Jason Pramas
@jasonpramas.bsky.social
Executive Director, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Editor-in-Chief,BINJ.News. Executive Director, Somerville Media Fund. Award-winning Apparent Horizon columnist. Photojournalist. Boston, Mass., USA.
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extremely pleased to announce big changes to my news organization this week … read on! #journalism
Editorial: BINJ.News Replaces HorizonMass. Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism renames our weekly magazine, launches our new consolidated website, and starts our big annual fundraiser today! binj.news/2025/11/01/e... #journalism #BostonMA
Editorial: BINJ.News Replaces HorizonMass | BINJ
Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism renames our weekly magazine, launches our new consolidated website, and starts our big annual fundraiser today!
binj.news
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
extremely pleased to announce big changes to my news organization this week … read on! #journalism
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Editor’s Note: Our Last Week As HorizonMass. New BINJ news brand to launch next week … just in time for our big annual fundraiser! horizonmass.news/2025/10/23/e... #journalism #news #Boston #Massachusetts
Editor’s Note: Our Last Week As HorizonMass
New BINJ news brand to launch next week … just in time for our big annual fundraiser!
horizonmass.news
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Editor’s Note: Our Last Week As HorizonMass. New BINJ news brand to launch next week … just in time for our big annual fundraiser! horizonmass.news/2025/10/23/e... #journalism #news #Boston #Massachusetts
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Publicly Funding Grocery Stores Doesn’t Make Them Socialist: Dog whistle Herald banner headline is a classic example of the kind of news practice that has divided our nation horizonmass.news/2025/10/09/p... #journalism #criticism #BostonHerald #Boston
Publicly Funding Grocery Stores Doesn’t Make Them Socialist
Dog whistle Herald banner headline is a classic example of the kind of news practice that has divided our nation
horizonmass.news
October 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Publicly Funding Grocery Stores Doesn’t Make Them Socialist: Dog whistle Herald banner headline is a classic example of the kind of news practice that has divided our nation horizonmass.news/2025/10/09/p... #journalism #criticism #BostonHerald #Boston
my latest, now in @commondreams.org … #politics #protest #Trump … www.commondreams.org/opinion/keep...
What To Do About 3 Authoritarian Trump Admin Memos? Keep Protesting | Common Dreams
The admin definitely doesn’t like anyone using constitutionally-protected rights of freedom of speech and assembly to protest in defense of several increasingly oppressed “out groups” and democracy i...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
my latest, now in @commondreams.org … #politics #protest #Trump … www.commondreams.org/opinion/keep...
perhaps folks didn’t notice these #Trump administration orders given the lack of coverage of them, but check out my latest column for more background … #politics
Keep Protesting For #Democracy: Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the #Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/10/02/k... #protest #freespeech #FirstAmendment #politics
Keep Protesting For Democracy
Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press
horizonmass.news
October 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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How #Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets: Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it tough for publications to build an audience on "the front page of the internet"—column by @jasonpramas horizonmass.news/2025/09/25/h... #journalism
How Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets
Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it virtually impossible for independent journalists to use the supposedly open and democratic platform to hel...
horizonmass.news
September 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How #Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets: Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it tough for publications to build an audience on "the front page of the internet"—column by @jasonpramas horizonmass.news/2025/09/25/h... #journalism
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Check out BINJ Live #2 at 8 p.m. ET TONIGHT featuring Eliza Dewey, a noted Boston-based investigative journalist (and now BINJ reporter!) talking about her latest article on the Mass Parole Board's problematic treatment of a dying prisoner www.youtube.com/live/K1sbeq9... #journalism #livestream
BINJ Live #2 with featured guest Eliza Dewey and hosts Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas
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September 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Check out BINJ Live #2 at 8 p.m. ET TONIGHT featuring Eliza Dewey, a noted Boston-based investigative journalist (and now BINJ reporter!) talking about her latest article on the Mass Parole Board's problematic treatment of a dying prisoner www.youtube.com/live/K1sbeq9... #journalism #livestream
my latest, now on Common Dreams! #journalism #1stamendment
Censoring Jimmy Kimmel Is Not The Biggest Threat To The First Amendment... @jasonpramas.bsky.social explains what is: www.commondreams.org/opinion/jimm...
Censoring Jimmy Kimmel Is Not The Biggest Threat To The First Amendment | Common Dreams
Censoring Jimmy Kimmel is not the biggest threat to the First Amendment: The ongoing collapse of the free press is... and indy news outlets need your help.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
my latest, now on Common Dreams! #journalism #1stamendment
my latest, please share widely … #journslism #1stAmendment
Editorial: Censoring Jimmy Kimmel Is Not The Biggest Threat To The First Amendment. The ongoing collapse of the free press is … and news outlets like BINJ need your help. The latest from @jasonpramas.bsky.social . horizonmass.news/2025/09/18/e... #censorship #JimmyKimmel #1stAmendment #journalism
Editorial: Censoring Jimmy Kimmel Is Not The Biggest Threat To The First Amendment
The ongoing collapse of the free press is … and news outlets like BINJ need your help
horizonmass.news
September 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
my latest, please share widely … #journslism #1stAmendment
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TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our very first guest is Jacob Schles, BINJ reporter and Emerson College student! We'll be hearing Jacob's thoughts on the challenges young journalists face. On YouTube Live: www.youtube.com/live/vnJhe2r... #journalism #livestream
BINJ Live with Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas (guest: Jacob Schles)
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September 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our very first guest is Jacob Schles, BINJ reporter and Emerson College student! We'll be hearing Jacob's thoughts on the challenges young journalists face. On YouTube Live: www.youtube.com/live/vnJhe2r... #journalism #livestream
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Why This Political Moment Is Particularly Dangerous For The American Left: A point by philosopher Hannah Arendt makes it plain that de-escalation should be our watchword at present. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/09/11/w... #politics #analysis #column
Why This Political Moment Is Particularly Dangerous For The American Left
A point by philosopher Hannah Arendt makes it plain that deescalation should be our watchword at present
horizonmass.news
September 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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not that my BINJ colleagues and I are surprised, but L’Affaire Chorus is the latest in a very worrying series of signs that propaganda is trumping (you see what I did there? except this is the Dems we’re talking about …) #journalism everywhere …
Editorial: Elite Propaganda Operations Are Trying To Buy Off The Independent Press. But BINJ’s #journalism is not for sale … ever. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/09/04/e... #chorus
Editorial: Elite Propaganda Operations Are Trying To Buy Off The Independent Press
But BINJ’s journalism is not for sale … ever
horizonmass.news
September 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
not that my BINJ colleagues and I are surprised, but L’Affaire Chorus is the latest in a very worrying series of signs that propaganda is trumping (you see what I did there? except this is the Dems we’re talking about …) #journalism everywhere …
my Labor Day piece ... ludicrous I even have to discuss the possibility of the feds sending troops to Boston, but here we are ...
Labor Day Should Remind Bostonians Why #Trump Is Threatening To Send In The Troops: And what we can do about it. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/08/28/l... #politics #democracy #protest #analysis #Boston #LaborDay
Labor Day Should Remind Bostonians Why Trump Is Threatening To Send In The Troops
And what we can do about it
horizonmass.news
August 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
my Labor Day piece ... ludicrous I even have to discuss the possibility of the feds sending troops to Boston, but here we are ...
my latest … left-wing institutions should take a page from the right-wing playbook and support sympathetic media organizations … #journalism
Why Left Unions, Nonprofits, And Foundations Don’t Fund Left #Journalism: And why they need to stop dumping millions on PR firms and start funding left news organizations before we all collapse. #Editorial by @jasonpramas.bsky.social horizonmass.news/2025/08/21/e... #politics #nonprofit #fundraising
Editorial: Why Left Unions, Nonprofits, And Foundations Don’t Fund Left Journalism
And why they need to stop dumping millions on PR firms and start funding left news organizations before we all collapse
horizonmass.news
August 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
my latest … left-wing institutions should take a page from the right-wing playbook and support sympathetic media organizations … #journalism
another #Saturday #lunch: two #cicchetti (#Venetian #tapas)—#crespelle di #patate (#potatopancakes w/ #salmonroe/#ikura, #mascarpone, and #whippedbutter) and #capesantegratinate (baked #scallops w/ #breadcrumbs, parsley, #parmigianoreggiano, #oliveoil, #tomatopuree) www.instagram.com/jasonpramas/...
Jason Pramas on Instagram: "another #Saturday #lunch: two #cicchetti (#Venetian #tapas)—#crespelle di #patate (#potatopancakes with #salmonroe/#ikura, #mascarpone, and #whippedbutter) and #capesantegr...
6 likes, 1 comments - jasonpramas on August 16, 2025: "another #Saturday #lunch: two #cicchetti (#Venetian #tapas)—#crespelle di #patate (#potatopancakes with #salmonroe/#ikura, #mascarpone, and #whip...
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August 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
another #Saturday #lunch: two #cicchetti (#Venetian #tapas)—#crespelle di #patate (#potatopancakes w/ #salmonroe/#ikura, #mascarpone, and #whippedbutter) and #capesantegratinate (baked #scallops w/ #breadcrumbs, parsley, #parmigianoreggiano, #oliveoil, #tomatopuree) www.instagram.com/jasonpramas/...
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HorizonMass Is Rebranding: As we start our third year of publication, we’ve decided our news outlet needs BINJ in its name horizonmass.news/2025/08/14/e... #journalism #editorial #Massachusetts
Editorial: HorizonMass Is Rebranding
As we start our third year of publication, we’ve decided our news outlet needs BINJ in its name
horizonmass.news
August 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
HorizonMass Is Rebranding: As we start our third year of publication, we’ve decided our news outlet needs BINJ in its name horizonmass.news/2025/08/14/e... #journalism #editorial #Massachusetts
my latest … as if small American news outlets like HorizonMass and BINJ weren’t already facing enough challenges …
How Tech Giants Are Harming News Outlets Like HorizonMass And BINJ: But our fans can help us survive by, yes, actually reading our articles (and sharing them). The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/08/07/h... #journalism #AI #crisis #GreatDecoupling #criticism #analysis
How Tech Giants Are Harming News Outlets Like HorizonMass And BINJ
But our fans can help us survive by, yes, actually reading our articles (and sharing them)
horizonmass.news
August 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
my latest … as if small American news outlets like HorizonMass and BINJ weren’t already facing enough challenges …
Another Call For An Immediate #Gaza #Ceasefire: Together with the complete withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from that Palestinian territory and the immediate resumption of all international #humanitarian aid programs there horizonmass.news/2025/07/31/a... #politics #justice
Another Call For An Immediate Gaza Ceasefire
Together with the complete withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from that Palestinian territory and the immediate resumption of all international humanitarian aid programs there
horizonmass.news
August 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
this week, I penned an #editorial in support of the idea of pushing for public grantmaking for journalism by the Mass legislature ... #journalism #legislation #Massachusetts
Editorial: Public Grantmaking Can Help Mass Indy News Outlets Survive. BINJ would like to work with fellow journalists and allied organizations to convince our state #legislature to give it a shot. horizonmass.news/2025/07/24/e... #journalism #politics #funding #Massachusetts
Editorial: Public Grantmaking Can Help Mass Indy News Outlets Survive
BINJ would like to work with fellow journalists and allied organizations to convince our state legislature to give it a shot
horizonmass.news
July 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
this week, I penned an #editorial in support of the idea of pushing for public grantmaking for journalism by the Mass legislature ... #journalism #legislation #Massachusetts
My organization just turned 10 … wow. Here’s what I have to say about passing that milestone … 😀
Celebrating 10 Years Of BINJ: The #Boston Institute for Nonprofit #Journalism’s first decade has been an incredible roller-coaster ride, but Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow, and I look forward to the challenges to come horizonmass.news/2025/07/17/c... #Massachusetts #anniversary
Celebrating 10 Years Of BINJ
The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism’s first decade has been an incredible roller-coaster ride, but Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow, and I look forward to the challenges to come It’s...
horizonmass.news
July 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My organization just turned 10 … wow. Here’s what I have to say about passing that milestone … 😀
special occasion #bake: devil’s food #cake with #milkchocolateganache #frosting served with #tea … #homemade, of course … photos with my #SonyZVE10 www.instagram.com/p/DMFBAVEs7LF/
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July 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
special occasion #bake: devil’s food #cake with #milkchocolateganache #frosting served with #tea … #homemade, of course … photos with my #SonyZVE10 www.instagram.com/p/DMFBAVEs7LF/
my new column: a call for submissions to @horizonmass.bsky.social …
Will Musk’s New Party Create An Opening For A National Left Party? Hard to say if the “America Party” is really getting off the ground or not, but I’d like to publish left-wing activists’ thoughts on that question. horizonmass.news/2025/07/10/w... #politics #analysis #thirdparty #callforsubmissions
Will Musk’s New Party Create An Opening For A National Left Party?
Hard to say if the “America Party” is really getting off the ground or not, but I’d like to publish left-wing activists’ thoughts on that question
horizonmass.news
July 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
my new column: a call for submissions to @horizonmass.bsky.social …
A little #exercise everyone in the #USA can do after the #July4 festivities … #America #ideas #vision #democracy
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A little #exercise everyone in the #USA can do after the #July4 festivities … #America #ideas #vision #democracy
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July 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
May the (Other) Fourth be with you 🖖🏼
This #July4, Reflect On What Kind Of #America You Want: A little #exercise everyone in the #USA can do after the festivities … #ideas #vision #democracy #column horizonmass.news/2025/07/03/t...
This July 4, Reflect On What Kind Of America You Want
Then think about what kind of democracy you want and help move the national conversation in a more thoughtful direction
horizonmass.news
July 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
May the (Other) Fourth be with you 🖖🏼
made #light toothsome #pancakes for #Saturday #brunch using a waffle recipe by Dorie Greenspan from her “Sweet Times” cookbook—served with #raspberries and #whippedcream www.instagram.com/p/DLf4qFDOgV...
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made #light toothsome #pancakes for #Saturday #brunch using a waffle recipe by Dorie Greenspan from her “Sweet Times” cookbook—served with #raspberries and #whippedcream www.instagram.com/p/DLf4qFDOgV...