Bellwether @bellwetherorg.bsky.social A national nonprofit that exists to transform education to ensure students furthest from opportunity achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives.
Christopher Aldana @christopheraldana.bsky.social Public Speaker | Life Coach | Paralegal | Author | Vote YES on Question #3 to Restore Felon Voting Rights in Virginia www.christopheraldana.com
ResearchEd @research-ed.bsky.social At ResearchEd, we believe research is a tool to empower action, whether it be in the classroom, on campus, or in Congress.
Website: http://www.research-ed.org
Carlos R Munoz @carlosrmunoz.bsky.social I’m a reporter at the Boston Globe in Rhode Island. Reach out at carlos.munoz@globe.com.
☀️ Env Science undergrad @uarizona.bsky.social CALES.
Shannon Heckt @shannonheckt.bsky.social Environment & Energy Reporter for the Virginia Mercury | Washington State University alum
Open Campus @opencampus.org Higher ed is a local story. We're a nonprofit newsroom that tells it that way, in partnership with more than a dozen newsrooms across America. opencampus.org
Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
Website: www.chronicle.com
Nichole Dobo @nicholedobo.bsky.social Manages product, audience and innovation at The Hechinger Report. @UMWallaceHouse, class of '22. My heart is in the hills of western Pennsylvania. 
Noble Ingram @nobleingram.bsky.social audience engagement editor at @boltsmag.org
he/him
Jackie Mader @jackiemader.bsky.social Senior early childhood reporter at The Hechinger Report
Mom of two, former special education teacher
'23-'24 Spencer Fellow
Austin, TX
Andrew Ujifusa @andrewujifusa.bsky.social I'm an editor at Chalkbeat, a national nonprofit news organization and a division of Civic News Company. I previously worked at Education Week's Politics K-12 vertical, and also at Maryland and Mississippi newspapers. I taught at two high schools in Japan.
Arianna Prothero @ariannaprothero.bsky.social I'm an education reporter on the best beat: tech, youth well-being, and the intersection of the two at Education Week. I'm also a proud public radio alum of WLRN Miami & WFIU Bloomington, Ind. Say hi!
Stories: https://www.edweek.org/by/arianna-prothero
Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social K-12 school finance reporter for @edweek.org and proud member of @edweekunion.bsky.social.
mlieberman@educationweek.org
Signal: malieberman.25
miranda dunlap @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reporter for wisconsin watch, michigander who says “y’all”
@alisoninvermont.bsky.social @alisoninvermont.bsky.social education reporter, Seven Days, Burlington, Vermont
sevendaysvt.com
@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social Education journalist, EWA's public editor. Writing book on early desegregation history of DoD schools for UNC Press. ‘23 Spencer Education Fellow, '11 Knight-Wallace Fellow.
Jennifer Radcliffe @jenradcliffe.bsky.social Education Editor at the Houston Chronicle and adjunct journalism instructor at the University of Houston. Mom of 7.
Carrie Melago @carriemelago.bsky.social Editing at NYT Metro Priors: Chalkbeat, WSJ, NY Daily News, New Haven Register. Coal miner's granddaughter. Ms. @jonlemire.bsky.social I’m crafty and write about my kids. https://www.clippings.me/carriemelago
Carly Sitrin @carlysitrin.bsky.social Philly Bureau Chief at Chalkbeat. I have a dog named Ladle. Email me: csitrin@chalkbeat.org
Alex Zimmerman @alexzimmerman.bsky.social NYC public schools @ Chalkbeat
Signal: agz.95
Catherine Carrera @catcarrera.bsky.social On the NJ Spotlight News team covering education and child welfare in New Jersey📍
Eric Gorski @egorski.bsky.social Managing editor for local news at Chalkbeat, part of Civic News Company. Formerly: The Denver Post, The Associated Press, Colorado Springs Gazette, The Oregonian.
Jason Gonzales @byjasongonzales.bsky.social Chalkbeat Colorado higher education journalist & @opencampus.bsky.social reporter | Education Writers Association Journalist Advisory Board member | Proud NAHJ member and mentor | Institute for Citizens & Scholars HEMF fellow
Corri Hess @corrihess.bsky.social K-12 & higher education reporter at Wisconsin Public Radio | Past: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Tips? Corri.hess@wpr.org |
https://www.wpr.org/person/corrinne-hess
Kris Rushowy @krushowy.bsky.social Queen’s Park reporter for the Toronto Star.
Laura Pappano @laurapappano.bsky.social Education journalist. Author. Youth journalism mentor. Biker. Cook. Reader. Scrappy in an experienced sort of way.
Laurapappano.com
Greg Toppo @gtoppo.bsky.social Senior Writer, The74; Co-author, RUNNING WITH ROBOTS: The American High School’s 3rd Century; author of THE GAME BELIEVES IN YOU 
Kevin Richert @kevinrichert.bsky.social Senior reporter, Idaho Education News. Avid, slow and stubborn runner. Eclectic music fanatic. Fervent fan of mediocre sports teams.
Jessica Simms @jessicasimms.bsky.social CT education reporter. Send tips to jessica.simms@hearstmediact.com
Jennifer Larson @jenniferlarson.bsky.social Writer/editor/content producer in Nashville. I write mostly about healthcare and education. Late-night reader and slow runner. Mother of two teenagers. Optimistic but skeptical. She/her.
Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social I'm a K-12 education reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. I also post about history, baseball and Star Trek. Posts aren’t endorsements -- unless about New York Yankees.
https://www.newsobserver.com/profile/218978900
Lauren Wagner @laurenwreports.bsky.social Education Reporter for The 74 covering labor, rural, STEM, literacy & more | Words in: Omaha World-Herald, Norfolk Daily News, Hechinger Report, Lincoln Journal Star
📍Nebraska 📧 lauren.wagner@the74million.org
Heather J. Chin @heatherjchin.bsky.social deputy editor @billy-penn.bsky.social @whyynews.bsky.social | @aajafreelance co-director + @aajaphilly nat'l board rep | @switchboardnyc | Always curious, often hungry | RT/like=🤔🤣🤗🔖
Ruth Serven Smith @ruthservensmith.bsky.social Sr Editor at @aldotcom.bsky.social. I sew my own clothes on IG. Proud Okie + Mizzou alum
Paul Rochford @paulrochford.bsky.social NYC Based journalist, writer, musician | Previously: K-12 Education Reporter @Signalcleveland |He/Him 
Meg Woolhouse @megwoolhouse.bsky.social Education editor at GBH News in Boston
Emma Epperly @emmaepperly.bsky.social Reporter covering North Idaho for Idaho Ed News
Alum of The Spokesman-Review, Adjunct at Eastern Washington University
Sometimes swimmer, frequent reader and constant cat mom
-tips, encouragement, & complaints - 📧: emma@idahoednews.org
Martha Dalton @marthadalton.bsky.social Education reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Priors: CNN Radio and WABE. 
Kathleen Hayes @kathleenthayes.bsky.social Chicagoan, mother, freelance writer, journalist and edu expert. Spring '24 City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellow. Telling stories that advance justice.
Silas Allen @silasallen.bsky.social Education Lab reporter at the Dallas Morning News. Stroke survivor, Missourian, Mizzou alum. No sniveling.
Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social 'Black America's Digital Daily' — innovating on the near 200 year legacy of the Black Press.
Willi Quinn @williquinn.bsky.social Reporter & Journalist 👩🏽💻
92%🗳️| WEOC | Womanist | News Junkie
@melissamanno.bsky.social @melissamanno.bsky.social 
Linda Lambeck @linda3057.bsky.social Semi-retired education reporter living between three worlds.
One of those worlds is: @westportjournal.com where I cover Westport CT BOE.
@bellvoices.bsky.social @bellvoices.bsky.social 
Brooke Spurlock @bspurlock.bsky.social Reporter for Springfield News-Sun 📰 | Check out my stories: http://bit.ly/31JJPkn
@stevensnyder.bsky.social @stevensnyder.bsky.social 
Ashley Stalnecker, LNP | LancasterOnline @ashleystal.bsky.social Education Reporter at LNP | LancasterOnline in Lancaster County, '21 Ithaca College alum, former intern at The Morning Call.
Dandan Zou @dandanzou.bsky.social Newsday education reporter
bri hatch @brihatch74.bsky.social education reporting for @chalkbeat.org in Memphis • former report for america corps member at WYPR in Baltimore • they/them
Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social Journalist, reader, writer, and translator. Focused on immigrant communities, especially those in New England.
Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
Words in: @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @bostonglobe.bsky.social, more.
Portfolio: www.kevinandrade.
@jpgoldman.bsky.social @jpgoldman.bsky.social Editor of School Administrator magazine, a monthly primarily covering school system administration and the superintendency nationwide.
Nirvi Shah @nirvishah.bsky.social Education editor for @npr.org Reporter. Storyteller. Email: nshah @ npr.org or NirviShah.14 on Signal. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirvi/
Jill Tucker @jilltucker.bsky.social San Francisco Chronicle reporter, mostly education, but also wildfires and other forms of mayhem, big breaking news. Bay Area native. Peace Corps volunteer. I'm not as patient as I used to be.
Srishti Prabha @prabhalems.bsky.social K-12 Education Reporter at CapRadio - NPR in Sacramento, CA.
Dabble in numerous unfinished craft projects, obsess about my micro-aquarium and love all queer reality shows.
jryoung.bsky.social @jryoung.bsky.social Journalist | Podcaster | 2014 Nieman Fellow | Articles and talks at http://jeffyoung.net
EdSurge @edsurge.com A nonprofit newsroom reporting on the powerful forces, fascinating people and innovative practices shaping teaching and learning.
edsurge.com
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Lauren Hakimi @laurenhakimi.bsky.social I cover Truro for the Provincetown Independent. I've also written for The Forward, Hell Gate, Gothamist, City Limits + more
Camille Phillips-Texas Public Radio @camille-phillips.bsky.social Education reporter at Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. Host of the Golden Pennies and The Enduring Gap podcasts
📧camille@tpr.org
https://www.tpr.org/podcast/golden-pennies
https://www.tpr.org/podcast/the-enduring-gap
Wellington Soares @wellrsoares.bsky.social Journalist. Covering U.S. and International Education
https://www.chalkbeat.org/authors/wellington-soares/
Jessica Kelmon @jkelmon.bsky.social Parent and journalist who reports and writes about parenting
Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social Reporter, Los Angeles Times. I cover the University of California and more in higher and K-12 education. Former national and foreign correspondent. Big fan of reporting on religion. Based in Los Angeles.
Martha Harris @marthajharris.bsky.social Education Reporter @KUER
mharris@kuer.org
Caroline Beck @reporterbeck.bsky.social Government Reporter at WFYI I Previously: K-12 Education reporter for Indystar. Email: cbeck@wfyi.org or call/text: 317-618-5807 (she/her/hers)
Andrew @keiperjourno.bsky.social Education reporter for Signal Akron. Ohio dog. Spend my free time fighting my friends for fun. Blue belt in jiu jitsu.
Signal Akron work here: https://signalakron.org/author/akeiper/
Mc Nelly Torres ☕️ @watchdogdiva.bsky.social 🇵🇷 Interim editor at Investigate Midwest| 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist | Former publicintegrity.org | NBC6 | Sun-Sentinel | FCIR| IRE | EWA | SPJ | Speaker & Trainer | Yogi 🙏 | Salsa dancer 🇵🇷
Subscribe 📝 https://mcnellytorres.substack.com/about
MindShift at KQED @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social The website, podcast and email newsletter about the future of learning and how we raise our kids. KQED is the NPR/PBS member station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. https://www.kqed.org/mindshift 
Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social Reporter covering California higher education and state-federal issues for @Calmatters.org. Other interests include nationalism, politics, economy, film, fiction and Jewishness. Soviet-born baby refugee; Pell grant recipient. L.A. resident.
Jakob McWhinney @jakobmcwhinney.bsky.social Recovering musician. Education Reporter at Voice of San Diego. hit me up ➡️ Jakob@VOSD.org or (619) 786-4418 via phone or signal.
Asher Lehrer-Small @ashersmall.bsky.social Houston ISD reporter for Houston Landing
Samantha Hernandez @svhernandez.bsky.social Education reporter, rural school researcher, Iowa’s Book Ban Battle project lead and Mexican-American. Past: Spencer Fellow at Columbia University, Des Moines Register, Door County Advocate and Green Bay Press-Gazette reporter
Jemma K Stephenson @jemmakstephenson.bsky.social K-12 education reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune
PBS News Student Reporting Labs @reportinglabs.bsky.social SRL is a hands-on student journalism training program that connects young people to real-world experiences & educators to resources and community.
Rawan Elbaba @rawanelbaba.bsky.social Digital Producer @ PBS News Student Reporting Labs | First Gen 🇱🇧 | All things vertical video, pop culture, young people and news
@chalkup.bsky.social @chalkup.bsky.social The Oregonian's education team
Melanie Bavaria @mbavaria.bsky.social Lecturer at AUP, Phd candidate NYU History and IFS (France, Fr Caribbean, race, colonialism, citizenship) and journalist (k-12 edu). Philly/Brooklyn/Paris. Columbia Journalism alum
Sharon Lurye @sharonlurye.bsky.social Education data reporter for the Associated Press, occasional gardener, former math teacher, proud member of the AP News Guild. Send tips/comments/dog pics to slurye@ap.org.- V @valeriecnava.bsky.social @valeriecnava.bsky.social
Nusaiba Mizan @nusaiba.bsky.social Houston ISD reporter for Houston Chronicle // nusaiba.mizan@houstonchronicle.com // signal: nusaiba.01
Neal @nealtmorton.bsky.social I write about K-12 schools and young people in the American West for the Hechinger Report
Camilla Forte @camillafsphoto.bsky.social photo editor and photographer
📸 @hechingerreport.org
📍 chicago| she/they/elle
https://www.camillaforte.com/
Holly Korbey @hollykorbey.bsky.social Education journalist @ The 74, The Hechinger Report, TES, more. Author of Building Better Citizens. Mom to three young men in Nashville, TN. Subscribe to The Bell Ringer, my Substack about the science of learning: https://hollykorbey.substack.com
Deirdre Bannon @deirdrebannon.bsky.social Reporter & editor focused on solutions-based journalism
Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social Reporter for Boston Globe Rhode Island covering education, politics and the city of Providence. Email me: Steph.Machado@globe.com
Rocio Hernandez @rociohdz.bsky.social (ro-SEE-oh) | K-12 education reporter @ The Nevada Independent | rocio@thenvindy.com
Liz Willen @lizhech.bsky.social Hechinger Report editor-in-chief: alum of many newspapers that no longer exist
Javeria Salman @javerias.bsky.social National education reporter. Based in KY, heart in NYC and NC.
Cayla Bamberger @caylabam.bsky.social Education and youth issues reporter @nydailynews.com
Tips to: cbamberger@nydailynews.com
Tara Garcia Mathewson @taragarciam.bsky.social Spencer Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Writing a book about bilingual education.
Venice Buhain @venice.bsky.social Journalist, PNW dweller. In Seattle. Multimedia Journalist at Cascade PBS.
Hannah Dellinger @hannahdellinger.bsky.social Reporter covering Detroit schools for Chalkbeat. Former Houston Chronicle, Hearst Connecticut, et. al. Advocate for trauma-informed reporting. (She/her/hers)
K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social Data & graphics 🧙 @chalkbeat.org. 2026
@jskstanford.bsky.social fellow. Cofounder @transjournalists.org. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. petrinkae.github.io
email if you need to reach me
Charlotte West @charlottewest.bsky.social Education journalist covering prisons for @opencampus.bsky.social. Sign up for College Inside, my newsletter about the intersection of criminal justice and higher education: https://www.opencampusmedia.org/college-inside/
Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social National Correspondent, The 74 Million. I think a lot about great journalism, better schools, disrupting inequity, neurodiversity and all things LGBTQ. Tacos & craft cider.
Half my heart moved to Wisconsin, so also secret shopping creameries. 
Samantha Smylie @sammiesmylie.bsky.social Figuring out my next steps.
Born, raised, and live in Chicago, IL. I am an avid reader and crocheter by night.
My opinions and comments are my own.
Meredith Kolodner @merkolodner.bsky.social I'm an investigative reporter covering education at The Hechinger Report. Love to hear your thoughts on what needs investigating! Also Liverpool F.C. devotee and mom of two.
Maria Polletta @mpolletta.bsky.social 
Ryan Suppe @ryansuppe.bsky.social K-12 policy reporter at Idaho Education News
https://www.idahoednews.org
Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social NBC News National Enterprise Reporter. Currently covering education and tech. Iowa raised, Los Angeles living. Bad at social media, good at petting animals.
Signal: tylerkingkadenbc.20
tyler.kingkade[at]nbcuni.com
https://www.tylerkingkade.com/
Kalyn Belsha @kalynbelsha.bsky.social Education editor @wbez.org. Former national education reporter @chalkbeat.org & Spencer Fellow @columbiajournalism.bsky.social. Hablo español. Tips? Email: kbelsha@chicagopublicmedia.org or reach out on Signal: kalynbelsha.14