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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

January 9, 2019 By JASON PRAMAS

A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE

Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Blog, Column, corporation, Councilor Denise Simmons, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, housing, Jason Pramas, legislature, Maria Robinson, massachusetts state house, news, oligarchy, policy, politics, Real Estate, Rep., Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, Rules, Socialism, zoning

August 16, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY

It was vexing to watch Bird fans that clearly hadn’t even bothered to read the article in question—let alone my broad and deep back catalog—attack me as some kind of car-loving anti-environmental reactionary in the service of flogging their hipster transportation fetish du jour.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, boat, bus, car, Climate Change, Column, development, ecology, electric, Environment, global warming, golf cart, Google, Health, housing, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, Lime, Lyft, monorail, motorcycle, municipal, news, planning, policy, politics, prevention, public, robot, safety, scooter, Spin, train, transportation, Uber, urban, vehicle sharing

August 7, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

GREENFIELD BLUES

Homelessness is not just a big-city problem in Mass

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Column, economy, encampment, Greenfield, Health, healthcare, Homeless, homelessness, housing, Jason Pramas, jobs, Mayor William Martin, news, opiates, policy, politics, poor, poverty, public, TOWNIE, Western Massachusetts

August 2, 2017 By BINJ ONLINE

#CONDEMBTA (THE RECAP)

A public conversation about transit infrastructure As regular Dig readers couldn’t have possibly missed, along with the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ) we asked ace photographer Derek Kouyoumjian to spend a month snapping pics of utterly dilapidated MBTA tracks, stations, and trains. His images of so much beautiful decay, meant to scare the crap […]

Filed Under: Beyond Boston, Engagement, Videos Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, Cambridge, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth, decay, Derek Kouyoujian, Greater Boston, InvestNow, legislature, Massachusetts, MassDOT, MBTA, photo journalism, policy, Somerville, State House, T, Workbar Cambridge

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