Canopy Atlanta @canopyatl.bsky.social Canopy Atlanta collaborates with residents to tell stories about their communities—neighborhood by neighborhood. We redefine who journalism is by and for.
Learn and read more at CanopyAtlanta.org.
Mike Lissner @michaeljaylissner.com Executive director and co-founder of @free.law. Occasional long distance athlete. Woodworker. Adroitful dodger of questions.
Signal: mlissner.06
Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law We are the non-profit host of RECAP, CourtListener, and the Big Cases bots. We use technology and advocacy to make the legal sector better.
https://free.law | https://free.law/recap/ | https://courtlistener.com | https://bots.law
Evan Parker @evanparker.bsky.social Archaeologist | Rock Climbing | Running | Neon Cowboy
Aaron Baker (she/her) @aaronbaker.bsky.social A Better Georgia is Possible
Running for GA House District
https://aaron4ga.com
@maggie-lee.bsky.social @maggie-lee.bsky.social Georgia data reporter still & GaPolBot dev 4 life: bsky.app/profile/gapolbot.bsky.social yes also flower farmer at Yonder Farm. Meme connoisseur.
Taylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social kentuckian in ATL, making maps @ mappingatlanta.org, etc. etc.
SASSI South @sassisouth.bsky.social We are Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure. sassisouth.org sassisouth@proton.me
Public Defenseless Podcast @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social Podcast covering issues in Public Defense, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and what we can do to improve our criminal legal system
New episodes drop on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Find episodes at https://linktr.ee/hwparnell17
Rohit For Atlanta @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social Powered by people, Driven by community. Rohit Malhotra: Running for Fulton County Commissioner, District 4 Special Election. November 3, 2026
www.voterohit.com
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
www.norabenavidez.com
Free Press @freepress.bsky.social We’re a nonpartisan organization fighting for your rights to connect and communicate.
Learn more: FreePress.net
ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
The Bail Project @bailproject.org We pay bail for those in need – for free – and advocate for pretrial policies that work for everyone, no matter how much money they have.
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
kepano @stephango.com making @obsidian.md
Advancing Justice-Atlanta @aaaj-atlanta.bsky.social Advancing Justice – Atlanta is the first nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to the civil rights of AANHPI in Georgia and the Southeast
Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social reporting on prisons, jails, DAs for Bolts. freelance magazine work: NYRB, NYmag, Aperture, Lux, Drift, Nation
piperstrehlowfrench@gmail.com
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Pascal Sabino @pascalsabino.bsky.social Chicago ➡️ LA
Writer for Bolts Magazine.
Policing & Criminal Justice. Democracy. Data.
Sam @samatl.bsky.social have you filed an open records request today?
Sometimes I do journalism. sam.barnesatl @ gmail .com
Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social Husband, father, aspiring mensch. AJC politics reporter 🗞 analyst 📺 Politically Georgia podcast host 🎧 Sirius Radio 📻 Author of FLIPPED📕 Jolt Newsletter 💻
Mark Niesse @markniesse.bsky.social Reporter covering the Georgia General Assembly and state government for Capitol Beat at capitol-beat.org
Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social abolition, prisons, journalism, and also sometimes my dog
hannahrileyfernandez.com
thejumpline.substack.com
WABE News @wabe.org Committed to #AmplifyingAtlanta through award-winning independent journalism.
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Senator Elena Parent @elenaparent.bsky.social GA State Senator, District 44
linktr.ee/elenaparent
Working to get into the majority to:
Make GA’s #economy work 💵, Provide high-quality #education for all 👩🏫, get Georgians affordable & accessible #healthcare 🍎
GA State Rep Shea Roberts @sheaforgeorgia.bsky.social Mom/Georgia State Rep HD52/Founder of United for GA Women/Attorney/defender of the rule of law, democracy and freedom/lover of travel and rom coms/dual citizen
Rep. Saira Draper @sairaforgeorgia.bsky.social State Representative serving Atlanta-DeKalb. Lawyer, immigrant, and mom of 3. Big fan of democracy and voting rights.
Rahul Bali @rahulbali.bsky.social I cover Georgia politics for WABE News. (Banner Photo Credit: Matthew Pearson) Learn more about me at https://www.wabe.org/people/rahul-bali/
Team Ruwa @ruwaforgeorgia.bsky.social For a Georgia we can afford
🗳️ Early Voting: October 13 | Election Day: November 3
🍑 Account managed by the @ruwaromman team
📍 The Peach State
Michelle Baruchman @mlbaruchman.bsky.social Politics Reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Tips: michelle.baruchman@ajc.com. Signal: 425-200-4019. Big 🩵 for The Seattle Times
Center for Civic Innovation @civicatlanta.bsky.social Strengthening community understanding, engagement, and power to create bold and transformative policy change in Atlanta.
Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social State Rep | Running for SD 7 and building a movement for a Georgia we can afford 🍑 | Early Voting: October 13 - 30 | Election Day: November 3
linktr.ee/ruwaforgeorgia
IDRA @idraedu.bsky.social IDRA is an education non-profit that works to achieve equal education for every child. Envisioning a bright future for all students.
Working for #edequity in Texas, Georgia & across the U.S. South.
Josh McLaurin @joshforgeorgia.bsky.social Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Attorney, Double Dawg, State Senator, District 14.
www.joshmclaurin.com
Georgia Equality @georgiaequality.org Georgia's largest advocacy organization working to advance fairness, safety, and opportunity for LGBTQ+ people, our allies, and all living with HIV. 🏳️🌈✨🏳️⚧️
Georgia Senate Democrats @gasenatedems.com Working hard under the gold dome for working Georgians. #gapol
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org We fight against oppression. We stand with social justice activists and communities under threat. We use the power of the law to achieve justice for all. ccrjustice.org
micah @micahh.bsky.social 
Shafina Khabani @shafinakhabani.bsky.social Executive Director: Georgia Muslim Voter Project. Embracing my brown auntie era✨. Opinions are my own.📍ATL
Cindy Battles @cindybattles.bsky.social Policy wonk. Organizer. Voracious reader. Sometimes finisher of jigsaw puzzles. Cheese is love. Coffee is life. Here to cause chaos and annoy people until they agree with me. Solo poly. Kinky. Pansexual. She/her.
Progress Georgia @progressgeorgia.bsky.social The bold progressive voice of Georgia. 📣
Megan Gordon @meganlaneg.bsky.social Georgian. Policy Nerd. Dedicated to making my home state a place where everyone can thrive
kris @livesappy.bsky.social 
Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social Public School Stan |📍GA 🍑 | 🇵🇭
https://linktr.ee/GaEdJustice
Rep Esther Panitch @epanitch.bsky.social GA House District 51 Rep. Not an Official Govt account. Wife/mom/legislator/lawyer. #BringThemAllHomeNow 🇺🇸 🇮🇱
JL 🫡 @jeanlucrivera.bsky.social Deputy Executive Director @ LCF Georgia
Steering Committee Co-Chair @ HRC Atlanta
Tar Heel Born and Bred (not yet dead)
📍Atlanta
Stephanie Jackson Ali @stephjali.bsky.social 14+yrs in voter protection work. Advocate, educator and problem child. Strange & unusual. Opinions are my own. 🇵🇸
Kim Jackson @kimforgeorgia.bsky.social GA State Senator, SD 41
Wife & Mom
Episcopal Priest
Urban Farmer
GaPolBot @gapolbot.bsky.social GaPolBot, Georgia Politics Bot, monitors #atlpol, #gapol, Atlanta & Georgia gov't sites & tweets what it finds.
Invented for reporters — now enjoyed by all. Chief Bot Hack: maggie_a_lee
RSS: greencracker.pythonanywhere.com/rss.xml
Jill Nolin @jillnolin.bsky.social Editor of the Georgia Recorder
Marisa Pyle @marisapk.bsky.social I know you are but what am I • Jewish w/ opinions • abolitionist, southerner, disinfo/extremism nerd, garlic advocate • all opinions mine, but they’re good 
devna bose @devnabose.bsky.social covering k-12 education at mississippi today
Brandon Jones @brandonjones.bsky.social Mississippian | Campaigns | Law
Filipovits & Smith, LLC @filipovitssmith.bsky.social A civil rights law firm in Decatur, Georgia. civil-rights.law
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ajc.com Our mission is to be the most essential and engaging source of news for the people of Atlanta, Georgia and the South.
ajc.com
Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com Atlanta-based accountability journalism rooted in community experience. #atlpol
@zebrook.bsky.social @zebrook.bsky.social Jackson-centric.
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
C.J. LeMaster @cjlemaster.bsky.social Journalist. Tableau creator. #IRE winner. WLBT's 6x EMMYⓇ-nominated Investigative Reporter/5 p.m. co-anchor. Public records advocate. Opinions mine.
@mikergoldberg.bsky.social @mikergoldberg.bsky.social Reporter for The Associated Press covering law enforcement and courts. Contact: mgoldberg@ap.org
Taylor Vance @tcvance.bsky.social Political Reporter @mississippitoday.org
National Police Accountability Project @npapjustice.bsky.social 
Rep. Kent McCarty @kentmccarty.bsky.social Representing Lamar County in #msleg, District 101. Vice Chair, Education. USM Grad. Small Business Owner. Education is everything.
Marge @justbeingmarge.bsky.social ◆ Jackson, MS
◆ Free the Land, Free Palestine 🇵🇸
◆ artist, zinester, & southern memory worker
◆ archive at @invisiblehistories.bsky.social
Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org Nonprofit, nonpartisan Mississippi newsroom working to create a more informed Mississippi. Sign up for our newsletters: https://buff.ly/3qmiDim 
Caleb Bedillion @calebbedillion.bsky.social Investigative reporter @themarshallproject.org covering Mississippi criminal justice system, especially courts, public defense and jails. 
Maya L. Miller @mayalmiller.bsky.social government and democracy reporter for @gulfstatesnewsroom. go preds.
Aaron Littman @aaronlittman.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Law @law.ucla.edu
Faculty Director of Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Deputy Director of Behind Bars Data Project
Scholarship at ssrn.com/author=1925841
Nick Surgey @nicksurgey.bsky.social Executive director of investigative watchdog @documented.org 🔎 | Bylines at places like @propublica.org, @theguardian.com, @theintercept.com | Dad to 7yr old 🤟 | Tips: nick@documented.org or Signal: Nick.25
Dan Wingate (he/him) @dbwingatejr.bsky.social public defender | i ❤️ atl | abolition now
IO @isaotero.bsky.social Anti-racist, and frankly, moderately anti-nonfiction |📍Earth | 🇵🇷 📚 ✊🏽 | Born to read. Forced to save democracy.
@chelikans.bsky.social @chelikans.bsky.social Still finding out
She/Her
@lynngo.bsky.social @lynngo.bsky.social 
Ben Welsh @palewi.re 🧮 Data journalist · 🟠 Reuters editor · 🤖 Computer programmer · 🗣️ Send tips to ben.welsh@thomsonreuters.com
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.palewi.re/@palewire, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Meg O'Connor @megoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.org. Huge fan of hiking and baking 🍪 megoconnor.com
Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of @legacysites.eji.org
mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social I cover housing & criminal justice for nonprofit news site StreetlightNews.org in OKC. Previously: Oklahoma Watch, JXN Clarion Ledger & Amarillo Globe News. bryant@streetlightnews.org and molliebryant.70 on signal
Lauren Krisai @laurenn.bsky.social Executive Director, Justice Action Network + Justice Action Network Foundation. I work to pass laws that reform the criminal justice system in states across the country.
Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social "One of the great journalists of our time at a venerable institution for investigative journalism... Joe Patrice at Above the Law" -- Judge William Pryor (Somehow I think he might’ve not meant that earnestly)
Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.
Tom Meagher @tfmfm.bsky.social Crime and justice journo. Early-rising soccer fanatic and plodding distance runner.
DEV Community @dev.to A community of software developers sharing coding resources and general commentary.
Built on Forem, an OSS for building online community 🌱
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Center for Justice Innovation @innovatingjustice.bsky.social Building community justice in partnership with communities, courts, and the people most impacted.
Learn more: https://www.innovatingjustice.org/
Ethan Brown @ethansbrown.bsky.social Special Projects Editor @deepsouthtoday.org. Author: Murder in the Bayou, Shake the Devil Off, Snitch, Queens Reigns Supreme. https://ethan-brown.com/
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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» melissa@melissagira.com
» tips (encrypted): melissagira.01 on Signal
@nyguild.bsky.social member
Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social institutions, inequality, geography, democracy | asst law prof at UCLA
Tiffany Yang @tyang.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Maryland Carey Law. Writing about prisons, civil rights & procedure, and social movements. Views mine. She/her.
Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social Senior video correspondent for WSJ. Previous: words & reporting in New Yorker, NY Mag, Guardian, WIRED & VICE News etc. Send tips and say hi by email tess.owen@wsj.com, or signal tessowen.77
Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social writing about criminal justice and voting rights
@bolts.bsky.social
lgill@boltsmag.org. Signal: lgill.52
Melissa Lewis @melissa.news data reporter, Center for Investigative Reporting (@motherjones.com + @revealnews.org)
Matthew Cassinelli @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social Independent journalist & creator covering Apple’s Shortcuts. Former Workflow team. App Intents/Apple Intelligence developer consultant. #ElgatoPartner.
Get my shortcuts: https://matthewcassinelli.com/sirishortcuts
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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org A nonprofit media outlet for progressive, bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold. Run by @jaywillis.net.
Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
Signal: burness.02
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories.
Support our work: https://bit.ly/4rioDIW