Alex Hudson @blacksandpaper.bsky.social 
Melissa Santos @melissajsantos.bsky.social Reporter at Axios Seattle, with a focus on Washington state and local politics. (But also doughnuts). Formerly a state politics reporter for Cascade PBS and The News Tribune in Tacoma.
Aimee Rawlins @aimeerawlins.bsky.social Seattle-based writer + editor covering climate, cities, housing, transportation, and all the ways they intersect.
Machine Learning Kelly @undersized5.bsky.social Keynote Listener | Thought Follower | Taco Bell Stan | Attorney | Recovering Florida Man. Mostly talking about pop culture and sports. My Tweets are my own unless I'm retweeting
Tracy Simmons @reportertracy.bsky.social Founder & Executive Director of FāVS News, a nonprofit newsroom covering religion, ethics, and communities across the Greater Northwest. Journalism professor at Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. 🚴
Andy Hurst @andyhurst.bsky.social linked in lunatic
Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social Independent journalist | Co-founder @thewesternedge.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville.
www.leahsottile.com
Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social Oregon-based investigative journalist. | Co-founder thewesternedge.media
Former OPB. Podcast producer, Bundyville, Dying for a Fight, and Hush.
www.ryanhaas.net
Tell me secrets on Signal: ryanjhaas.01
The Western Edge @thewesternedge.bsky.social A new type of journalism in the Pacific Northwest.
https://westernedgemedia.substack.com/
Owned by no one.
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Matt McIntosh @mmcntsh.bsky.social Socialist, organizer.
Working for Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson.
Stephanie Hughes @hughesstephanie.bsky.social Senior reporter at Marketplace, based in Baltimore. Focus on education (but also into other big economic stories). Let me know what we should be reporting on: shughes@marketplace.org
Josh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org Science belongs in politics. Nature-poker, cephalopods fan, conservationist, climate hawk, evolution fan. PTA dad. he/him
Build parks and community!
City council member in Lake Forest Park, WA since 2026 https://joshforlfp.com
Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social http://www.cambridgeartstudio.com/ https://www.flickr.com/people/bakerart/
Lifelong artist. Just trying to do a little more painting when not gardening. Not actively looking for sales at present. Posting mostly older work and some new. 🚫AI
David Mendez @jdmendez.com Friendly neighborhood newsman @ospreynews.net.
Previously: Spectrum News, Easy Reader News, Tucson Weekly. NAHJ and SPJ member.
Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social Deputy News Editor at The Stranger. I write a column about hobbies.
ngraham@thestranger.com
OPB - KMHD Creators Union @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social We are the creators who make Oregon Public Broadcasting and KMHD Jazz Radio. We're bargaining for our first union contract.
Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social Seattle urbanista, interested in education, safe streets, and housing. Grew up in Baltimore. Hampshire College grad. GIS graduate student and bike mom. Former wetland biologist. I follow Seattle School Board meetings and yell at cars.
Katie Wilson @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social Seattle TRU co-founder and general secretary. Occasional writer. Running for Seattle Mayor @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com Biking news up Seattle’s hills since 2010.
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Jason M Burrows @punkjr.bsky.social Producer - @KUOW's Soundside: Noon & 8pm Mon-Thurs
KUOW 94.9 - Seattle's NPR News Station
https://www.kuow.org/authors/jason-burrows
Yes, my middle name IS Megatron; yes I AM a huge nerd.
He/Him 🍐🍉
Paul Constant @paulconstant.com Seattle-based writer of journalism, criticism, progressive economics and politics pieces, and comic books. Snelson, my comic with Fred Harper was a New York Public Library Best Adult Comic selection for 2022. Email: thisispaulconstant at gmail dot com.
John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social KUOW Public Radio environment reporter. Seattle. Is this thing on?
Tips, leaks--DM me, or email jryan@kuow.org, or Signal: @heyjohnryan.10
Ashley Hiruko @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social Investigative journalist @ KUOW
Send news tips to hiruko@kuow.org
Signal/text: 206-574-8007
Derek Wang @derekjwang.bsky.social Senior Editor w/Seattle NPR affiliate KUOW | rhymes with bong | fortunate husband & uncle | #NJDevils fan known to root for #SeaKraken | Skinny Puppy devotee
Monica Nickelsburg @mnickelsburg.bsky.social labor & economy reporter at KUOW, Seattle's NPR station | tips: monica@kuow.org
Kim Malcolm @kimonkuow.bsky.social KUOW’s local All Things Considered host. Baseball, dogs, democracy. views my own.
KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org Local news and @NPR for the Puget Sound region.
Listen live at 📻94.9 FM and 📲http://KUOW.org or by asking your 🔊 smart speaker to “Play KUOW.”
sam j leeds @samjleeds.bsky.social radio producer based in Seattle @citycastseattle.bsky.social
formerly: Futuro Media, before that: NPR Music's Louder Than A Riot
they/them | https://samjleeds.xyz/
Erik Neumann @erikneumann.bsky.social OPB Southwest Washington Bureau Chief. Signal: ENeumann.12
Thy Vo @thyanhvo.bsky.social Colorado-based editor @investigatewest.bsky.social, social media lurker
Rebecca Hansen-White @becannew.bsky.social Friendly neighborhood public radio reporter at KLCC Oregon.
Formerly Spokane Public Radio, Spokesman-Review.
Signal: rebhansenw.87
Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social Reporter, breaking news & GA at the mighty Seattle Times. 🌸 Ex-Crosscut PBS, Rapid City Journal, Casper Star-Tribune. 🌊 Beach Badge foreva ~ PNW https://www.pbs.org/video/heres-the-story-ya-got-your-beach-badge-s6djfj/
Laurel Demkovich @laureldemkovich.bsky.social State politics reporter at Cascade PBS
Email me: laurel.demkovich@cascadepbs.org
Madeline Happold @madelinehappold.bsky.social Mother of the mosh pit 🦇 Formerly: Cascade PBS, Spokesman-Review, Wenatchee World, Chicago Reader
Isaac Stone Simonelli @simonelli.bsky.social Journalist focused on domestic extremism, threats to democracy | @ASU Investigative Journalism Master’s | Former Reporter @ArizCIR; Editor Kodiak Daily Mirror, M.E. Phuket Gazette.
Likes rocks. Likes mushrooms. Likes being outside.
treeskulltown @treeskulltown.bsky.social Artist Author • Make Subrealism • https://treeskulltown.com • Handmade art 🙌 : mixed media animation • Art for peace > culture against fascism 🌈
Nick Deshais @nickdeshais.bsky.social Seattle Times transportation reporter. I check this account infrequently, so please contact me at ndeshais@seattletimes.com.
https://www.seattletimes.com/author/nicholas-deshais/
Heidi Groover @heidigroover.bsky.social covering housing & real estate at the seattle times
/ @umwallacehouse.bsky.social fellow 2025-2026
/ union person
Cassandra Garibay @cgaribay.bsky.social Engagement Reporter @propublica.org | Central Valley | Interested in emergency management, housing, environmental health, pottery, baking, running, etc.
Got tips? https://www.propublica.org/tips/
Gabrielle Healy @gabriellehealy.bsky.social sr. producer, @kuow.org and union steward. previously: producing npr.org + @wbur.org’s Here and Now and digital editing at New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMU's 1A.
seattle | brooklyn | fairhaven, mass
ghealy @ kuow dot org
she/her
Henry Brannan @henrybrannan.bsky.social Investigative reporter @StreetRoots.bsky.social.
All about people and our needs. Signal: henry.3210 henry@streetroots.org
Past: Newspapers via WA’s state-funded Murrow News Fellowship, VA NPR stations via @reportforamerica.bsky.social and @PBSNews.org.
Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social Film Critic (Film Comment, Reverse Shot, Criterion). GALECA.
Co-Author of CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS
Currently writing a book about TWIN PEAKS
Elizabeth Whitman @elizwhit.bsky.social journalist, farmer, cat mama.
written work in cascade pbs, high country news, cosmopolitan, and elsewhere
vashon island, wa
Olga Nenazhivina Art 👩🎨 @nenazhivina.com 👩🎨 Artist📍Based in Florida 🐊
Freehand dip pen сontemporary ink on paper 🖋️
Mostly drawings ✍️
Vegan 🌱🫶
nenazhivina.com/hi
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Izzy Ross @izzyjross.bsky.social Editing, reporting + digital news managing at KNKX for Seattle + Western Washington. Views my own/reposts≠endorsements. Reach out! iross@knkx.org / izzyjross.02
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
📍Puget Sound
https://www.patreon.com/typewriteralley
Maleeha Syed @maleeha-syed.bsky.social Producer on Soundside @KUOW | Previously @CascadePubMedia, @bfp_news | msyed@kuow.org
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ NOTUS. Formerly at The Washington Post, Ithaca Voice. Listen to my series on John Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-carnage/id1723391781
jae holzman @jael.bsky.social hi, i write about climate change and renewable energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.
Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social Staff writer @heatmap.news | signal: emilypont.89
Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social I’m the founding executive editor of Heatmap News, a contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times, and the cohost of the Shift Key podcast.
📍NYC
Grist @grist.org We're a nonprofit news org dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Get our journalism in your inbox: https://grist.org/subscribe/
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Lillian Mongeau Hughes @lmonghughes.bsky.social Homelessness and mental health reporter at The Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/topic/homelessness/index.html
Tips: lmhughes@oregonian.com & 971-484-3150
Words are my jam.
Alum: Seattle Times, OPB, Hechinger Report, EdSource
Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social Climate change at The Seattle Times. Man of means by no means.
Jim Brunner @jimbrunner.bsky.social Seattle Times politics reporter
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https://www.seattletimes.com/author/jim-brunner/
Patrick Malone @pmalonejourno.bsky.social Investigative journalist at The Seattle Times
Will James @willjames.bsky.social Reporter and producer
Podcasts:
We Keep Us Safe (2026)
Adults in the Room (2026)
Lost Patients (2024)
The Walk Home (2022)
Outsiders (2020)
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https://www.will-james.work/
🎥 Kathy 🍁 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social Music and film writer. Northwest Film Forum board member and former Seattle Film Critics Society president. Unions: SAG-AFTRA and IBEW. Past/present contributor: KCMU/KEXP, KUOW, Rock and Roll Globe, Seattle Film Blog, The Stranger, and Video Librarian.
Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at U.S.Right To Know;
formerly NBC News, Axios, Seattle Times
Signal: lewiskamb.206
I ❤ the #PNW 🏂 + public records #FOIA 📑
Casey Martin @caseyworks.bsky.social Reporter at KUOW | NPR Seattle
cmartin@kuow.org | cell/ Signal: 206-712-5315
kuow.org/authors/casey-martin
Evan Bush @evanbush.bsky.social NBC News science and climate reporter based in Seattle.
Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org Investigative journalist. News Apps Developer at @ProPublica.org. Occasional AI/ML researcher. Using data+code to hold power to account.
Web: https://bxroberts.org
Signal: brandonrobertz.01
katie brigham @kbrigham.bsky.social climate tech reporter (aka ENERGY DOMINANCE reporter) at @heatmap.news | signal: katieb.40
📍 Seattle, WA
Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter/editor/narrative coach @Bloomberg.com. Co-author, Unbelievable. Law school dropout/honorary doctor. Formers: ProPublica, Marshall Project, Seattle Times. Perturbable.
https://kenarmstrongwriter.com/
Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social Seattle-based reporter, cofounder (with @joshfeit.bsky.social) and editor of PubliCola.com, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
She/her, Latina, Texan
Donna Blankinship @dgblankinship.bsky.social #Civicsforadults on Substack. Formerly Cascade PBS, AP, Seattle Times. Dog mom. People mom. Seattle journalist.
Nate Sanford @sanfordnate.bsky.social Seattle. Reporter for KNKX and Cascade PBS. Covering political power and policy in Washington, often with an emphasis on young adults.
https://www.knkx.org/people/nate-sanford
Mai Hoang @maiphoang.bsky.social Editor at Factal. Previously: Cascade PBS, Yakima Herald-Republic, Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild
@brangien.bsky.social @brangien.bsky.social 
Genna Martin @photogenna.bsky.social Photo editor/photojournalist in Seattle 
Venice Buhain @venice.bsky.social Journalist, PNW dweller. In Seattle. Multimedia Journalist at Cascade PBS.
Cascade PBS @cascadepbs.org Cascade PBS provides high-quality national public television and local programming that celebrates the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to inform and inspire our community to make the world a better place.
www.cascadepbs.org
👹alli rico👹 @allirico.bsky.social personally I think I’m hilarious
*views/opinions are my own*
📍PNW🌲
she/her
David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social Co-host of Soundside on KUOW. Formerly Seattle Times, Crosscut. Send tips to: dkroman@kuow.org. Sorry for the baseball tweets.
Shauna Sowersby @ssowersby.bsky.social State politics at The Seattle Times. Former Cascade PBS and McClatchy state politics reporter. Former freelancer and Navy journo. UW alum.
farah eltohamy فرح التهامي @farahe.bsky.social journalist in WA state. frmr: investigative reporter @ cascade pbs. writing about housing, workers’ rights + immigration. she/her 🌱
📧: farahelto@gmail.com + signal: farah.02
Lizz Giordano @lizzgiordano.bsky.social Investigative reporter and photographer
@CascadePBS covering labor and workplace matters, formerly of
@EverettHerald @SeaTransitBlog
Jacob Jones @jonesdaily.bsky.social Investigative journalist in WA. Formerly: Investigations editor at Cascade PBS/Crosscut; Reporter at Whitman County Watch, Inlander, The Daily World. Signal: jonesdaily.37
Ryan Famuliner @ryanfamuliner.bsky.social Director of Digital News at Cascade PBS
Megan Burbank @meganburbank.bsky.social reporting on culture & post-Roe abortion policy at Slate, The Nation, NPR, The New Republic, Axios. helping out at The WSJ. girl about town at Burbank Industries. previously Crosscut, Seattle Times, Portland Mercury, The Stranger.
meganburbank.substack.com
Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social Journalist in Seattle covering politics, housing, homelessness and more.
www.joshcohenwrites.com
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