Three local newsrooms have won $100,000 grants to bolster local news coverage in the Boston area, from a group called Press Forward, which is trying to reinvigorate really local journalism.
The Dorchester Reporter, which now mainly covers Dorchester and Mattapan, says it will use to increase its reporting in Boston neighborhoods.
The Boston Institute for Non-Profit Journalism says it will use the money to hire more staff and up existing writers' wages to something approaching a living wage.
And the Northeastern University School of Journalism says it will use its grant to support The Scope, a student-run site "focused on telling stories of justice, hope and resilience in Boston’s core neighborhoods."
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Cool
By John Costello
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 11:48am
I hope they cover billionaires using "donations" from their foundation to local groups to change city policies to their whim and those billionaires who oppose roof decks on other people's property which were legally approved.
For how many weeks have you
By Lee
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 7:30pm
For how many weeks have you been losing sleep over this?
Was UHub considered?!
By Concerned UHub ...
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 12:13pm
This rag is as local as they come!
It's something you had to apply for ...
By adamg
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 12:51pm
And, well, I didn't. But they say this is only the first round of grants, so I need to read up on applying.
Local teens fill the
By Frelmont
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 12:43pm
Local teens fill the investigative void.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/teens-in-jamai...