Belt Publishing @beltpublishing.bsky.social 
sarah thankam mathews @smathewss.bsky.social writer, fun guy 🍄. ✍🏾 novel ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT, shortlisted for the national book award, and some other stuff. work in a bunch of places. organizes sometimes.
newsletter: http://smathewss.substack.com
¡matt! ✶✶✶✶ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social just an idiot
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he/him
Restore Justice Foundation @restore-justice.bsky.social Restore Justice advocates for fairness, humanity, and compassion throughout the Illinois criminal legal system, with a primary focus on those affected by extreme sentences as youth.
@amelia-soth.bsky.social @amelia-soth.bsky.social 
Savannah @bysavannahh.bsky.social @chicagoreader.com editor; fact-checker here and there
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Midwest Books to Prisoners @midwestbooks2p.bsky.social We share free reading materials with people behind bars, undermining the lack of access to communication and education while amplifying voices the system silences by helping people self-publish their works as zines. Get involved! linktr.ee/midwestbooks2p
David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta.bsky.social Nextgov/FCW cybersecurity + intelligence reporter. Tips: ddimolfetta@govexec.com Signal: @ djd.99 X/Twitter: @ddimolfetta
Solitary Watch @solitarywatch.bsky.social Shining light into the darkest corners of the U.S. punishment system. http://solitarywatch.org | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/swdispatch | Support: http://bit.ly/givesw
@sammellins.bsky.social @sammellins.bsky.social Senior Reporter at New York Focus
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Signal: mellins.613
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org We are ProPublica’s union. We are the workers at America’s biggest investigative newsroom.
www.propublicaguild.org
Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social A global multimedia newsroom reporting on climate accountability across borders. Podcasts, newsletter, investigations, features, documents at Drilled.media.
Maggie Dougherty @maggiedough.bsky.social Chicago energy + investigative reporter for @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
@medillschool.bsky.social grad • professionally nosy • she/her • on signal at maggie_dough.26 • opinions my own etc etc
In These Times @inthesetimes.com A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
https://inthesetimes.com/
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
chicagoreader.com
Tess Kenny @tesskenny.bsky.social General assignment reporter covering afternoons and evenings the Chicago Tribune | tkenny@chicagotribune.com
Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
Director of the Justice Project
justiceproject.uchicago.edu
Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social Freelance journalist & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket, 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw
Pascal Sabino @pascalsabino.bsky.social Chicago ➡️ LA
Writer for Bolts Magazine.
Policing & Criminal Justice. Democracy. Data.
Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social Politics & government reporter @evanstonnow.bsky.social 📸✍🏼 // @bostonu.bsky.social alum //matthew@evanstonnow.com
Have a tip? I'm on Signal: mattheweadie.02
Kaitlin Washburn @kwashburn.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times reporter
kwashburn@suntimes.com
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/kaitlin-washburn
Dilpreet Raju @dilpreetraju.bsky.social @reportforamerica.bsky.social corps member, Staff Writer for Illinois Times. Suspiria superfan (he/him)
draju[at]illinoistimes[dot]com
dilpreetraju[at]proton[dot]me
https://muckrack.com/disclaimify
Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social Investigative Reporter. Criminal Justice/Privacy/XRW. Book: THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT.
WIRED/Guardian/Vanity Fair/BBC/Popular Front/Rolling Stone/elsewheres
https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/
Ali.winston@protonmail.com
Awinston.17 on Signal
maddy varner @regret.bsky.social reporter @wired.com ✨ prev the markup, FTC ✨ signal: mvarner.01
Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social Audience Director for @themarshallproject.org | Once described as "a beautiful creature of the internet" | Previous: Social Media Director @ CBS News, Director of Newsroom Strategy @ BuzzFeed News, Digital Editor @ Chicago Sun-Times
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
Siri Chilukuri @siric.bsky.social freelancer on a warming planet // bylines: @insideclimatenews.org @theguardian.com @southsideweekly.bsky.social // i write about environmental justice (mostly) // sirichilukuri.com // https://ko-fi.com/s12267
Matt Topic @mvtopic.bsky.social Fighting FOIA denials to a soundtrack of thrash metal and avant garde jazz since 2007. Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in (anti!) AI. Co-host of Disclosure podcast.
https://www.loevy.com/attorneys/matt-topic/
https://time.com/7012833/matt-topic/
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
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
Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
https://www.projectsaltbox.com/
Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
Track ICE warehouses: https://tracker.projectsaltbox.com
jean @jeanniebabies.bsky.social bikes, transit, housing, chicago. in a band called hard femme. bureaucrat in training
Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social I am an investigative reporter at ProPublica focused on immigration. Reach out with tips or information you think should be brought to our attention!
Email: mica.rosenberg@propublica.org
Phone: 332-213-1365
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/micarosenberg
Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social Journalist, former biologist, Texan living in the Midwest.
Current Minow Fellow at WTTW/Chicago Tonight
Former AAAS Fellow at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He/him
Emeline Posner @emelpos.bsky.social reporter, @raceandequityproject.org
get in touch:
📧emeline@raceandequityproject.org
Signal: eposner.99
headshot: Diana Solís
Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social Managing editor at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.
Zoë Takaki @zoetakaki.bsky.social Freelance journalist based in Chicago. Read my stuff here https://zoetakakiworks.wordpress.com
Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social Plant & Cell Physiology (PCP) – an academic society journal supporting the plant science community #OUP #JSPP
Follow us on Bluesky for news and updates from the journal.
Website https://academic.oup.com/pcp
E-mail: pcp.editorialoffice@oup.com
J.MP4 @jd0tmp4.bsky.social Chicana filmmaker. Computer woman located in Chicago Illinois. Programmer of The Spectacular Optical Corporation film festival. She/her
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
https://linktr.ee/lucyparsonslabs
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Global Voices @globalvoices.org The first global community-based newsroom. We build bridges and global understanding. Read our stories here: https://globalvoices.org
Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social I am a writer. LA → CHI → NO
co-author of THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC: http://shorturl.at/Otagc
currently writing NOTES ON FINDING HOME
📧: adam.mahoney@capitalbnews.org
adamlmahoney.com
jacqui shine @dearsplenda.bsky.social a woman on the case (non-gendered)
jacqui shine dot com: women love me, factoids fear me
guide to preparing for surgery (feel free to save and share) https://shorturl.at/D7QMJ
Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com 2024 Michigan Press Association's News Media Publication of the Year. Hard-hitting reporting on politics and policy. Part of the nonprofit @statesnewsroom.com.
Amanda Watford @amandavhernan.bsky.social criminal justice and public safety reporter @stateline.org | ✉️ awatford@stateline.org
https://stateline.org/author/amanda-watford
Rebecca McCray @rebeccakmccray.bsky.social Reporting/Writing/Engaging. Find my work @ The Marshall Project, The Guardian, New York Focus, Hell Gate, NY Mag, Offrange, etc.
Writing a newsletter about incarceration in New York: https://mailchi.mp/nysfocus/prisons-newsletter
Uday Schultz @a320lga.bsky.social I like trains. Opinions mine. he/him
blog: https://homesignalblog.wordpress.com/
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica covering health, human rights & the environment. Brooklynite. Fan of nature, facts, pie
Daniel @dmassey.bsky.social Chicago civil rights attorney, work on police abuse and surveillance
I dont really know how to go about relating to these people
he/him
Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social Culture journalist for Esquire, Wired, etc. Author of A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS (Simon & Schuster), MYST & RIVEN: CAN GAMES BE LITERATURE? (University of Chicago Press, 2027).
https://linktr.ee/adamm0rgan
Contact: adam@adam-stephen-morgan.com
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social Investigative reporter for PennLive in Harrisburg, Pa
“High-impact prison reporting of the journalist Joshua Vaughn” - Rolling Stone
ThirdCoastReview.com @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social Chicago arts & culture, curated
Erica Demarest @ericademarest.bsky.social Digital editor, WTTW News
Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social Chicago design journalist and critic, @bloomberg.com and elsewhere. In one of those phases where I can’t decide whether it matters what buildings look like or not.
https://zachmortice.com
Caitlyn Rosen @rosencaitlyn.bsky.social Typically covering the Cook County courts and all things Chicago for @courthousenews.bsky.social. Running marathons (sometimes). She/her. Email me: chicagostate@courthousenews.com
Meredith Newman @meredithnewman.bsky.social investigative reporter for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. being nosy. mnewman@bettergov.org
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Capitol News Illinois @capitolnewsil.bsky.social Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. A service of the Illinois Press Foundation.
Illinois Answers Project @illinoisanswers.bsky.social Working every day to uncover waste and wrongdoing in government, hold public officials accountable and lift up solutions to Illinois’ most pressing problems.
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Sr. writer @wired.com:
Surveillance & coptech
Signal: dell.3030
Leather Archives & Museum @leatherarchives.bsky.social A Chicago-based research archive, library and museum dedicated to the preservation of leather, kink, fetish and BDSM community history.
Jeff Schuhrke @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social Author of No Neutrals There (Haymarket, 2025) and Blue-Collar Empire (Verso, 2024).
Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social National security law and policy, NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Former intelligence and counterterrorism lawyer, US Department of Homeland Security. Former Brennan Center. Views my own, rarely the government's.
>> Signal: sreynolds.16
Decoherence Media @decoherence.media Decoherence Media investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
Website: https://decoherence.media/
FashyLeaks: https://fashyleaks.com/
Epstein Network: https://epstein.photos/
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Lee Hedgepeth @leehedgepeth.bsky.social Alabama reporter for Inside Climate News. Storyteller. Alabamian. I write Tread by Lee, a newsletter of Southern journalism. Sign up at www.TreadbyLee.com
Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social Democratic socialist since 1954.
dissentmagazine.org
Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him. Linktr.ee/adamchicago
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.
let’s work together! ⬇️
meredithshiner.com
Dave Weimer @dweimer.bsky.social Newberry Library; abolition; maps; other things
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Stephen Semler @stephensemler.bsky.social Policy analyst/advisor. Newsletter: stephensemler.com
Mia Mehdaoui @milkteath.bsky.social 
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social Photojournalist in Chicago. Staff Visual Journalist and drone pilot
with Chicago Sun-Times send tips and hate at tlariviere@suntimes.com. I'm also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tylerpasciaklariviere/
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV
Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com Crazy person masquerading as a photojournalist. | she/they | Chicago, Ill photojournalist | Past: @chicagotribune, @montanastandard, @virginianpilot | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social Short. Black. Mom. Wife. Writer. Photographer. Profanity enthusiast. Chicago architecture & history + classic film. Photos mine unless noted. Opinions always mine. Fighter against the tyranny of hard pants & unyielding waistbands. she/her
Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social Advocacy platform through visual journalism. Focused on environmental protection and human rights. Elevating, celebrating and centering the voices of marginalized communities.
https://humanizingthroughstory.org/support
Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social I'm a journalist in Chicago
But you're probably here for Birdie
World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social In-depth news and expert analysis on global affairs. Subscribe here: https://wpr.pub/subscribe
Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
Signal: @lilianasegura.56
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation @thecaase.bsky.social We are CAASE, and we're committed to building a global community free from sexual harm.
www.caase.org
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Forensic Architecture @forensicarchi.bsky.social Investigating state and corporate violence globally, presenting our findings from the courtroom to the gallery. Based at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.