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Bay State Banner to get reporter for a year to bolster coverage of State House, City Hall
By adamg on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 10:12pm
Report for America, which "places talented, emerging journalists into local news organizations to report for one to two years on under-covered issues and communities," announced today that the Bay State Banner will get one of them - to cover "how state legislative and city hall actions affect Boston’s African-American communities."
Via Sarah Betancourt.
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This is great news! I am a
This is great news! I am a big fan of the Banner as it brings a unique coverage of what's impacting a lot of folks in the southern part of the City.
The Banner is a gem. They
The Banner is a gem. They cover a lot of ground and I'm happy to hear they will pick up an additional reporter. I learn way more useful info from them and t
UHub than the Globe.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant...
I'm glad to see any dedicated coverage from inside the State House. While the mission to cover state government's impact on Boston’s African-American communities is important, there's virtually no consistent coverage of the State House whatsoever so hopefully the reporter will report on even more things. I go back to when ch. 44 still covered live debate of both the Massachusetts House and Senate and each newspaper and TV station had full-time staff manning the press office, chasing around politicians through the hallways from office to office. As the part-time legislature masquerades as full-time, it seems the most work is done at concealing or covering up. A new reporter is always welcome by the voters, if not the pols.