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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year. Medium tall.
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Frank Sennett @sennettreport.bsky.social Author of the Rafe Hendrix thriller SHADOW STATE, named Best New Novel by a Chicagoan in the Chicago Reader 2023 Best of Chicago awards. Creative writing instructor in the SNHU MFA program. Editor of Chicago Culture Authority.
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
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Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief @avclub.com. Formerly of Primetimer, Polygon, The Chicago Reader. Secretary, @tvcritics.org
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com Associate Professor of Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Former middle school science teacher in Oakland and Los Angeles.
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John Chase @johnchase.bsky.social Deputy Metro Editor/Politics @chicagotribune. Alum BGA. An editor on 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for local journalism. Co-author of "Golden, How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out Of The Governor's Office And Into Prison." Haven't left Twitter...yet.
Alex Quigley @alexquigley.bsky.social Samantha's Dad. Inordinate amount of Chicago sports skeets. Life is long and weird, if you're lucky. Crystal Lake, Chicago, or the middle of nowhere.
Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington&Lee U. Critic at Large, NPR. Blerd. Drummer. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. Substack: Switching Codes
Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social Ex-newspaper guy in Chicago, L.A., Madison and Waukegan, most recently the Chicago Tribune.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com Crazy person masquerading as a photojournalist. | she/they | Chicago, Ill photojournalist | Past: @chicagotribune, @montanastandard, @virginianpilot | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Ethan Michaeli @emichaeli001bsk.bsky.social Award-winning author of "The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America," and "Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel."
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Tonia Hill @toniahill.bsky.social Award-winning journalist. I'm passionate about elevating the voices of Black Chicagoans and showcasing their resilience and joy.
Leigh Giangreco @leighgiangreco.bsky.social Buffalonian. Freelance journalist in Chicago. Words in The Washington Post, Block Club Chicago, The Guardian and Politico Magazine.
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Chicago Teachers Union @ctulocal1.bsky.social Fighting for the Schools Our Students Deserve.
Strong Union of Member Educators.
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Matt McCabe @mmccabe.bsky.social Working to make things more equitable, peaceful & humane. Currently: Nonprofit strategy + Bike Bus leader! Prev: AmeriCorps & teacher, ed leader, Booth MBA Civic Scholar, Obama campaign + appointee.
Usually posting about Chicago, safe streets, or #Sixers
Brian Cassella @briancassella.bsky.social Chicago Tribune photojournalist
Brian Sandalow @briansandalow.bsky.social Bylines in the Chicago Sun-Times sports section and maybe elsewhere. Never had the makings of a varsity athlete. 
Jianan Shi 史加南 @jiananshi.bsky.social "Why be a star when you can make constellations?" @AAMProgressives Former: CPS Board Prez, ED @ILRaiseYourHand, & CPS HS Sci Edu. RT≠Endorsement
Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social Investigations in the Midwest at ProPublica. Past: Chicago Tribune by way of OH/GA/NY/WV. Enthusiastic about FOIA + data. Tell me everything.
Amber Nettles @ambernettles.bsky.social https://donorbox.org/save-the-chicago-reader/
Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social Criminal justice for the Chicago Tribune, ckubzansky@chicagotribune.com. @ctguild.bsky.social. Consulting maps from earlier days
Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic and formerly ABC7 Chicago. Author/photographer of Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side. I dig vintage TV/movies and 20th century funk, soul and jazz.
Maxwell Evans @afrodip.bsky.social south shore, woodlawn + hyde park for @blockclubchi.bsky.social. kalamazoo's child. what is it, where is it, how will it affect me
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Patty Wetli @pjdubs.bsky.social I report on urban nature for WTTW News/PBS Chicago. Expect lots of pics of flowers.
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