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February 23, 2021 By JASON PRAMAS

WHAT IS THE SOMERVILLE WIRE?

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BINJ staff and Somerville News Garden volunteers have not undertaken this effort to compete with existing or future news outlets in Somerville. We are simply working on creating a replicable model that cities and towns around Massachusetts and the US can use to stop their municipalities from turning into “news deserts,” in the parlance of journalism academics.

Filed Under: Editorial, Somerville News Garden, Somerville Wire Tagged With: BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, explainer, Jason Pramas, journalism, Massachusetts, media, news, Somerville

February 15, 2021 By POLINA WHITEHOUSE

FRAGMENTED MASS VACCINATION SITE AND SYSTEM MAKE FOR UNCERTAINTY

The state’s map of vaccination sites is missing several locations. Here’s why.

Filed Under: Features, Pandemic Democracy Project, Somerville Wire Tagged With: Boston, COVID, Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, Pandemic Democracy Project, vaccination, vaccine

February 11, 2021 By DAKOTA ANTELMAN

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE COMMITMENTS

Some who are civilly committed for addiction in Mass face abusive prison conditions. Still, some families say it’s better than the alternative

Filed Under: F.I.G.H.T., Features, Infographics, Reporting, Reports Tagged With: Bridgewater, civil commitments, Comm Correct, Department of Correction, fentanyl, fight, mapoli, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, opioids, prison, prison reform

February 10, 2021 By BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ADVOCATES TO SUGGEST PICKS FOR MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION SEATS

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A joint press release by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and Free Press Action

Filed Under: Announcement, Press Release Tagged With: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Candace Clement, Free Press, Jason Pramas, journalism, legislation, Massachusetts, politics

February 8, 2021 By DAN ATKINSON

INSIDE THE BATTLE OVER A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON FOR MASSACHUSETTS

“Either they don’t have people with the right expertise in charge of this process, making very embarrassing bumbles, or you literally are trying to circumvent the process.”

Filed Under: Features, Reporting, Reports Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, contracts, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, doc, framingham, mapoli, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Correction, MCI-Framingham, women's prison

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