The thing about Mastodon is that it doesn’t *necessarily* have immediate benefits for a journalist like myself compared to other platforms (e.g., Bluesky), but I also just, like, really appreciate what the Fediverse has done/is trying to do.
E.g., to my knowledge, there really isn’t another social network that’s run by a nonprofit — at least not one anywhere near as successful as Mastodon.
I admittedly appreciate that on principle as a nonprofit journalist myself, but it’s also undeniable that nonprofit tech orgs (Signal, Wikipedia, Courtlistener, Internet Archive, etc) are *often* just a fundamentally different kind of tech by design.
Recent years have laid bare the difference that makes — including to journalists.
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://mastodon.online/users/jackmjenkins/statuses/116095328407712798 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)