IMAGE: Sandstorm State House collage by Jason Pramas (using public domain images) More working journalists, less elite institutes Chris Faraone,* John Loftus,** and I spend a lot of time thinking about how to rebuild American … [Read more...]
SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SUMMIT
Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian Convening a city to improve its news media Last Saturday, along with DigBoston, our frequent partner the community access television station Somerville Media Center (SMC) turned out over 100 Somerville … [Read more...]
PUBLIC BAD. PRIVATE GOOD?
Boston Herald's attack on MassHousing highlights double standard in American journalism Over the last several days, the Boston Herald has had its knives out in no less than three articles and two editorials against MassHousing—an independent, … [Read more...]
WHY GATEHOUSE’S BOSTON ‘MEGACLUSTER’ IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY
No corporation should own most newspapers in a region In last week’s Apparent Horizon, “GateHouse Editorial Flacks for Mass Retailers,” I dissected an editorial, “The benefits of a teen minimum wage,” calling for a subminimum wage for Bay … [Read more...]
A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE
Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics The Massachusetts State House is not a bastion of democracy. I think a growing number of people in the Commonwealth are pretty clear on that fact. Dominated … [Read more...]
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