Mind-blowing fact from @ben during #fediforum : in an fundraising experiment, he was able to raise more donations for #Propublica on the Fediverse than on any other social channel. 🤯
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Forward-thinking journalists are not letting the “media apocalypse” happen to them. Instead, they’re doing the work that arguably has been most critical all along: building direct connections with their readers. @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler and @ProPublica's @ben join fediverse futurist @mike for a conversation about the discovery and sustainability of quality journalism.
Read more about the episode here: https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/
Watch and listen at PeerTube here: https://flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Excellent article 👇
California Burning
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen
#ProPublica won the prestigious #Pulitzer Prize for #PublicService for series “Life of the Mother,”which judges described as “urgent reporting about #pregnant #women who #died after doctors delayed urgently needed #care for fear of violating vague ‘life of the mother’ exceptions in states w/strict #abortion #laws.” The prize is given to staff of a news org that performed “meritorious public service.” This is the 2nd consecutive year ProPublica was awarded the distinction…
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-wins-pulitzer-prize-public-service-2025