Community journalism

Malalai Joya in Boston

presspass — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:18:13 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD6QTzeVjpk

Malalai Joya, now 31, was the youngest ever woman elected to the Afghan Parliament in 2005 and is an outspoken critic of the Karzai government and NATO occupation. Press Pass TV caught up with Joya and supporters at an event hosted in Dorchester by Dorchester People for Peace and United for Justice with Peace

Mayor Menino, is it your policy to allow your staff to park city vehicles illegally?

jikamens — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:45:43 -0400

Photos at http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/2009/10/28/mayor-menino-is-it-your-policy-to-allow-your-staff-to-park-city-vehicles-illegally/.

Chelmsford gets its own online news site

adamg — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:53:03 -0400

ChelmsfordMassNews.com is now online.

Via Richard Howe.

A Washington Insider, Unknown At Home

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:42 -0400

Fred Thys at wbur 90.0 fm filed this story:

Capuano: A Washington Insider, Unknown At Home

BOSTON — Mike Capuano has just left a Democratic caucus on health care in the new underground Capitol Visitors’ Center. Most members of Congress walk the corridors back to their offices, but Capuano takes advantage of the Washington weather, much balmier than Boston’s this time of year, by going outside.

Someone calls, “Senator!” from a limousine.

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The netiquette of posts and comments

david_yamada — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:22:07 -0400

I was reading up on the horrible killing of Yale grad student/lab worker Annie Le, and it appears that the best starting place for news coverage is the New Haven Register.

In any event, when I read comments to their articles, I saw that they have a very nice, un-control freakish way of encouraging responses that remain on the good side of civility:

We encourage your feedback and dialog and ask you to follow a few simple guidelines when commenting on stories on nhregister.com.
1) Please post responsibly.
2) Be polite.
3) Don't hate.
4) If you object to someone's post, use the "Report Abuse" button and we'll review it.
5) Users who don't play by the rules will be blocked and won't be allowed to participate.
6) Self-promotion of businesses or advertisements of anything for sale are not permitted.

No criticism of UH intended or implied, though the Globe and Herald sites certainly could use a bit of this philosophy. I just thought this was a very good way of saying things.

Link: http://www.nhregister.com/

Student Rights

presspass — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:18:41 -0400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-q6U-OQo_g&feature=channel_page

Press Pass TV looks at the importance of student rights and legal education.

A house is not a Home

presspass — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:16:44 -0400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BILgfRKbz6I&feature=channel_page

Press Pass TV does a special report about a blind Roxbury mother of 6's battle for fair and safe housing. After being repeatedly robbed, the Boston Police simply started ignoring her calls as her situation worsened. It was a City Councilor and his administration coming to her help that changed her life around.

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Shifting Borders

presspass — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:13:23 -0400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZLka0JQlw4&feature=channel_page

Press Pass TV looks at how gentrification is affecting Boston and how value is established.

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Ethnic Media and healthy communities

presspass — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:47:43 -0400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eI0ayglwZY&feature=channel_page
In the wake of the potential closing of the Bay State Banner Press Pass TV talks to Boston community members and media makers about the vital role that Ethnic and community media plays in creating a healthy community.

Funding an investigative story in Somerville

adamg — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:01:17 -0400

Somerville Voices is seeking $500 in donations to hire an investigative reporter to look into possible inequities in the way the city is raising money through its new (and controversial) parking regulations.