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Michael Tharrington Subscriber for The DEV Team

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Want to help cover #news on DEV?

Update: Thanks to all those who have gotten in touch and are interested in helping with #news. I'm still working through logistics but will do my best to get back to you all soon. Regardless of whether or not you become a mod, I encourage all of you to help create more posts and comment on #news stories that you're interested in!

In an effort to encourage more developer-focused news coverage and conversations in #news, we're looking to create a DEV news team.

The team will be made up of tag moderators who will help us to stay current by writing short news stories and conversation prompts around software development.

#news

Expect to see announcements of new and updated products, services, and features for languages & frameworks. You also will find high-level news relevant to the tech and software development industry covered here.

This group will have tag mod abilities so they can assist by keeping the news tag well-organized & on topic, as well as through promoting relevant & interesting dev news posts. But different from most tag mod expectations, we're particularly looking for folks who are prepared to write for this tag and lead by example — posting short newsworthy content and creating articles that will show onlookers how it's done.

We already work with one super awesome #news tag mod, Robin, who has set up some really great guidelines for the tag. With our plans to make this tag a bigger focus on DEV, we'd love to bring on more folks to assist so that we can create the most mind-blowing developer news team anyone has ever seen.

mind-blowing news

Uhh... maybe not that mind-blowing.

So, want to help out? Get in touch with me via email (michael@dev.to), message me over Connect, or leave a note right here in the comments.👇

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Robin Kretzschmar

That's one small step for the tag, one giant leap for DEV

I'm looking forward to more people posting about new products, services and interesting updates under the #news tag!
This will hopefully also attract more companies or teams behind products and services themselves to post here on DEV and also more discussions on those topics ☺️

I think featuring the tag on the homepage will also help to make people aware of changes and even breaking changes much faster.

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Muhimen • Edited

I don't know what I need to do(😅), but COUNT ME IN! (🙋‍♂️)

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Antonette Caldwell

I am interested as well!

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Gavin

🙋🏻‍♂️I want to help.

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Awelle

This is a super cool idea. I'm in!

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Habdul Hazeez • Edited

This sounds interesting and I'll love to contribute.

Edit: grammar fix.

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mogwai

Count me in. How do I contribute?

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NaveenKumar Namachivayam ⚡

Please add me in :)

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Míriam Sánchez

Hi! Could you give me more info? Would love to help :)

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Keagan Van Rooyen

Sounds good, I'm in if there is still space available.