ABOUT - CHRIS FARA1

MY VERY SHORT BIO:

I am the Editor-In-Chief of DigBoston, the best and only alternative weekly newspaper in Eastern Mass

I also run Talking Joints Memo, the Dig’s cannabis newsletter

And I am a co-founder of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

MY LESS SHORT BIO:

Chris Faraone is an award-winning journalist (AAN, NENPA), a former Boston Phoenix Staff Writer, the current Editor of DigBoston, and an adjunct professor of communications at Salem State University. He has more than a decade of media experience, has published four books on his own imprint, and has written features for publications ranging from The American Prospect to BuzzFeed. He co-founded the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, and has also co-written books with legendary hip-hop acts including Cypress Hill and Raekwon.

MY RESUME/CV:

EDUCATION

Boston University College of Communication, Boston, MA (2005)

M.S. in Print Journalism

New School for Social Research Graduate Faculty, New York, NY (2002)

Matriculating Coursework in Cultural Reporting & Criticism

Hobart College, Geneva, NY (2001)

B.A. in Psychology & African-American Studies

TEACHING

Salem State University (September 2015 – December 2016)

VISITING LECTURER

Taught Introduction to Communications (one section)

REPORTING AND EDITING

Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (June 2015 – Present)

CO-FOUNDER + EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Started grassroots media institute that has seeded similar independent incubators in other states
Produced multiple major feature a month from the start, earning accolades for from privacy advocacy groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation among others
Successfully attracted attention from the likes of Nieman Lab, the Washington Post, Guardian UK, Politico, Columbia Journalism Review, and many other outlets for our initiatives
Attracted funding from the Reva and David Logan Foundation among other institutional donors

DigBoston (April 2013 – Present)

NEWS + FEATURES EDITOR

Returned site and newspaper to position as recognizable force in the hard news arena
Manage digboston.com; source, report, and edit everything from tweets and blog posts to long form enterprise pieces
Conduct workshops for investigative reporters; field, develop, and edit feature stories
Conceptualize dynamic print spreads and infographic layouts; organize teams around multimedia feature projects
Serve as institutional memory and guide regarding all political and municipal matters

Boston Phoenix (September 2008 – March 2013)

STAFF WRITER

Covered range of social justice issues including protests, privacy, and urban violence
Produced feature stories on a vast range of topics ranging from political corruption to the future of music and reading
Wrote more than a dozen cover stories and more than 50 features of in excess of 1,000 words.

Boston’s Weekly Dig (September 2004 – September 2008)

STAFF WRITER

Covered city hall in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville; covered Massachusetts State House
Reported on gay marriage, redistricting, casino gambling, fair elections, municipal races, etc.
Covered Boston Police Department, and wrote some of the first stories on compromised resident and municipal data

CONTRIBUTOR CREDITS

BOOKS

99 Nights with the 99 Percent: Dispatches from the first three months of the Occupy revolution (WTP, 2012)
Heartbreak Hell: Searching for sanity in Boston through a week of tragedy & terror (WTP, 2013)
I Killed Breitbart … and countless other causes of conservative consternation (WTP, 2013)
Hizzonnaroo: The fervent fete and street fight to replace a Boston patriarch (WTP, 2014)