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February 7, 2021 By JASON PRAMAS

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW

Laura Kiesel and Jordan Frias testify at the second journalism commission hearing, July 10, 2019. Photo courtesy of Sarah Betancourt.

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns, Legislation, Pandemic Democracy Project Tagged With: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge Day, coronavirus, COVID0-19, democracy, Free Press, grassroots, Jason Pramas, journalism, journalism commission, journalist, law, legislature, lobbying, Massachusetts, policy, politics, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Robert DeLeo, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Society of Professional Journalists

July 26, 2020 By JASON PRAMAS

HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS! ASK YOUR MA STATE REP TO BACK AMENDMENT #40 TODAY!

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[W]e’re asking all readers who are concerned about the collapse of local news media to contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor Amendment #40 of H. 4879. The more cosponsors the amendment has, the more likely House Ways and Means will pass it. If that happens it has a good chance of making it through the full legislative process for this session. And becoming a law. Which would be a promising outcome for the future of local news in the Commonwealth. 

Filed Under: Engagement Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Chris Faraone, community, democracy, DigBoston, editorial, engagement, grassroots, Jason Pramas, journalism, journalism commission, legislation, local news, local newspaper, news media, newspaper, organizing

March 27, 2020 By JASON PRAMAS

HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

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Including a sample Q&A that you can modify for use with your own family For most of us who pay close attention to the progress of the coronavirus pandemic over the last three months, talking to our families about how to stay safe and healthy can be difficult. People don’t want to hear that the […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy, discussion, family, Health, How-to, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, pandemic, social distancing

March 21, 2020 By JASON PRAMAS

ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT

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

Filed Under: Engagement, Pandemic Democracy Project, Reporting, Somerville News Garden Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, community, David & Reva Logan Foundation, democracy, Jason Pramas, journalism, journalist, local, Massachusetts, mutual aid, news, nonprofit, pandemic, Somerville

March 4, 2020 By JASON PRAMAS

SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN MOVING FORWARD

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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 kind of neighborhood news they […]

Filed Under: Engagement, Somerville News Garden Tagged With: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, community, democracy, education, Jason Pramas, journalism, Massachusetts, media, news, Somerville, Somerville News Garden

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