Jason Pranas, who watched the pandemic take down the Weekly Dig, today announced the start of a new, and non-profit statewide news site: HorizonMass: "A new general interest, statewide, digital news publication with the tagline 'independent student-driven reporting in the public interest.' "
Besides its Dig roots, the site also has its origins in the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, which Pranas and Chris Faraone founded.
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Best wishes
By mediagenic
Thu, 08/17/2023 - 6:01pm
In a state as well as country where we have few independent voices I very much wish them success.
I took wish them well
By BostonDog
Thu, 08/17/2023 - 9:32pm
I wish them all the best and fully support the project.
That said, the best journalist are those with years of experience. A student can certainly cover a story but there's a lot to be said for knowing the history of a topic and fostering relationships for years. It's hard for a student to replicate that even if their editor has the chops.
One of the things that makes Uhub such a good site is that Adam does a great job putting things into context along with some background when needed.
Journalism is a hard, poorly paid, and mostly thankless job. So there's not many who go though school and keep at it for a decade or longer needed to really get good at the job. But hopefully the students in this project buck the trend.
Magoo sez
By MisterMagooForYoo
Thu, 08/17/2023 - 7:43pm
Magoo wonders if there will be a comments section so Magoo can share the same fun fun time as Magoo share here. Magoo
oh god
By lbb
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 9:13am
I hope not.
Nitpick
By Ron Newman
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 12:22am
Chris Faraone and the BINJ folks eventually took over the Weekly Dig, but they didn't found it.
I didn't realize that the Dig had stopped even electronic publishing until I saw this announcement. (They discontinued paper editions in April 2022.)
Yep
By adamg
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 9:31am
He founded BINJ.
Greater Boston
By anon
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 6:52am
needs an independent media outlet.
Original post corrected
By adamg
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 1:09pm
The announcement was actually by Jason Pranas, who helped co-found BINJ.
Can follow HorizonMass on Mastodon
By mg
Fri, 08/18/2023 - 3:14pm
@[email protected]
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