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Andrew Montequin @amontequin.bsky.social Journalist, former biologist, Texan living in the Midwest.
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Mike Reilley @mikereilley.bsky.social UIC senior lecturer in data and digital journalism | RTDNA/GNI lead trainer | ONA AI lead trainer | Founder JournalistsToolbox.ai | Author: "Data + Journalism" and "The Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI"
Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press. 
Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social Bird Law Scholar.
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John Chase @johnchase.bsky.social Deputy Metro Editor/Politics @chicagotribune. Alum BGA. An editor on 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for local journalism. Co-author of "Golden, How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out Of The Governor's Office And Into Prison." Haven't left Twitter...yet.
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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune. More of a baseball account now if I am being honest.
Well used to ghostly company by this time
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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social Managing editor at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.
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Jim DeRogatis @jimderogatis.bsky.social Co-host, "Sound Opinions"; author, critic, journalist; professor.
Samantha Smylie @sammiesmylie.bsky.social Figuring out my next steps.
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Kurt Gessler @kurtgessler.bsky.social Now: News product and AI. Then: Tribune Publishing. Chicago Tribune. Daily Herald. Sometimes teach. 
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Logan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social Newsletter Editor and Writer @ProPublica.org. Public History grad student. Floridian in the Midwest.
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