Jason Pramas

Executive editor and associate publisher, DigBoston. Executive director of Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Former founder and editor/publisher of Open Media Boston. 2018 & 2019 Association of Alternative Newsmedia Political Column Award Winner.

Grassroots network of researchers and frontline medical workers publicizes hard data on the ongoing coronavirus crisis; encourages political activism for science-based public health policy

Interview with the Punch Up Collective

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

The artist’s new show ‘Cookout’ looks at life (and heaven) through the lens of shared meals

Mass rideshare, delivery, and real estate industries gearing up propaganda campaigns to convince working people to vote against our own interests

Being “paid with exposure” does not work. “You can die of exposure.”

Heavy pressure will have to be put on the Biden administration to regulate broadband providers

Maria Servellón. Photo courtesy of the artist. “[W]e can flood the city with the power of art” For the eighth interview in this series asking people active in the Boston arts scene about their thoughts on how to rebuild it after the pandemic, I talked to Maria Servellón—an award-winning filmmaker, multimedia artist, educator, and arts advocate from Boston. Her work often explores synesthetic relationships between art, music, and dance. Servellón’s latest and most successful short film is Hyphen (2018). Check out the video of our full conversation below. On what has gone before I feel like Boston has been trying to find its missing arts edge that cities such as NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, and others have been able to polish well before the COVID pandemic. Without too much research or hit-or-miss gatherings to attend, tourists and locals in these cities almost intuitively know where to find the latest events. Or even stumble upon them in spur-of-the-moment outings. These cities know tha

Addressing the lack of representation of young Black and Brown artists