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July 26, 2019 By CHRIS FARAONE

HELP BINJ BRING ITS POP-UP NEWSROOM BACK TO MANCHESTER FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY

 

It’s a given that national politics impact vulnerable people in Mass—from immigration decrees to healthcare policy meddling. We absolutely cover those issues, but for the most part, as local reporters we avoid beating the DC drum week in and week out. For a lot of reasons, but mainly because you can read tendentious spiels in roughly 20 million other places and since there’s nothing state and local politicians would love more than for us to ignore their doings while distracted by dynamite that national conservative rodeo clowns detonate daily.

With all of that in mind, we are returning to New Hampshire for the lead-up to the primary in February 2020. Like we did in 2016, our team from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism will set up at the Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant in Manchester, which we will transform into a pop-up newsroom, podcast studio, and political carnival. Independent journalists from BINJ, DigBoston, and several other sites and papers will use the facilities, which we first conceived as an alternative to the hotel across the street where journalists from bigs like CBS and CNN enjoyed cozy press accommodations while the rest of us sat on the carpet in the lobby and fought over electrical outlets.

While BINJ does not typically invest its resources in national coverage, we feel that it’s important to put a critical local lens on the biggest story in America. In 2016, for example, among other scoops, our reporters highlighted the negative impact that Republican hopeful Carly Fiorina had on the New Hampshire economy in her former role as the top executive at Hewlett Packard, while in another case, Jason Pramas revealed a questionable labor endorsement. These are the kinds of stories that the national media, just swinging through town between trips to Iowa and South Carolina, tends to miss. We will also be offering our dispatches to more than 200 outlets to publish, ensuring that our coverage resonates beyond New England. (In 2016, our content was syndicated in more than a dozen outlets nationwide).

Finally, we will be hosting a number of speakers, local stakeholders, and talking heads to participate in various events and panels. And yes, you are invited. We will have formal tickets, invitations, and Facebook pages up soon, but for now you can guarantee exclusive access to our Manchester Divided festivities by becoming a sustaining monthly BINJ donor at givetobinj.org. We really can’t do this without you.

CHRIS FARAONE
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A Queens, NY native who came to New England in 2004 to earn his MA in journalism at Boston University, Chris Faraone is the editor and co-publisher of DigBoston and a co-founder of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. He has published several books including 99 Nights with the 99 Percent, and has written liner notes for hip-hop gods including Cypress Hill, Pete Rock, Nas, and various members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

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