Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

With all the natural sunshine in the sky this month, it is especially gratifying to announce this collaboration in which BINJ helped produce the Massachusetts component of a national project on police accountability by Invisible Institute. In short: Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.” Read the full feature here: https://lnkd.in/evdNkC2k More background here: https://lnkd.in/eQeDcMCh

CAPE COD VISITING NURSES #UNION AUTHORIZES #STRIKE: The home #health organization can’t afford to lose more nurses … but nurses can’t afford to stay https://lnkd.in/edDPgeES #nurse #healthcare #labor #CapeCod #Massachusetts @MassNurses

WELCOME TO #BOSTON, NEW #COLLEGE #STUDENTS! (Run.) The latest Apparent Horizon column from HorizonMass' Jason Pramas. https://lnkd.in/euk2GJVn #bostonstudents #bostoncolleges #student #highereducation #history #politics #arts #economy #bospoli #mapoli #Massachusetts

APPARENT HORIZON: CANARY IN A CARBON TRAP. For a growing number of people like me, #globalwarming is already a serious and worsening #health threat. The latest from HorizonMass' Jason Pramas. https://lnkd.in/dspcsDTq #climatechange #Boston #Massachusetts #column

FOTOBOM: BEN HOWARD. Brave UK act shines at House of Blues Boston. https://lnkd.in/dcnhhJ_v #music #photos #photoset #photography #concert

BOOK REVIEW: ‘MY BRILLIANT FRIEND.’ How much of the New York Times‘ “Best #Novel of the 21st Century” is true to author Elena Ferrante’s life? https://lnkd.in/epZsn4sx #bookreview

APPARENT HORIZON: NO SURPRISE #MASSACHUSETTS HAS A #HOUSING CRISIS. Just look at what happened to the former East #Cambridge #courthouse property (now “40 Thorndike”). The latest from HorizonMass' Jason Pramas. https://lnkd.in/eeGnV_k5 #commercial #realestate #vacancy #politics #column

SELLING THE SONG OF THE SUMMER: Berklee student Louis De Schouwer is blending shelf-stocking with social media stardom as he trades frat houses for future concert venues https://lnkd.in/emR8ZaBg #culture #music #Boston #Massachusetts

FOTOBOM: THE STEWS. #Alabama “indie-rock boy band” stirs the crowd at Sinclair. #Photo set by Charlotte Howard. https://lnkd.in/eBwX4xHs #concert #show #music #photography #CambridgeMA #Massachusetts

Check out our latest investigation into state contracts. This one features a businessperson who Massachusetts taxpayers are probably familiar with ... Commonwealth seeks no-bid contract with #DavidOrtiz -tied #EV charger company. Read the full article by Dan Atkinson at the link below ... #mapoli #electricvehicles #RedSox #Boston #MassDOT https://lnkd.in/eBE_vbJU