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Farewell from Protocol

Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller

15 Nov 2022

This makes me so sad. I really loved Protocol.  #Media

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A bookshelf full of old, mass market paperbacks.

Friday links: December 19, 2025

Predictions for journalism; paperbacks are dead; feeling the fear.

19 Dec 2025

The Go/No Go Date

"Feeling fear goes hand-in-hand with being ambitious. Imposter syndrome is real and normal. In fact, if you aren't feeling fear in what you do, I'd argue that you aren't being ambitious enough." Here's a way to build in the fear and do it anyway.

18 Dec 2025

Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2026

"Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in digital media what they think is coming in the year ahead. Here's what they told us." Some essays from the annual collection that caught my eye.

17 Dec 2025
A newspaper chaotically laid out on a desk with coffee, tablet, computer, phone, etc.

Is the article dead?

Personalization is coming to journalism. The question is: who controls it?

16 Dec 2025
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