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Chris Mannix @sichrismannix.bsky.social Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated. Analyst, DAZN Boxing. Analyst, NBC Sports. Podcaster: Open Floor, Boxing with Mannix and Mora
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social Chief Economics Correspondent for The New York Times. Adjunct at CUNY Newmark. Ex: FiveThirtyEight, WSJ. He/him.
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social Still being followed by the teenage FBI
Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times writing about the intersection of health and politics, especially in marginalized communities. NYT Guild steward. No, not one of those Astors.
Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail enthusiast. Creator of the Saltzsteini. Ruthless cosmopolitan.
Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social Host of The Kyle Buchanan Show, a new video podcast about Hollywood with A-list guests, coming in October.
Steve Merelman @smerelman.bsky.social New York Times Deputy National Editor
Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social culture editor, NYTimes Opinion
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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro @lulugn.bsky.social NYT host, former NPR. Both a cat and a dog person. 
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Stacy Cowley @stacycowley.bsky.social NYT biz reporter. Frequent union noisemaker.
Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social
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@susannecraignyt.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social Investigative reporter at The New York Times. Co-author of Lucky Loser, an investigation into how Donald Trump squandered the fortune that led him to The White House. 🗞️ 🇨🇦
Erin Griffith @ering.bsky.social NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital
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Joe Bernstein @bernstein.bsky.social New York Times reporter. 5’9”
Brian X. Chen @brianx.bsky.social New York Times tech columnist, dog photographer, recovering bagel addict
Katherine Schulten @kschulten.bsky.social Editor at the NYT Learning Network since 2006. English teacher/school newspaper advisor/literacy coach in NYC public schools for 19 years before that.
Tina Jordan @tinajordan.bsky.social Deputy editor, New York Times Book Review. Reader, writer, archives fiend.
Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social @nytimes National audience editor, occasional running reporter, slow runner, Red Sox fan, herder of mobbed-up plot bunnies. Working on a data analysis/data viz master's at CUNY Grad Center
Todd Gregory @toddgregory.bsky.social Senior staff editor at The New York Times. From the prairie part of the Prairie State. COYS (Views are my own, etc.)
Erin Nolan @erinnolan.bsky.social Covering Maui for Honolulu Civil Beat. Formerly: The New York Times, The Times Herald-Record, The Salem News and The Eagle-Tribune
Steven Moity @stevmoi.bsky.social Freelance reporter and News Assistant @nytimes | Alumn @nyu | steven.moity@nytimes.com | (he/him/his)
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