The Somerville Wire—an initiative of the Somerville Media Fund—was a web-based news service covering Somerville, Massachusetts from 2021 to early 2024. An initiative of the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism for its first two years, it became a project of the Somerville Media Fund (which was originally spun out of BINJ specifically to host to be the Wire’s nonprofit sponsor) in early 2023. The publication shut down due to lack of sufficient donations to enable us to expand our paid staff from a single part-time reporter to one or two full-time editorial staff. We have left this page up as an archive of the Wire’s work. Its content was produced by professional journalists, Somerville residents and workers, and Somerville Media Fund and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism interns. All Wire articles were made available for republishing by independent community news outlets for free—and by larger commercial news outlets and chains for a fee. Anyone interested in learning more about the Somerville Wire and its legacy or republishing Wire articles can contact Somerville Media Fund staff at info@somervillemedia.fund
The public at large has free access to all Wire archive articles here at somervillewire.news (hosted on the Somerville Media Fund website).
Community members and leaders consider the causes—and what can be done about it
A Ward 5 City Council debate, voting in the preliminary election, and Somerville For All launches
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing
According to Program Director Danny McLaughlin, the organization serves as an intervention
With the Delta variant on the rise and kids going back to school, the City takes cautious steps
A mayoral debate, a Ward 7 city council debate, and Scape Davis Square LLC will hold a public meeting
Videos, street art, and public interventions assume vibrant, mind-bending dimensions in the hands of the digital artist and graphic designer (Somerville Wire) – Allison Tanenhaus
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing
This past June, MassDOT announced that it would address safety concerns connected to East Somerville’s highways
Every Somerville student who wishes to participate should be guaranteed placement in our after-school programs
BINJ will be publishing a six-part series on public health issues affecting East Somerville.
Ken Brociner weighs in on two candidates running for City Council.
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