRIDGE SITUATION REVEALS HOW CORONAVIRUS EXPOSES DIGITAL DIVIDE

Coronavirus is pushing us from our workplaces, classrooms, and public spaces into our homes. High-speed internet is more essential than ever to maintain social ties. But millions are denied this fundamental right.

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NICOLE ASCHOFF March 23, 2020
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JASON PRAMAS

ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT

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

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JASON PRAMAS March 21, 2020
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JASON PRAMAS

SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN MOVING FORWARD

Launching new programs to help revive local journalism   It has been just over a year since my Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and DigBoston colleagues and I organized the Somerville Community Summit to give area residents a chance to speak for two minutes each to 15 journalists about what

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JASON PRAMAS March 4, 2020
KARINE VANN

IT’S HARD WORK BEING GREEN: CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS TALK ENVIRONMENTAL HABITS AND RESPONSIBILITY AT MARKEY TOWN HALL

“What we did in this resolution is to lay out what should happen … in every sector of the American economy. Because they can all be transformed with new technologies, with new strategies, new conservation techniques, and in a very brief period of time.”

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KARINE VANN February 17, 2020
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THE MOST READ BINJ FEATURES OF 2019

It’s important to celebrate the stories that really caught the attention of the public, in some cases not just in Greater Boston but far away from our home base as well.

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BINJ ONLINE December 26, 2019
STEPHANIE WITTENBACH

NO GLOSS FOR FOSS

Somerville has scant green space, but who will maintain the little there is?

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STEPHANIE WITTENBACH December 19, 2019
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