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Equality on the ballot: a free event with Stacey Abrams

Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller

11 Aug 2022

This is one of those times I can’t believe I get to work at The 19th. We’re putting on a free event on voter equality with a roster of very smart speakers headlined by Stacey Abrams, in partnership with Live Nation Women and Teen Vogue, live in Atlanta or free to watch afterwards online.

Go register!

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Build what makes you special. Buy the rest.

Build what makes you special. Buy the rest.

A framework for newsroom build vs buy decisions.

13 Oct 2025

What AI means for the business of: journalism

"[An] archipelago of high-trust communities [is] where journalists are uniquely capable of building thriving businesses."

09 Oct 2025
Telomeres at the end-caps of an X chromosome

Telomeres, my son, and me

I bawled my way through Nowhere Special, a 2020 movie about a terminally ill man who needs to find a new family for his four year old son. I’ll be thinking about it for years. It’s the story of a window cleaner with a terminal illness who needs

04 Oct 2025

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

Many of our colleagues' communities are being directly targeted by an increasingly authoritarian, anti-immigrant regime. As managers and leaders, we have a duty of care. It starts with listening.

03 Oct 2025
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Ben Werdmuller explores the intersection of technology, democracy, and society. Always independently published, reader-supported, and free to read.