LION Publishers @lionpubs.bsky.social Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers supports independent news entrepreneurs as they build and develop sustainable businesses.
Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social Defector.com. SFGate.com. Six books. Defector’s ALL BALL NFL podcast is out now. I’m just here for a good time.
Steve Katz @stevenkatz.bsky.social Twenty five years or so raising money for indy and nonprofit journalism and now at UC Berkeley doing the same for the Journalism School. Picked up a PhD in sociology along the way. Pals with a fish named Bob.
Zoe Greenberg @zoegberg.bsky.social on maternity leave. Features writer @ Philadelphia Inquirer. Past: Boston Globe, NYT
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Democracy Fund @democracyfund.bsky.social Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy. 
National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov Official Bluesky account for NOAA's National Weather Service.
Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Chilling online. I write a newsletter called Garbage Day.
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship @senatesmallbizdems.bsky.social Updates from Ranking Member Markey and U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Dems.
Jawn Gonzalez @johngonzalez.bsky.social NBA analyst CBSSports & CBSSportsHQ | Scribbles: https://www.cbssports.com/writers/john-gonzalez/ | Go Birds
Sarah Gustavus Lim @saragl.bsky.social I build programs & coalitions to support growing local news ecosystems | Membership Director at LION Publishers | Founder of the NM Local News Fund
Marian Wang @mariancw.bsky.social Producer at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Previously reporter at ProPublica
Kristi E. Swartz @bizwriterkristi.bsky.social Award-winning journalist writing abt U.S. energy transformation. Climate reporter @ajc
Past: @eenewsupdates @ajc @pbpost
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Janine Warner @janinewarner.bsky.social Executive Director, SembraMedia
Sophie Culpepper @speppered.bsky.social Staff writer @niemanlab.org, sophie@niemanlab.org. Local news enthusiast, midnights become my afternoons
@macfound.org @macfound.org 
Sean Harder @seanharder.bsky.social 
Jack D.Lail @jacklail.com Retired journalist drinking ☕ and petting the🐕🐕in Tennessee. https://jacklail.com 
Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social now consulting at Gallatin Advisory, instructor @HarvardChanSPH, author of Second Rough Draft on Substack; former president of ProPublica
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
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Christy @clgggg.bsky.social Just trying to keep track of all the Mikes I know. Entertainment publicist and Angeleno. I like cats and wine and George Michael.
Nancy Lane @nancylanelma.bsky.social Local Media Association CEO Emeritus. Freedom of the press is essential to a healthy democracy. Past President Villanova Alumni Association. Go Cats!!
Frank Mungeam @frankwords.bsky.social Journalism / AI / Philanthropy @LocalMediaAssoc. Past: @Cronkite_ASU; VP Digital @TEGNA; Author: 'Dream It, Do It' http://amzn.to/2kbbDYC
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Ariana Aboulafia @arianaaboulafia.bsky.social disability rights activist.
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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social USCAnnenberg Digital Profe, #JOVRNALISM creator, NAHJ Hall of Famer/Program Manager, CalMatters & InquireFirst board member. Chicas Poderosas #wjchat #HorizontalLoyalty he/him 🇸🇻 // I live sweat but I dream light years.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist.
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
Call me he/him.
PHL.
Everything changes; don’t be afraid.
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Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social Pencil pusher
Dawn Garcia @dawngarcia.bsky.social Director, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, @jskstanford. Mentor for global innovators in journalism, emerging J leaders & a press freedom advocate. Motto: "No brilliant jerks." https://jsk.stanford.edu/people/dawn-garcia
Skee-Ball Librarian @oodja.bsky.social Philosopher and scientist,
Poet, musician, duellist,
And voyager through space
Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
Silvia Rivera @localnewsxica.bsky.social Director, Local News @macfound 📰
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
Lexi Belculfine @lexibelc.bsky.social lexibelculfine.com
Brittany Schock @brittanyschock.bsky.social Audience Engagement Editor at Source Media Properties. Accredited solutions journalism trainer. OSU alum. Cat mom. Connect here: brittany@richlandsource.com 
Sam Ragland (she/her) @samragland.bsky.social VP, Journalism Programs at @ampress working toward a healthy news world for all journalists 💥🤌 | Former PBPost editor & Poynter faculty | amateur flower arranger 💐 | Need support? 📆 calendly.com/sragland/30
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social Executive director of Trusting News. It’s up to journalists to earn trust, not expect or demand it.
davis shaver @davisshaver.bsky.social journalist & software engineer
@stevenwaldman.bsky.social @stevenwaldman.bsky.social 
Jonathan Kealing @jkealing.bsky.social journalist, avgeek, dad, traveler, nonprofit executive
Sisi Wei @sisiwei.bsky.social Chief impact officer at @themarkup.org and @calmatters.org
Madeleine Bair @madbair.bsky.social Civic media junkie. Oakland native. Mother, daughter, sister, friend. Founder of @eltimpano.bsky.social '23-'24 JSK Fellow.
J.J. Abbott @jjabbott.bsky.social Pennsylvania guy, music fan and concertgoer, Philly fan, Pitt alum. Comms for PA’s common good and democracy. Fmr PA Gov press secretary. Personal account.
Adam Kovacevich @adamkovac.bsky.social Founder and CEO, Chamber of Progress. Pro-tech Democrat. Ex: Google, Lime. 
Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
Dustin Block @dustinblock.bsky.social Journalism, product, AI and miscellenia.
I see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Someone please tell me it's not a train. -Cracker
Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social Head of News (and previously managing editor) at Axios. Ex-NBC, CNBC, Reuters, AP, AOL, Fidelity, among various others.
Liz Corbin @lizcorbin.ebu.ch Director of News at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Geneva. Also CEO of Eurovision Italy. Ex-BBC in London and Singapore.
Peri Strathearn @peristrathearn.bsky.social Murray Bridge News founder, interested in the future of local journalism. Also ukulele player, tea drinker, Leafs fan, Audrey and Daisy's dad.
📍 Murray Bridge, South Australia / Ngarrindjeri ruwe
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Larry Lee @larrylee916.bsky.social 2nd generation https://sacobserver.com publisher
➡️ @sacobserver.com. Lover of the Black Press and Black people. Sacramento Proud. ❤️ Word In Black
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Bill Mitchell @bostonbill.bsky.social Retired journalist who can still type. Not the other Bill Mitchell(s). Priors: @ncronline, Poynter, Detroit Free Press, etc. In Boston w/ spouse of 55 years and a dog named Benny, upstairs from grandkids who keep us younger than we look. www.bmitch.org.
Sara Catania @saracatania.com President, Solutions Journalism Network. Selection committee, JSK Stanford. Boards: Society of Professional Journalists, Ascencia. Third of seven. Pisces. Upstream swimmer.
Angie Muhs @amuhs.bsky.social Former journalist, forever communicator, always curious. Fan of democracy, dogs, books, birds and cheese. Illinois girl who came home to stay.
Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com 21st-century media and the 19th-c American South. Founded and ran @niemanlab.org at @harvard.edu for 12 yrs; now the senior writer there. Cajun, dad of two, husband of one. Journalist with a history problem. Also: @theatlantic.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc
Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social Media reporter at The Washington Post. GW adjunct professor of journalism. Send tips securely on Signal: scottnover.99
Letrell Deshan Crittenden @letrellcrittenden.bsky.social Director of the Center for Community-Engaged Media, Temple University 
Jeff Kleinman @jeffkleinman.bsky.social Miami Herald | consumer team editor
💵Health | Shopping | Travel | Real estate
📝Story sculptor, Clarity clinician
🍊Florida man, Mr. 305, Family guy
Diane Sylvester @di-sly.bsky.social Journalist, cat-loving broad.
Writing for Editor & Publisher.
Helping independent journalists and newsrooms thrive.
Frm: Founding Investigative EP-Futuro, ABC, CNN
Hanaa’ Tameez @hanaatameez.bsky.social Staff Writer @niemanlab.org covering the future of news.
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Rosalind Adams @rosalindadams.bsky.social Investigative Reporter @ THE CITY. Also seen NY Mag, The Guardian, BuzzFeed News, ProPublica
Signal: rosalind.22
Aaron Sagers @aaronsagers.bsky.social Spooky Nerd, Paranormal Journalist, Hosty Guy,
Nerd Gone Pro. Catch me on:
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Andrew Kuklewicz @andrew.kuklewicz.com Coder, tap dancer, CTO at @prx.org, #podcasts, #privacy, probably online, mediocre parent
@kookster@mastodon.social (@kookster in the bird place)
Kim Fox @itskimfox.bsky.social I like solving interesting problems with mission-driven people | Now: on sabbatical ⏱️ @hearst @calmatters @inquirer @bloomberg @cbsnews @cbcnews
Ryan Briggs @ryanbriggs.bsky.social Investigative researcher for the Philadelphia Inquirer
Candice Fortman @cande313.bsky.social Detroiter in my heart (but not currently under my feet).
Always concerned about the human condition
Lucas Grindley @lucasgrindley.bsky.social Executive Director + podcast host for @nextcity.org
Composer; music in links. he/him 🏳️🌈
https://linkin.bio/lucasgrindley
https://lmgsoundworks.substack.com
Amy L. Kovac-Ashley @terabithia4.bsky.social A Californian living in an East Coast world. @tinynewscollective.bsky.social ED. Formerly @lenfestinstitute.org, @ampress.bsky.social, WVU Media College, HoyaJournalism, @washingtonpost.com. Wife. Mom.
Daniel Rubin @leinadnibur.bsky.social Sr. editor for investigations at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ex-Berlin correspondent, metro columnist, Penn adjunct, Medill. Current dog rescuer, playlist maker, story gardener.
Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social Producer, writer, singer.
Editor, @niemanstoryboard.org
Podcasts @ursastory.bsky.social
Music: https://www.instagram.com/markarmsmusic
Founder (emeritus) of Longreads
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Marisa McClellan @foodinjars.bsky.social Food blogger, canning teacher, and cookbook author x4. Lives in Philadelphia. Mom to twin boys.
Amy Simons @amysimons.bsky.social Daughter, friend, mentor, beginning crocheter. I teach journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, advise Mizzou Women in Media. Mizzou Made x2
@brittm.bsky.social @brittm.bsky.social Philly burbs, mom, runner. @brimil from Twitter.
Mike Orren @mikeorren.com Media, strategy, ops / Windmill-tilter / Chair, Agape Clinic / Duke Blue Devil / Micah 6:8
Alan Soon (Splice) @alansoon.bsky.social Splice Media co-founder, CEO / Media entrepreneurship coach / #splicebeta / ICFJ Knight Fellow / Student pilot
Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social Ex-newspaper guy in Chicago, L.A., Madison and Waukegan, most recently the Chicago Tribune.
(Not the Phil Rosenthal known for "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Somebody Feed Phil.")
Tyler Fisher @tylerjfisher.com Founder, @euphonos.studio. Stop doomscrolling with @sill.social. Watch good NBA games with heatcheck.site. Used to work for a bunch of news orgs.
Lapsed Philadelphian in 🇳🇱.
Andrew Beaujon @abeaujon.bsky.social Reporter at Washingtonian. @abeaujon.87 on Signal. Still working on the sound.
Lisa Grubka @lisagrubka.bsky.social Literary Agent at United Talent Agency (formerly Fletcher & Co). Book lover. Semi-enthusiastic runner. Michigan Wolverine. Opinions my own. (she/her)
@jemarsha11.bsky.social @jemarsha11.bsky.social 
Marie Gilot @louiegilot.bsky.social I really want this to work!
Cheryl Phillips @cephillips.bsky.social Data/investigative journalism @Stanford, Founder @biglocalnews, sharing data & tools, building an infrastructure of support for local news.
Rachel Glickhouse @rachelg.bsky.social Editorial partnerships director at Grist, NYer in the desert. @ riogringa on the former bird app. Opinions my own.
NC Local @nclocal.bsky.social Working with local news and information providers to ensure everyone in North Carolina has access to news and information they trust. Stay connected with our weekly newsletter: https://nclocalnewsworkshop.org/resources/newsletter/
Fiona Morgan @fionamorgan.bsky.social Founder, Branchhead Consulting and Director of Community Listening, American Journalism Project. Shoulder to the wheel on reinventing/rebuilding local news and civic engagement. 
Shannan Bowen @shanbow.bsky.social CEO, NC Local
@nclocal.bsky.social
Mom of 2
Wilmington, NC
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Laura Hazard Owen @laurahazardowen.bsky.social Editor of @niemanlab.org / a fun mom in Cambridge, MA
https://illberightback.substack.com/
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social Executive editor, features, CNN. Serial fiction and archives of nonfiction at Indignity.net. This Bluesky is about the Machines.
Rex Sorgatz @rexsorgatz.bsky.social I like to dot-com, would you like to join me in dot-comming?
Amy Webb @amywebb.bsky.social CEO of Future Today Strategy Group. Quantitative Futurist. Prof NYU Stern. Author. Cyclist.
Rich Mathieson @rmathieson.bsky.social Words, music, photos, design, dogs. Hokies. Steelers. Nittany Lions. (Not necessarily in that order.) “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
Christine Cavalier✅ @purplecar.bsky.social Writer. Philly. I was turned into Sys Admin once but I got bettah. I have 2 degrees in Psych from which I have not got bettah. Now I’m bending LLMs to my will (don’t call it AI). Find me anywhere online as PurpleCar or PurpleCar_cc.
Linda Mills @lemills.bsky.social LEMills, as always. Retired editor but not retiring observer. Erstwhile podcast lover and early adopter; now loving the perspective of time. In the place some call DelCo but Philadelphia born. I do say "crick."- T TMurray.bsky.social @tmurray.bsky.social
AugustWest420 @augustwest.bsky.social Long past the age of maturity…