The Shoestring talks with media scholar Victor Pickard about the failure of advertising revenue to fund local journalism, the need for publicly funded local...
We invited former Daily Hampshire Gazette reporter and frequent Shoestring and Montague Reporter contributor Sarah Robertson to discuss the state of local news in...
We talk with Shoestring staff writer and labor correspondent Roman Nicholas about his recent expose on ServiceNet. In the piece, Nicholas spoke to shelter...
We talk with Molly Keller about her research on Northampton Police Department Officer Andrew Kohl who was recently featured in our Northampton Police Misconduct...
In this episode we talk with our labor beat correspondent R. Nicholas about workers and the process and challenges of organizing small businesses in...
The Shoestring has reported on over 50 Northampton City Council meetings in its regularly occurring column “I Go to City Council Meetings.” Columnists Jules...
Trippin’ on The Shoestring is a podcast that brings you voices from across western Mass and goes deeper into The Shoestring’s reported stories. Catch new episodes, hosted by Dusty Christensen and Shelby Lee, every other Wednesday at theshoestring.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.