Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social Award-winning public health reporter at KFF Health News. Bylines at Nature, New York Times, National Geographic & more. AmyM@kff.org Signal: AmyMaxmen.25 www.amymaxmen.com & https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen
Health in Partnership @hiporg.bsky.social Transforming the field of public health to center equity + build power with social justice movements
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Ryan Ken @ryankenacts.bsky.social Actor. Writer. Incomplete thoughts and shenanigans.
Arielle Zionts @ajzionts.bsky.social ✏️: Rural Health Reporter @KFFHealthNews.org
📍: Rapid City
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🚨 Signal: Zionts_RuralHealthNews.22
😍: Story ideas, outdoors, animals, reading, history, art, gravel+mtn biking
❗️: RT means worth reading/knowing, not agreement
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
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Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Health Policy @centeronbudget. Former Dep. Director for Economic Policy at OMB. Music lover. Views expressed are my own.
Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social An organization of thousands of public health professionals dedicated to defending evidence-based public health.
https://www.defendpublichealth.org
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social Building an economy that works for all of us. #WeAreTheEconomy
National WIC Association @natwicassoc.bsky.social We are the nonprofit education arm and advocacy voice of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Find us at nwica.org
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social Medical Geographer & Health Services Researcher \ Wife & Mother \ Avid Reader, Foodie, & Gardener \ Cal, UChicago, & UIUC alumna \ Personal account \ Not actually a Lego
Hannah Norman @hannahnorman.bsky.social Video producer & visual reporter @kffhealthnews.org | Fan of mountains and burrata (& mountains OF burrata)
Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social Husband, father, aspiring mensch. AJC politics reporter 🗞 analyst 📺 Politically Georgia podcast host 🎧 Sirius Radio 📻 Author of FLIPPED📕 Jolt Newsletter 💻
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Max Blau @maxblau.bsky.social Atlanta-based investigative reporter with ProPublica's South team. I write about health care, public health and the environment, among other things. Get in touch at max.blau@propublica.org.
Jeff Amy @jeffamy.bsky.social Election policy analyst for Eternal Vigilance Institute in Georgia. Sometime journalist. Can say Shuqualak like a Mississippian, Espejo like a Mobilian and Courtableau like a Cajun.
Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social Forbes senior editor covering healthcare. Email afeldman@forbes.com, signal amyfeldman.33
Ellen Eldridge @elleneldridge27.bsky.social I’m the senior health care reporter at NPR’s statewide member station @gpbmedia.bsky.social Opinions based on facts. EEldridge@GPB.org
Kristal Dixon @kristaldixon.bsky.social Reporter at Axios Atlanta. Previous: AJC. ATLien. Houseplant addict. Hannah's dog mom. Wannabe runner. Foodie. Basic wine connoisseur. Climbing newbie. Reposts are NOT endorsements.
Drink water. Wash your hands. Mind your business.
Jeff Graham @jeffgrahamatl.bsky.social Executive Director at Georgia Equality. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊Long-time activist focused on LGBTQ issues, HIV, healthcare and human rights. Harried dog dad to five.
Meimei Xu @meimeixu.bsky.social Digital editor at Atlanta's NPR affiliate, WABE News | mxu@wabe.org
Formerly at The Harvard Crimson and AAJA Voices
Jay Bookman @jaybookman.bsky.social Veteran journalist, author, opinion columnist based in the ATL
"We have sold our birthright for a ticket to the freak show."
Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social Covering health care @ProPublica. Signal: 347-549-0332. Email: annie.waldman@propublica.org. (Also #COYS)
WABE News @wabe.org Committed to #AmplifyingAtlanta through award-winning independent journalism.
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Maya Homan @mayahoman.bsky.social Covering Georgia politics for @georgiarecorder.com • Bylines @usatoday.com, @bostonglobe.com, @paloaltoonline.com and beyond • Member @aajaofficial.bsky.social • She/Her
Rose Scott @iamrosescott.bsky.social Veteran Emmy/Murrow and groovy other stuff-award winning journalist/host & exe/producer of Closer Look with Rose Scott from NPR member station WABE in Atlanta. Posts are mine. Let's talk about it.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org A national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues; a core program of @KFF.org.
@gabudget.bsky.social @gabudget.bsky.social
Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org We are a nonprofit newsroom that informs the public on the most critical issues facing metro Atlanta, especially on housing affordability and democracy. Learn more: https://atlantaciviccircle.org
Mindy Binderman @mbinderman.bsky.social Mom, early childhood advocate, nonprofit exec
Krista Brewer @kristarbrewer.bsky.social Atlantan since birth. Bi-weekly truth in Political Peach News. Election protection warrior. Lover of policy. Member of The Resistance.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ajc.com Our mission is to be the most essential and engaging source of news for the people of Atlanta, Georgia and the South.
ajc.com
Margaret Coker @savmargaret.bsky.social Co-founder and Editor of The Current, Georgia's only nonprofit accountability news organization. News for Notlanta that is donor-driven and always free to access. Savannah strong, Georgia proud. Democracy is not a spectator sport, y'all.
Sofi Gratas @sgratas.bsky.social Eater, cat lady, outdoor enthusiast. Reporter at GPB News. Atlanta-based often covering Not-lanta stories.
New American Pathways @newap-georgia.bsky.social New American Pathways is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that helps refugees from the moment they arrive in Georgia through their journey to citizenship.
Join in on the Charity Bowl fun: www.edsbscharitybowl.com
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Axios @axios.com Smart Brevity worthy of people's time, attention and trust.
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Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
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Jill Nolin @jillnolin.bsky.social Editor of the Georgia Recorder
Voices for Georgia’s Children @georgiavoices.bsky.social
GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students @geears.bsky.social Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students - nonprofit org focused on quality early learning and healthy development for children ages birth to 5.
www.geears.org
Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social
Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social Writer at The Bulwark
Author of The Ten Year War
Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines & Billy Joel
Proud husband & dad
Email cohn [at] thebulwark.com
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Andrea Ducas @andreaducas.bsky.social VP of Programs at Peterson Center on Healthcare; formerly Health Policy VP at Center for American Progress & SPO at RWJF // skeets my own // feminist, tea-lover, travel bug, hiker, relentless pursuer of a more perfect union
David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social Mother, daughter, yogi and seeker of justice.
Georgia Equality @georgiaequality.org Georgia's largest advocacy organization working to advance fairness, safety, and opportunity for LGBTQ+ people, our allies, and all living with HIV. 🏳️🌈✨🏳️⚧️
Rebekah Nagler @rebekahnagler.bsky.social Health communication researcher. Associate professor @HSJMC, UMN. Studying conflict and controversy about health and science in the media. Member @commhsp.org. Reluctant social media user, always and forever. Annenberg Penn alum.
Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social Towards a big, efficient public sector that serves the least of us. Associate Professor of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School. United Campus Workers of Georgia. Father of 3. Chicago southsider. Proud 〽️ichigan alum. 🏀 nut.
Darrick Hamilton @darrickhamilton.bsky.social University and Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Policy, and Founding Director of @RacePowerPolicy @TheNewSchool; and @AFLCIO Chief Economist
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.
Robyn Hyden @robynhyden.bsky.social Executive Director @alabamaarise.bsky.social
Life-long Alabamian
Posts about #alpolitics and state policies to promote dignity, equity and justice for all.
Chrissie Juliano @chrissiejuliano.bsky.social #PublicHealth & #Policy geek. Exec Dir @BigCitiesHealth.org. Married to @DanZibel.bsky.social w/two crazy, amazing kids. @harrissocial.bsky.social & @gwu1821.bsky.social alum. Views my own!
Shannon Schumacher, PhD @shannonschumacher.bsky.social Senior Survey Analyst @KFF.org polling the public about experiences in health care
Retta Morris (she/her) @rettaglobal.bsky.social Daughter of the South. Community builder. Spiritual truth-seeker. Art collector. Writer. Speaker. Neighbor. Pres@Borealis Philanthropy
Ask me re: racial/gender/disability/economic justice; building a multiracial, feminist democracy; funding social change
Jennifer Sullivan @jenniferlsullivan.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor, Insurance Markets & Regulation @familiesusa. Long-time ACA enrollment enthusiast. Aspiring Bake Off champion. Views expressed are my own.
Whitney Jemison @whitneyjemison.bsky.social Director of State Fiscal Research at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. I want better for us.
@lauraehark.bsky.social @lauraehark.bsky.social
Mary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social I write about climate change/grief/justice. Author of Troubled Waters (novel) & The World is Ours to Cherish (children’s book). Birmingham bred me, Mississippi fed me. ❤️🌍💚🌎🖤 https://www.maryannaiseheglar.com/
Sean Keenan @thatseankeenan.bsky.social Journalist | The New York Times, Atlanta Civic Circle, Atlanta Magazine, The Daily Beast, Curbed, others
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social Passionate public education advocate--but not an acolyte. Atlantan. Dawg fan. I've started blogging about public education here: https://drowenseducationblog.blogspot.com/
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
haymarketbooks.org
Canopy Atlanta @canopyatl.bsky.social Canopy Atlanta collaborates with residents to tell stories about their communities—neighborhood by neighborhood. We redefine who journalism is by and for.
Learn and read more at CanopyAtlanta.org.
Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social Journalist interested in health equity for parents and people who don't want to be parents. https://www.graywrites.com/
Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social abolition, prisons, journalism, and also sometimes my dog
hannahrileyfernandez.com
thejumpline.substack.com
Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social Senior health care editor at Axios. Politics and policy with some music and sports sprinkled in. Signal: oradea.10
https://linktr.ee/abettelheim
Stateline @stateline.org Daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.
Part of @statesnewsroom.com.
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Dr. Avenel Joseph @draveneljoseph.bsky.social Bringing data and heart to #HealthEquity. Vice President of Policy @rwjf.org, Mom, traveler, foodie. (she/her)
Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. Former CDC Director and New York City health commissioner. Focused on partnering with communities around the world to save lives.
Jane Perkins @jperki.bsky.social Litigation Director at the National Health Law Program. Opinions are my own. She/her
Jen Kates @jenkatesdc.bsky.social Senior VP/Director, Global & Public Health Policy,
@kff.org. Health policy, epidemics, data, & parenting. NYC born & raised, DC is now home.
Alina Salganicoff @alinas-kff.bsky.social Senior VP @KFF
Director, Women’s Health Policy
https://www.kff.org/person/alina-salganicoff/
Public Health Law Watch @phlw.bsky.social A program of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University Law School. We monitor litigation that affects public health authority. Visit our website at www.publichealthlawwatch.org
Liz Williams @liz-williams.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager | KFF's Program on Medicaid & Uninsured | she/her
✿ views are my own ✿
Community Catalyst @communitycatalyst.org https://communitycatalyst.org/
Kenya ✨ @kenyathehunter.bsky.social Postpartum doula and storyteller.
Living and learning in Atlanta.
Founder of the Maternal Bridge Postpartum Doula Service
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu Health, dignity, and justice for every human. This is the official account for #HarvardChan: hsph.harvard.edu
Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social President of Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, formerly OMB/HHS, Nats fan, mom.
RWJF @rwjf.org Taking bold leaps to transform health. Together let's build a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
About us: https://rwjf.ws/lbfVtN
Amanda Ptashkin @mandzesq.bsky.social Goofball & fierce advocate working @ United States of Care| Posts=my own | ATL-based since 2010, Philly bre(a)d since 1981
Dom Kelly @thetattooedjew.com founder, president and ceo of @newdisabledsouth.org | husband to catie and dad to mahalia | triplet with cerebral palsy | anti-zionist ashkenazi jew | irish/US dual citizen | speaking: @collectivespeakers.bsky.social | atlanta based
MomsRising @momsrising.org A movement of 1M+ people rising for all families to thrive. All content from MomsRising Together 501c4 social welfare org unless otherwise stated. Home of the #MomSky: Truth. Action. Care.
Caring Across Generations @caringacross.org A movement of caregivers and care recipients working to better care systems so everyone can live, work, age, and parent with dignity. #CareCantWait
National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org We're the National Women's Law Center, and we've been fighting for gender justice for over 50 years. Take action with us: Text NWLC to 32434!
Learn more: www.nwlc.org
Samantha Artiga @sartiga.bsky.social VP and Director, Racial Equity and Health Policy, @KFF.org
#Healthpolicy analysis focused on racial health disparities and immigrant health and well-being
The Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfund.org Affordable, quality health care. For everyone.
About Us: https://buff.ly/3PTPkDt
Robin Rudowitz @robinr.bsky.social VP / Director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured
@KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy with a focus on all things related to #Medicaid
Georgetown CCF @georgetownccf.bsky.social Based at Georgetown University's McCourt School, CCF is a nonpartisan policy and research center with a mission to improve health coverage for kids & families.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social A nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social ED of Georgetown Center for Children and Families and Research Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy; post mostly about Medicaid and CHIP.
Proud member of the “Best for Last” club.
Sophia Moreno @sophiaandpolicy.bsky.social MPH candidate at Berkeley studying health policy and management 🤍previously @KFF | she/her/ella | views are my own |
Allison Orris @aorris.bsky.social Medicaid policy wonk @ Manatt Health (formerly CBPP, CMS, OMB/OIRA)
She/her
Jess Kahn @jesskahn.bsky.social Medicaid & Public Health data/IT wonk. Recovering (happy) state & federal bureaucrat. Tulane & UT alum. Mom of kids, dogs & plants.
Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox.bsky.social Senior Vice President @KFF.org #HealthPolicy. Focus on the #AffordableCareAct health care costs, outcomes & access to care. Lead a partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare tracking U.S. health system performance www.healthsystemtracker.org
Lucy C. Dagneau @lucydagneau.bsky.social Medicaid advocacy at ACS CAN. Single issue tweeter until all states close the Medicaid gap. We made a film about the coverage gap! Check it out: https://www.indueseasonfilm.com/
Elisabeth Wright Burak @ewburak.bsky.social Research faculty, maternal and early childhood health policy Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) based at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Medicaid/CHIP policy + interesting (to me) miscellany.
Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social VP for Health Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. DSM native and @WSJ alumna. Views expressed here are mine. she/her