July 25, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS [Note: This is the full version of this article. A shorter version ran in the print edition of DigBoston— also dated July 25, 2016.] Journalism is in a tough spot. There are tens of thousands of trained journalists in the United States, but a dearth of funding and the rolling […]
WHY ARE SO FEW ‘HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW’ CONTESTANTS BLACK?
Image via High School Quiz Show / YouTube March 29, 2106 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Structural racism is the problem … now what’s the solution? WGBH’s “High School Quiz Show” is great. So great that adults like me watch it on purpose regularly. And that’s why I’ve noticed something problematic about the show over the […]
DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH (THE YEAR IN KRAMPUS)
Image by Tak Toyoshima December 21, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Popular culture always tells us a lot about the spirit of the time in which it was created. So when three movies get released featuring the same little-known supernatural character in the same year, it’s safe to say that something new is running through […]