J. Cardella @cardellaj.bsky.social I have a background in immigration & sociology and in my spare time I focus on the legal and social dimensions of citizenship. Posting in a personal capacity.
Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social #Documentary Filmmaker/Professor
Director of Documentary #Journalism at #Northwestern
Director of "Saving Mes Aynak"
New documentary about #Yemen
Passionate about #humanrights, #socialjustice #heritage
#Afghanistan #China
www.germancamera.com
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
sofie hernandez 🤠 @zerosuitsofie.bsky.social this happened to my buddy Eric // arts + culture @ wbez chicago // she + her
Justin Bull @justybull.bsky.social Radio producer at WBEZ
Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social Retired historian + lawyer, Chicagoan, lesbian-feminist, sometime Dolly expert, angry. I lived in Knoxville TN for 16 very long years. Author, "Unspeakable: Father-Daughter Incest in American History."
Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social Reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
Council on Criminal Justice @counciloncj.org Nonpartisan think tank and invitational membership organization that advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all.
https://counciloncj.org/
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
Jade Walker @jadewalker.bsky.social Night news editor of HuffPost. Editor of A Bit of Good News, The End Files & The Moonlight Reader Society. Past: NYTimes, AP, Apple News (via Magnit) & CNN 5 Things (via Creative Circle). She/her
alexavanbrunt.bsky.social @alexavanbrunt.bsky.social Civil rights attorney; clinical law prof at Northwestern Law
https://www.macarthurjustice.org/team_member/alexa-van-brunt/
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/
Kitty Kurth @kittykurth.bsky.social Social justice warrior. Communicator. Strategist.
@jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com Public defender for 10 years. Prof. for 20. The system was broken then. It's broken now. Wrongful convictions | Death penalty | Second chances. Smoke but No Fire (UC Press 2020)| Book on second chances (UC Press, forthcoming). Host: Just Justice podcast.
Kade Heather @kadeheather.bsky.social Reporter @chicago.suntimes.com
Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social Law professor, Drexel Univ • Affil'd fellow, Yale ISP • NYC Bar Ass'n Rule of Law Task Force • AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure ⚾ Cleveland native/partisan 🏀 runner • https://linktr.ee/akalhan
Joe Germuska @joe.germuska.com Chief Nerd @ Northwestern University Knight Lab • Project lead @ Census Reporter • Board Member @ City Bureau • Information Design • Digital Journalism • Civic Technology
@SZReports @szreports.bsky.social *Investigative journalist at Chicago Sun-Times
*Expert in consumer issues; also have reported extensively on the intersection of mental health and criminal legal system
*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
Larsn @larsn.bsky.social MN Dad. Policy, politics, poetics, and poop scooping
Claire Johnson Raba @claireraba.bsky.social Law prof @UICLaw. Civ Pro, access to justice, consumer law, state courts, big data, A2J & legal tech. Former consumer rights legal aid attorney & EJW fellow. Researcher at the Debt Collection Lab. Motorcycle rider (🏍️ & 🏞️).
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
Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social Features Editor @nymag.com, jacob.rosenberg@nymag.com || former Mother Jones, Arkansas Times || "As for the scoffers, He scoffs at them"
Andy Grimm @grimmnews.bsky.social Alum of Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Times-Picayune (and others)
President, Chicago News Guild.
Still accepting news tips and organizing leads.
Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.bsky.social Two-word first name! Contract SLED accessibility/web design. Former: CFPB, Treasury. Philly born, NJ kid, Chicagoland mom, cat servant. She/her, bi/omni. 🇬🇭🇺🇸
Profile pic: Black woman in yellow blouse with glasses & long dark brown locs
Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social Law professor focusing on constitutional law, especially free speech, the separation of powers, and government secrecy. Friend to all dogs and cats. Champion procrastinator.
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
Paul Sayles @paulsayles.bsky.social EE, occasional musician, lgbtq+ ally, supporter of artists and scientists. Radically pro-trans.
Tony Sarabia @ruraltony.bsky.social Former host at Chicago Public Media(WBEZ radio). Now holding down the midday shift at Iowa Public Radio. I live with my husband on his family's farm in rural Iowa.
Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social Federal Courts Reporter, @chicago.suntimes.com
Signal: jseidel.37
Wade Millward @wademillward.bsky.social Reporter at CRN covering cloud, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Oracle, Citrix and other enterprise tech giants. 
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
Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social Bicycling. Walking. Transit. Electrification. Climate.
Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis, Minnesota
@mariahwoelfel.bsky.social @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social 
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe!
Cassie Miller @cassiemiller.bsky.social Senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Historian. 
Charles E Henderson @cafetacbva.bsky.social Veteran Advocate, Anti War Activist, Peace Activist, War Veteran, Community Organizer, Historian Campaign Manager, Chicago Historian, Southside Kid.
Illinois Justice Project @iljusticeproject.bsky.social ILJP advances policies and practices that reduce violence, decrease prison recidivism and make the legal system more equitable.
Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
John Slocum @jslocum.bsky.social Executive Director, Refugee Council USA. Nonresident Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs. For now, also on X as @JohnSlocum2. Posts are my own. 
Bridgette Fox @b-emdash-fox.bsky.social City politics (and a little bit of everything) reporter for Jacksonville, Illinois (Journal-Courier) | likes/shares ≠ endorse
Tips➡️Bridgette.Fox@myjournalcourier.com
Sasha-Ann Simons @sashaannsimons.bsky.social host of WBEZ's "In the Loop" airing weekdays at 9am on NPR Chicago * producer * speaker * island gyal * proud immigrant * #girlmom * penmanship award winner in 1988
Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social Mostly retired #journalist (ex-CBS News, ex-AP, etc). Master’s degree in #philosophy. Friend to #animals. Usually annoyed about something.
My audio obituary for CBS News Radio:
https://on.soundcloud.com/6tMcY2ZIjYbefssAwm
https://www.samlitzinger.com/
Robert Vargas @robvargas.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
Director of the Justice Project
justiceproject.uchicago.edu
Jessie Fuentes @jessiefuentes.bsky.social 🗳️Alderperson & Committeeperson of Chicago’s 26th Ward
📢Grassroots organizer
📌Raised in #HumboldtPark. (Personal Account)
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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Kyra Senese @kyrasenese.bsky.social Chicagoan. Freelance reporter. FOIA nerd. Sun-Times bylines. Previously: COVID-19 coverage, Investigative Fellow @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social Building power and momentum for social justice and health equity in Illinois since 1981.
www.hmprg.org/links/
Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social Immigration attorney based in Washington, DC. Views are my own & posts ≠ endorsement. Message me to reach out.
Previously at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago and the United Nations in Switzerland.
Michael Puente @mikepuentenews.bsky.social Chicago/NWI multimedia reporter/writer/journalist
@elisajacome.bsky.social @elisajacome.bsky.social asst professor of econ at northwestern
Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com I'm an architecture photographer and Chicago is my backdrop. I post about weather, science, and urbanism issues, too. ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
📩: nick@nuphoto.com
https://linktr.ee/nick_ulivieri
Illinois Public Media @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social Educating, informing, and inspiring communities through the power of public media. Heard, seen, and experienced on WILL-AM, FM, TV, Illinois Soul, and beyond!
📍 Based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
🌍 Serving central Illinois and more!
Quinn Myers @quinnmyers.bsky.social reporter @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Email: quinn@blockclubchi.org
Sharlyn Grace @sharlyngrace.bsky.social She/her. Lawyer supporting social movements & public defense policy advocate in Chicago.
Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
Shane DuBow @shanedubow.bsky.social Writer, Editor, College Essay Coach
Struggling with a writing project?
I can help.
shanedubow.com
Seth From Philly ➡️ NYC Podcast Movement 2026 @phillycodehound.com 📍 Philadelphia-Metro
💼 Digital Marketer & Podcaster/Podcast Coach
Mostly on IndieWeb.social (Mastodon) *PhillyCodeHound Most places*
Building #FediDeck (https://FediDeck.app)
#Podcasting #DigitalMarketing #Tech
Banner pic by my late brother Bret 💔
Linda McKibben MD MPH DrPH (@familymam.medsky.social) @familymam.medsky.social 💚Public-health pediatrician 💕Mam to Kaly & Jeremy 🐈⬛Puff & 🐈⬛Smoky; grand-cat Muffin🐈
#Humanist #Feminist #ProDEI #ExFed #ExAcademic
💙🇺🇸 #Maryland #MOCO
MPH-Harvard, DrPH-UMich, BS-UGA, MD-Medical College of GA
FDAAA.org LadyDocs.org #dysautonomia
Adrienne Samuels Gibbs @adriennewrites.bsky.social Chief Storyteller + journalist + editor + professor + writer. Based in the Chi.
Bylines in: Fortune, WBEZ, Forbes, Art Institute
Priors: Director @Medium, ME @EBONY, Netflix, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Ipsos, UChgo
Impact For Equity @impactforequity.bsky.social Impact for Equity is a catalyst for racial, economic, and social justice in Chicago and Illinois.
Geri Kahn @gerika.bsky.social Activist, organizes with Indivisible. Support universal health care and more democracy. Also gardener, retired primary care doctor, former CEO of a union healthcenter. 
Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social Co-Founder AH Datalytics. NOLA kid. Longhorn. Former CIA officer. 2004 Intramural Softball Champion (C-League). Not a criminologist!
Newsletter: https://jasher.substack.com/
Jasher@ahdatalytics.com
"Some genius, Jeff Asher" - Ann Coulter
Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social Current* conditions:
🏙 Chicagoan (Rogers Park) 🔢 data 🚍 transit 🚲 bike 📰 local news 🌊 Lake Michigan stan account 🙊 views mine ✍️ lauriemerrell.com 👤 she/her
Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney22.bsky.social Boston Globe video journalist, Blotter Tales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter | Follow me on Insta: @emilysweeney22 | Sign up for my newsletter: https://globe.com/coldcase
Alex Degman @alexdegman.bsky.social Statehouse reporter for WBEZ Chicago based in Springfield. Hi! 
Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com Chicago’s new front page: ChicagoPublicSquare.com
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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social Bilingual Journalist at Chicago Tribune focused on immigration and Latinos/ Adj professor at DePaul University/ Maktub/ 1 John 4:16/ RTs ≠ endorsements /larodriguez@chicagotribune.com
Susan Raffo @susanraffo.bsky.social Just completed spending a year walking across Turtle Island. Writer, cultural worker, bodyworker. Author Liberated to the Bone. www.susanraffo.com
Lisa WBEZ @lbez.bsky.social Midday Anchor @WBEZ
Supporting and making local journalism
María Inés Zamudio @mizamudio.bsky.social Professional chismosa. award-winning investigative reporter with Invisible Institute/ProPublica. FOIA enthusiast. Professional Chismosa. Past @wbez @apmreports @publicintegrity @ChicagoReporter.
Runner and aspiring fiction writer.
@allisonsharkey.bsky.social @allisonsharkey.bsky.social 
David @mackay.media they/them
Aaron Jacklin @aaronjacklin.bsky.social Independent Journalist
Crime & Crime Policy
MA, Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy
Subscribe: The Art of Explaining Crime, aaronjacklin.substack.com
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social My award-winning Prison Short Stories, all written at San Quentin. 🖋️ Joyce Carol Oates published one. I served 39 years, 23 of them at San Quentin. There, I discovered that words can heal.
Marian Wang @mariancw.bsky.social Producer at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Previously reporter at ProPublica
Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social Journalist-reader-writer-watcher-worrier-joker
Future librarian
Formerly: editor @theworld.org, talkshow and podcast host @KCUR, freelance for Nieman Reports, PRX, Mass Humanities, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Boston Globe, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
Andrew Gill @andrewgill.biz Podcaster: Rock That Doesn’t Roll w/ @drleahpayne.bsky.social and @SoundOpinions.bsky.social with @jimderogatis.bsky.social and @gregkot.bsky.social
andrewgill.biz
Ari Soglin @arisoglin.bsky.social Managing editor-News at Chicago Sun-Times; former Bay Area journalist. Occasional posts about Chicago Cubs (esp. from the bleachers).
Abby Miller @abbylmiller.bsky.social development reporter @chicago.suntimes.com. amiller@suntimes.com (she/her)
Crystal Paul @cplhouse.bsky.social Investigative Editor, Block Club Chicago - The Watch
Formerly Illinois Answers Project, Seattle Times.
Raised on the road. Found home in South Side Chicago.
Gregg J Montalto, MD, MPH @gjmontalto.bsky.social Venn diagram of medicine, mental health, public health, advocacy. Inequity is a societal choice.
Retired US Navy.
Assoc Prof Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
All opinions are mine & may not reflect those of my employer.
Tom Robb @tomrobb.bsky.social #Journalist newspaper reporter & photographer covering local news in Chicago's North and Northwest Suburbs area with http://journal-topics.com my opinions are my own.
Meredith Francis @merefran.bsky.social Chicago writer & digital producer
@witzburg.bsky.social @witzburg.bsky.social https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Noah Jennings @noahjennings.bsky.social P.M. Producer for WBEZ
Meha Ahmad @mehaahmad.bsky.social I make radio and strong coffee.
Senior producer at @wbez.
Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social @legal.reuters.com reporter covering the business of law. d(dot)thomas(at)tr(dot)com, 646-823-0937. RTs not endorsements. DM for Signal.
Nick Blumberg @ndblumberg.bsky.social @wttw.bsky.social correspondent and Week in Review host | Chicago kid | lover of bike rides, books, and a good Negroni | nblumberg at wttw dot com
National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org Advancing and defending the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants & their loved ones.
мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social Certified geek—seven days a week. 🖖🏻✊🏻🌈 ᑢᕼᎥ
Alex McLenon @alexmclenon.bsky.social National award winning journalist at 101.9 WDET FM - Detroit Public Radio.
Auto, transit, infrastructure and at-large reporting.
Read some of my latest work here: https://wdet.org/author/alex-mclenon/
WBEZ @wbez.org We are Chicago's NPR station and your local news source. Find us on air at 91.5FM. Support public media and local journalism: donate.wbez.org
Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social He/him. Public policy researcher/analyst, journalist.
Editor, DrugPolicyFacts.org and HealthSystemsFacts.org.
Producer/Host, Free Culture Radio
https://kboo.fm/program/free-culture-radio
and Century of Lies
https://drugtruth.net/century-of-lies
The Red Line Project @redlineproject.bsky.social UIC communication students cover news and urban issues in Chicago neighborhoods. Data | Mobile | Social Media | AI experimentation. Find us at: http://RedLineProject.news
Sofi LaLonde @sofilalonde.bsky.social Journalist & Audio Producer. Currently editing the Optimist Economy podcast. Previously at Vox.com & WBEZ. 📍Chicago.
sofilalonde.com
optimisteconomy.com
Sarah Qari @bysarahqari.bsky.social award-winning radio journalist @Radiolab @WNYC • anthropologist • pakistani-american muslim • more active on IG @bysarahqari
https://www.sarahqari.com/
ellery @ellery.bsky.social not a dozen opossums in a trench coat. innovation editor at @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org. she/they 🏳️⚧️
Leigh Giangreco @leighgiangreco.bsky.social Buffalonian. Freelance journalist in Chicago. Words in The Washington Post, Block Club Chicago, The Guardian and Politico Magazine.
Find my work at LeighGiangreco.com
Dion McGill @dionmcgill.bsky.social Chicagoan | Jiu-Jiteiro | Chicago District Councilor - views expressed are my own - retweets do not=endorsement