Matt Dempsey @mizzousundevil.bsky.social Investigations editor at Spotlight PA |Former IRE Board member |AZR|AJC|HoustonChron|Pulitzer Finalist| Mizzou alum
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Bethany Barnes @betsbarnes.bsky.social Deputy Investigative Editor at The Tampa Bay Times | Co-curator of the Local Matters newsletter, a weekly roundup of the best local investigative reporting in the county. Loves to talk books 📚
Elena Bruess @ellevarela.bsky.social Texas Environment Reporter for Capital & Main // 2025 ESI Journalism Fellow at MIT // eternally unsettled by Texas highways
Annette Anderson, Ph.D. @annette3anderson.bsky.social Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Education; Deputy Director of the JHU Center for Safe and Healthy Schools; I care about kids and schools and gardening mostly in that order; West Bmore 🕊️❤️🖤 turned 🍊 then🔺then 🩷💙.
Lomi Kriel @lomikriel.bsky.social Investigative reporter @texastribune.org Prior: @propublica.org
@houstonchronicle.com @reuters.com, etc. Polk Award winner, Pulitzer finalist. Immigrant, proudly 🇿🇦. 📧lkriel@texastribune.org or Signal/Whatsapp 832-729-3421. Tell me stuff.
Domingo Morel @domingomorel.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Service, New York University
Mike Elsen-Rooney @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social Covering NYC public schools for @chalkbeat.org
Zaidee Stavely @zstavely.bsky.social Education & immigration reporter @EdSource. Podcast host of Education Beat.
Emmanuel Felton @efelton.bsky.social New Orleans native now living in New York and working as the race and ethnicity reporter at @washingtonpost.com, I’m also writing The Search for Black Mecca for Harper Collins. Proud alum of BuzzFeed News and @hechingerreport.org
ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social From Amarillo to Brownsville and Beaumont to El Paso, we believe in a Texas that works for all of us.
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Christian D. Menefee @cdmenefee.bsky.social Congressman, TX-18 | Former Harris County Attorney | Houstonian | Husband & Father | UTSA & WUSTL Law | ΩΨΦ
Zach Schermele @zachschermele.bsky.social congressional correspondent @usatoday.com tips? email me: zschermele@usatoday.com
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Liz Bowie @lizbowie.bsky.social Education reporter for The Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit news organization. 
Dana Goldstein @danagoldstein.bsky.social New York Times reporter. I write mostly about education, writ broadly: how it impacts politics, culture, and family life. Enthusiastic fiction reader, home cook, mom.
Christopher Peak @clpeak.bsky.social Reporter for APM Reports
Faith Bugenhagen @fbugenhagen.bsky.social news reporter Austin American-Statesman 👩🏻💻 | formerly Chron|Houston Press
Emerson College alum | 💌 send tips Faith.Bugenhagen@statesman.com
Laura Testino @ldtestino.bsky.social Journalist at The Daily Memphian // stories mine, Rita’s 🐶 // 🔎 tips LTestino@dailymemphian.com
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Andrea Ball @andreacaroleball.bsky.social Investigative reporter at Houston Chronicle, Diet Coke addict, fluent in salty language, insanely passionate about journalism.
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Allyn West @allynwest.bsky.social Writer with @envdefensefund.bsky.social trying to think about climate change, energy, public health, and the built environment. Opinions are mine. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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John Wayne Ferguson @johnwferguson.bsky.social Reporter at The Houston Chronicle
Rafael Lemaitre @raflemaitre.bsky.social PR & crisis communicator/strategist. Former top spox for @LinaHidalgoTX, White House @ONDCP, @FEMA, & @CBP @ DHS. Opinions mine.
Alison Young @alisonannyoung.bsky.social Senior National Reporter Healthbeat.org + investigative reporter + author of Pandora’s Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk. ayoung@healthbeat.org Signal: alisonyoungreports.48
MJ Slaby @mjslaby.bsky.social Bureau chief at Chalkbeat Indiana. Indiana Pro SPJ president & Indianapolis Press Club board member.
Past: IndyStar, The Incline, Knoxville News Sentinel and more.
Juan Lozano @juanlozano.bsky.social Former reporter for The Associated Press in Houston. Now trying to figure out the next chapter in my life. Email: juanlozn@gmail.com
Tawnell Hobbs @tawnell.bsky.social New York Times investigative reporter. Former WSJ. Veteran - Air Force & Texas Air National Guard. Tips: tawnell.hobbs@nytimes.com. Signal: @tawnell.43
Linda Jacobson @lrj417.bsky.social I cover K-12 education at The 74 @the74.bsky.social
Jo Napolitano @jonapolitano.bsky.social Journalist, Author, Public Speaker. Education is my passion. Medill grad, Spencer Fellow at Columbia University. Spencer Recruiter. Author of The School I Deserve, Beacon Press, 2021. Colombian-born New Yorker. 
Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social Assistant Managing Editor at Education Week, editing curriculum & instruction coverage. I make ugly pots. 
Isaac Windes @isaacwindes.bsky.social 🌵 📰 Nomad • Journo • Covering Energy Transition Technology for Energy Intelligence. Wrote about education in Texas for the last five years.
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Caroline Preston @carolinepreston.bsky.social Managing editor at The Hechinger Report. Reach me at preston@hechingerreport.org or on Signal at CarolineP.83. I write about climate change and education here: https://hechingerreport.org/climate-change/
Antranik (Anto) Tavitian @antotavitian.bsky.social Staff photographer at Houston Landing
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Sami West @samiwest.bsky.social Online editor/reporter at KUOW, Seattle's NPR station. 📧: swest@kuow.org
Susan Gonzalez @susangonzalez.bsky.social Editor @chalkbeat.org • Born and raised on the Tex-Mex border • Journalist & local news fan who has covered education, immigration, politics, gun violence, marginalized communities & more • Talk to me about human-centered, data-driven audience engagement
Anna-Cat Brigida @annacat.bsky.social Global editor for AP in CDMX
Past: Immigration Reporter for Houston Landing, Reuters correspondent in Argentina, freelance in Central America
Paula Solis @bypaulasolis.bsky.social Senior audience editor @houstonlanding.bsky.social, crafting newsletters you want to open. Storyteller. Houston proud. 🤘🏽
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Linda K. Wertheimer @lindakwert.bsky.social Author of Faith Ed, Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance. Independent Journalist, formerly of Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News. @medillschool alumna; @FellowsSpencer; @theopedproject #skatermom of ice dancer. I'm not the NPR Linda
Joe Hong @joehong.bsky.social Investigative data reporter for WNYC and Gothamist
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McKenna Oxenden @mackoxenden.bsky.social reporter looking for work | past lives: Houston Landing, The New York Times, Baltimore Sun + Tampa Bay Times
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Monique Welch-Rutherford @moniquewelch.bsky.social Journalist | Communicator | Storyteller I write about some of the most underrepresented groups in the most diverse city in the world!
Megan Finnerty @meganmfinnerty.bsky.social Obsessed with w social cohesion, storytelling, feelings. Founder of USA Today's Storytellers Project. Curates live journalism + storytelling events. Currently Strat + Engagement at Houston Landing. Prev: Vox Media Collabs: https://www.meganmfinnerty.com
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social Data & graphics 🧙 @chalkbeat.org. 2026
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Trisha Powell Crain @trishcrain.bsky.social I write about schools for Alabama Daily News and Alabama Public Television. All children deserve the best the grownups can give. Likes: Dogs and gardening.
Houston Landing @houstonlanding.bsky.social Public service journalism for the Houston region. No paywalls or subscriptions. And we're here to listen. Got a tip or idea? newsroom@houstonlanding.org
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Hillary Ma 馬慧怡 @hillarywyma.bsky.social audience @ DMN | dimsum enthusiast and aspiring wordsmith | 中文/日本語/한국어/Tiếng Viết (she/her/她）
Lexi Parra @lexigraceparra.bsky.social photographer. 📍HTX , previously nyc and ccs. visuals @houstonlanding . @womenphotograph team . @miravzla founder
Angel Rodriguez @arod.bsky.social Houston - Longhorn - Cuban American - Managing Editor at the Houton Landing
Clare Amari @amari-clare.bsky.social Local Investigations Fellow at The New York Times. Based in Houston, Texas. Sicilian, Spurs fan #COYS, and Classics nerd. clareamariwrites@gmail.com
Danya Pérez (she/her/ella) @danyaperez.bsky.social ¡Hola! I am a Latina journalist covering our Latino and Hispanic communities for the Houston Landing. ¡También hablo y escribo en español! Reach me at danya@houstonlanding.org for tips, questions & chisme 😉🫶🏼
Manny García @manny-garcia1.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief @HoustonLanding.org
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Chad Aldeman @chadaldeman.bsky.social I write about education finance policy and teacher labor markets. Follow that work: https://www.chadaldeman.com/
And helping children learn to read @ ReadNotGuess.com
Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social All about #EdResearch and improving policy and practice. Fan of logic models and mutual accountability. Senior Fellow, Research & Evidence Use at https://obc.southerneducation.org/
Associate Editor https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/issue
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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
Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social journalist covering K-12 education for Education Week
Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social investigative reporter covering immigration, labor and more for @propublica.org
signal: nicolefoy.27
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. 
Javeria Salman @javerias.bsky.social National education reporter. Based in KY, heart in NYC and NC.
Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social Charles William Elliot Professor of Education, Harvard
Testing, Measurement, Psychometrics, Statistics
Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social New Englander covering higher education at the @thebaltimorebanner.com, say hi + send tips: ellie.wolfe@thebaltimorebanner.com
Tim Carlin @timcarlin.bsky.social deputy editor @ spotlight delaware | opinions are my own | just a cleveland boy exploring the mid-atlantic
Giselle Greenwood @ggreenwood.bsky.social Cubana/Colombiana; busy mom.
Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social Barnett Family Professor, Stanford University 🌲
Senior Fellow, @hooverinstitution.bsky.social & @siepr.bsky.social
Research Associate, @nber.org
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Conor P. Williams @conorpwilliams.bsky.social Writer and researcher in DC. Lotta PreK–12 and immigration policy. Dopily pro-America, stridently anti-fascist.
Also: Former stay-at-home dad. Primary caregiver. Just my views here.
Cayla Bamberger @caylabam.bsky.social Education and youth issues reporter @nydailynews.com
Tips to: cbamberger@nydailynews.com
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf @jbeowulf.bsky.social Investigating predatory colleges and talking federal higher ed policy for @NewAmerica.org. Formerly of @insidehighered.com and Higher Ed Dive. Signal: jbeowulf.03 (he/him)
Neal @nealtmorton.bsky.social I write about K-12 schools and young people in the American West for the Hechinger Report
Nusaiba Mizan @nusaiba.bsky.social Houston ISD reporter for Houston Chronicle // nusaiba.mizan@houstonchronicle.com // signal: nusaiba.01
Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social Denver Post reporter. Finding humanity in journalism. I write about marginalized groups, social justice, education, libraries, housing, youth, ghosts and general whimsy. Local news stan.
Millie Williams @caprisland.bsky.social Host of My Adventures in ESL Podcast 🎤 | Edupreneur My Adventures in ESL 📚 | K-5 ESL Teacher 🌏
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social Dad to school kids, professor to law students. Focused on education rights
SchooLawCracy: https://edlawprof.substack.com
Homepage: joshuaweishart.com
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.
https://www.paul-bruno.com/
https://www.last.fm/user/pabruno
Eileen Grench, OLY @grenchpan.bsky.social Immigration Enforcement Reporter @documentedny
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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.
Angelica Perez @byangelicaperez.bsky.social 🇲🇽 | education reporter @ houstonlanding.org | born and raised in houston tx 🐄
Fiza Kuzhiyil @fizak.bsky.social assistant editor @theatlantic | ex-wapo @houstonlanding @axios | always @thedailytexan
Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social Contributing editor at The 74, former Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, EdFund, FutureEd, Attendance Works and more
Jemma K Stephenson @jemmakstephenson.bsky.social K-12 education reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social America's education news source
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
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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
Christina Samuels @casamuels.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for The Hechinger Report. We do education.🎓
Former employers: Ed Week, Washington Post, Miami Herald. FAMU grad.🐍
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Ariel Gilreath @arielgilreath.bsky.social Covering education with The Hechinger Report. Signal: arielgilreath.46
Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social I write about education for The Hechinger Report.
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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.
Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social Ideas editor at Chalkbeat
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/ideas/
mbarnum@chalkbeat.org
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
@alisoninvermont.bsky.social @alisoninvermont.bsky.social education reporter, Seven Days, Burlington, Vermont
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@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.