My next experiment

On Thursday, I left my role as Senior Director of Technology at ProPublica, where I led IT, Security, and Engineering. In September, I will begin my John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. Which means that, during August, I will move with my family back to the San Francisco Bay Area and be based in the vicinity of the Stanford campus.What can you expect from me?In August, my writing will likely be more sporadic. From September, I expect to spend more time documenting my research, opening conversations, and being intentional about pushing forward the ideas I’ve always held space for.My thesis is that community — and open community protocols and platforms — can help build trust, loyalty, and resilience in news. I laid out some of those ideas in The Community-First Software Era. But I’m going into it with an ethos of intentional serendipity, armed with everything I’ve learned about leadership, technology, journalism, and entrepreneurship. I’ll also be armed with…