The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism | Funding and producing investigative and community journalism since 2015. https://linktr.ee/binjmobile Also follow our weekly news magazine BINJ.News at @binjdotnews.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mv7bgwnaix2bNEW FROM BINJ: No, Boston Police Didn’t Really Turn Against Big Brother After A Brighton Drone Crash Patrolmen’s union calls out new “Drone as a First Responder” program—for all the wrong reasons https://binj.news/2026/09/10/no-boston-police-didnt-really-turn-against-big-brother-after-a-brighton-drone-crash/11 Sep 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7bgwnaix2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mumdk7jcsg2gWe are thrilled to see our latest piece by Mila Halgren in print (and on the cover no less) in the new issue of @SpareChangeNews. It's always an honor to collaborate with SCN and please be sure to GRAB 3 COPIES from your local vendor! Online version: https://binj.news/2026/08/27/documenting-the-surge-in-harassment-of-vulnerable-young-adults-in-harvard-square/03 Sep 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumdk7jcsg2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3muiek75d5f2k01 Sep 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiek75d5f2khttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3muhh6xanhr2eNew from BINJ: The Boston Globe Partnered With Axon, Maker Of Tasers And Network Surveillance Cameras The company, which also sells drone-detection equipment and police body cameras, sponsored and presented at the newspaper’s Tech Innovation Summit https://binj.news/2026/09/01/the-boston-globe-partnered-with-axon-maker-of-tasers-and-network-surveillance-cameras/01 Sep 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhh6xanhr2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mucqgzqqsv2f30 Aug 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucqgzqqsv2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3muafqbv7tz2tRegarding USA Today's unholy alliance with #Palantir, and what media consumers actually want and don't want ... #journalism #socalledAI29 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muafqbv7tz2thttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mu6abktqay2u28 Aug 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6abktqay2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mu3genk2ss2527 Aug 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3genk2ss25https://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mu2vmddsxe2p27 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2vmddsxe2phttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mu234gwa5o2d27 Aug 2026 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu234gwa5o2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mtroqe6xea2zAmong the many topics besides #ALPRs that came up in our recent talk with Fatema Ahmad of the @MuslimJusticeLeague - the (rights you give up at the) airport. Especially at Logan in #Boston. Full interview at binj.news #NoALPRs #FlockSafety23 Aug 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtroqe6xea2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mtoa3wybg322Here's more from our talk with Fatema Ahmad of the @MuslimJusticeLeague about the National Week of Action Against ALPRs ... Watch and read the full interview plus get all our #surveillance coverage at https://binj.news/2026/08/06/the-muslim-justice-league-and-a-national-week-of-action-against-alprs-in-mass/ ... #NoALPRs #FlockSafety22 Aug 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoa3wybg322https://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mtlrd44kd52cFor the National Week of Action Against ALPRs, here's the story of what happened to them in #Cambridge #Massachusetts Watch and read the full interview plus get all our #surveillance coverage at https://binj.news/2026/08/06/the-muslim-justice-league-and-a-national-week-of-action-against-alprs-in-mass/ ... #NoALPRs #FlockSafety21 Aug 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlrd44kd52chttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mtjwn4eynd2wWhen it comes to #ALPRs, it's not just cops and cities who are watching ... Watch and read the full interview plus get all our #surveillance coverage at https://binj.news/2026/08/06/the-muslim-justice-league-and-a-national-week-of-action-against-alprs-in-mass/ ... #surveillance #NoALPRs #FlockSafety20 Aug 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjwn4eynd2whttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mth24emtwc24The latest from Reporter Eliza Dewey on the escalating situation in Suffolk County. It's now a political football in addition to a string of tragic events …19 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth24emtwc24https://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mte2wvtpho2wWe spoke with Fatema Ahmad of the @MuslimJusticeLeague about the National Week of Action Against ALPRs (and countless other related topics)... Full interview at binj.news and learn more about their #NoALPRs campaign at https://muslimjusticeleague.org #FlockSafety18 Aug 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte2wvtpho2whttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mtd4znmrrg2kHere's more from our talk with Fatema Ahmad of the @MuslimJusticeLeague about the National Week of Action Against ALPRs ... Watch and read the full interview plus get all our #surveillance coverage at BINJ.news ... #NoALPRs #FlockSafety18 Aug 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtd4znmrrg2khttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3msg7vvzsvn2vWe had an outstanding talk with Fatema Ahmad of the @MuslimJusticeLeague ahead of the National Week of Action Against ALPRs ... Full video avail now on YT, more clips all month, and a writeup of our interview soon but in the meantime meet our guest ... #NoALPRs #FlockSafety06 Aug 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg7vvzsvn2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3msehiyv2bf2nBINJ Contributor Avanti Nambiar discusses the bureaucratic mess in Mass ... From New England to the Southwest, the Bay State is an outlier when it comes to tracking and protecting missing children READ THE FEATURE HERE: https://binj.news/2026/07/21/massachusetts-lawmakers-have-stalled-on-missing-children-protections-for-decades/05 Aug 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msehiyv2bf2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mrxa3sz3re2lNEW: Redemption Song: The Gray Area Of Onyx White’s Freedom Paroled after serving time for murder, Onyx White was making art and speaking to youth about reentry—until a baseless highway stop blocked his path. This is his comeback story: the sequel. https://binj.news/2026/07/30/redemption-song-the-gray-area-of-onyx-whites-freedom/31 Jul 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxa3sz3re2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mruglfroux2pIt's nice to have some company in covering opioid remediation fund spending for a change ... https://binj.news/2026/07/29/the-more-opioid-remediation-spending-coverage-the-better/30 Jul 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruglfroux2phttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mratmazurz2lOur reporting on the FIFA footprint in Mass began when everybody else was packing up ... From impossible calendar dates to questionable grant math, Massachusetts health agency ignores questions on post-World Cup spending https://binj.news/2026/07/20/world-cup-late-cash-dph-opened-bidding-after-most-local-games-wrapped/22 Jul 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mratmazurz2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mrajkfi3rr2jNEW: Massachusetts Lawmakers Have Stalled On Missing Children Protections For Decades BINJ looks at how from New England to the Southwest, the Bay State is an outlier when it comes to tracking and protecting missing children ... https://binj.news/2026/07/21/massachusetts-lawmakers-have-stalled-on-missing-children-protections-for-decades/22 Jul 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrajkfi3rr2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mr2xicpe3323From our recent interview with Matt Lee, founder of the music community site Libre.fm, on "the challenges of running a website in the era of Gen AI scrapers killing the web for the rest of us!" #LibreFM #GenAI #MusicCommunity #DigitalPrivacy #OpenSource20 Jul 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2xicpe3323https://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mr2j6rmwim2jNow you're starting to see how much fun we have ... #BINJLive #Spotify20 Jul 2026 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2j6rmwim2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mqxduwl3522uMore from our recent interview with Matt Lee, founder of the music community site Libre.fm, on "the challenges of running a website in the era of Gen AI scrapers killing the web for the rest of us!" #LibreFM #GenAI #MusicCommunity #DigitalPrivacy18 Jul 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxduwl3522uhttps://bsky.app/profile/binjreports.bsky.social/post/3mqx4tbayzn2hAgain, the real #Boston #FIFA #WorldCup reporting is only just getting underway ... #BostonJournalism #journalism #independentmedia #surveillancejournalism #FIFAWorldCup18 Jul 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:f2xhadg43lpcf6xcoc3jybf7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx4tbayzn2h