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.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: FEB. 9, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Vaccine call-in lines, new artist spaces, and Laura’s Law.
FROM MASS TESTING TO MASS INOCULATION: A COVID RESPONSE IN THREE SCENES
Jordan Frias has reported on the response to COVID-19 through our Pandemic Democracy Project for nearly a year. Published together below, his three latest dispatches from the field show the movements of public health workers and officials on the ground, as they continue testing for coronavirus and attempt to get as many vaccines into biceps as possible.
DISPATCH FROM THE DISASTROUS DOC HEARING ON ITS SNAIL MAIL OVERHAUL
Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
In a COVID winter, it’s harder than ever to find a public bathroom in Boston. What’s the city doing about it?