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We don't need to educate our audiences to fit our needs. We need to educate ourselves to fit our audiences. #Media

Ben Werdmuller

Lies we tell ourselves

We don't need to educate our audiences to fit our needs. We need to educate ourselves to fit our audiences.

Observation: some folks appear to be in news to speak truth *from* power and use institutions to defend the status quo and the agency of centralized power. Others speak truth *to* power and use journalism to challenge unequal power dynamics. Only one of those is desirable, imo.

We're looking for a mission-driven director of product engineering for our product team at @npub1qmg7...s6k5. Our journalists investigate abuses of trust and power in the public interest. This is a way to make a difference. (Must be US-based.)

Director, Product Engineering

New York City, United States; Remote, United States

I'm hiring a Director of Product Engineering for our product team at @npub1qmg7...s6k5. If you're an engineering leader in the US who wants to truly make a difference, we're a nonprofit newsroom investigating abuses of trust in the public interest. Please consider joining us. #amhiring #getfedihired

Director, Product Engineering

New York City, United States; Remote, United States

Let's Encrypt is ten years old. It's changed the web for the better. #Technology

Ben Werdmuller

10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates

Let's Encrypt is ten years old. It's changed the web for the better.

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever.

Ben Werdmuller

Why RSS matters

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

This year, @npub1qmg7...s6k5 reported on ICE splitting up families, the people behind DOGE and their impact, the backroom dealings of Trump and others in his administration, and more. I'm proud to work with these journalists - and they need your support. As always, I want to prove that the #fediverse is an important source of support for nonprofits like ours. We're here, we're engaged, and we care. If you have the means, please consider a donation:

Donate to ProPublica

Donate today to support ProPublica's singular mission: to produce deep-dive, well-researched, nonpartisan journalism that spurs real-world change.

#journalism #democracy

Donating to @npub1qmg7...s6k5 supports a newsroom full of investigative journalists intent on bringing about real change through reporting on abuses of power in the public interest. They've done incredible work this year. And if you donate on #GivingNewsDay your donation is matched dollar for dollar.

Donate to ProPublica

Donate today to support ProPublica's singular mission: to produce deep-dive, well-researched, nonpartisan journalism that spurs real-world change.

#givingtuesday #journalism #democracy

New_ Public announced its new community platform is being co-developed with five local US communities - and there's a lot more to come. #Technology

Ben Werdmuller

Introducing Roundabout

New_ Public announced its new community platform is being co-developed with five local US communities - and there's a lot more to come.

I've never been a great notetaker. Winnie Lim suggests I might be overthinking it: it's not a second brain but a second subconscious mind. #Technology

Ben Werdmuller

imperfect notes & my second subconscious

I've never been a great notetaker. Winnie Lim suggests I might be overthinking it: it's not a second brain but a second subconscious mind.