Next City @nextcity.org Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities.
Reasons to be Cheerful @reasonstobecheerful.world An online editorial project sharing stories of solutions and positive change. Created by David Byrne. reasonstobecheerful.world
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Neighbors for Clean Air @neighbors4cleanair.bsky.social Neighbors for Clean Air stands up to big polluters and trains the next generation of air quality advocates and beyond!
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social Co-founder, #DefendResearch (https://defendresearch.org); librarian (ret). Some things I care about: social justice; defending libraries, education, & research; information equity. All posts/thoughts my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981
Cosmo Wenman @cosmowenman.bsky.social Open access/FOIA activism: http://COSMOWENMAN.COM
Writing: https://cosmowenman.substack.com
3D design/scan/fabrication: http://CONCEPTREALIZATIONS.COM
Unredacted.info 📂 @unredactedinfo.bsky.social Declassified documents explained 📃🔍 Unredacted intelligence files, FOIA-released documents & suppressed government history. Our growing archive is dedicated to uncovering the facts concealed by censorship & redactions.
IBA Newsroom @ibanewsroom.bsky.social Online resource for Illinois broadcast news managers, reporters, producers, photographers and students. Features tips, guides, Illinois Open Meetings & FOIA
Vera Wilde @verawil.de Scientist (PhD), writer, risk literacy and citizen science tool builder. Nerd-of-all-trades (research methodologist). <3 FOIA, babies, clocking bias and error. Seeker of truth, especially wild.
Cameron Oakes @cameronoakes.bsky.social Staff editor at Rewire News Group. FOIA nut. Still reporting, so feel free to DM me for contact info or to send tips (not pitches).
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.
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Katherine Dailey @kdailey.bsky.social Reporter @michiganadvance.com covering immigration, law enforcement, courts + more
Big fan of all things FOIA + data reporting 🏳️🌈
Reach me at kdailey[at]michiganadvance[dot]com or @kdailey.07 on Signal!
Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social Politico reporter covering agencies
Loves ML, Iz, Mac, Jay, FOIA, FARA, LDA, QPR and PEN Guild
Reposts ≠ endorsements
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David H. Price @dhprice.bsky.social Anthropologist, FOIA scholar, & sometimes historian of anthropology. I mostly write about FBI, CIA, and DoD efforts to undermine democratic movements at home and abroad.
Every billionaire is a policy failure.
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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.
Amy P. @amyephillips.bsky.social Appellate public defender. Broadway superfan. #FOIA nerd.
#DCStatehood 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 😷
She/her. Personal account.
(@amyeph from Twitter)
Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social Hyper local in Somerville, MA. FOIA requests & long threads live-tweeting city meetings. Also @fdmts
Ryan Shapiro @rshapiro.bsky.social Co-founder/Executive Director @propertyofthepeople.org. PhD @MIT. Previously @BKCHarvard. FOIA. nat sec. animals. punk rock. https://propertyofthepeople.org/ 🌱
Michael Biesecker @newsdude.bsky.social Global Investigative Reporter at The Associated Press. Pulitzer winner. OSINT sleuth. FOIA filer. Pool player. Aspiring sailor. Sleep-deprived dad. DM me Signal @NewsDude.01
Piper Hutchinson @piperhutch.bsky.social FOIA freak | Louisiana Illuminator politics & higher ed reporter | Tiger Rag contributor | NAHJ & NLGJA | LSU alum | she/her | Signal piperhutch.28
Jimmy Tobias @jamesctobias.bsky.social Investigative reporter for The Nation, The Guardian, and more. FOIA fan. Co-founder, Public Domain: www.publicdomain.media Email: jimmytobias@protonmail.com Signal: jtoby.06
Vera Deleja-Hotko @veradelejahotko.bsky.social investigative journalist | head of investigations @fragdenstaat.de | FOIA ❤️ | Signal: vera_deleja_hotko.24 | Threema: BV3FXSKA
Kevin H Bell @kevinhbell.bsky.social FOIA Lawyer at Free Information Group, PLLC
Kevin {at} freeinformationgroup.com
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Ask me about suing the government!
Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
Kate Martin @katereports.bsky.social Correspondent at APM Reports with Sold a Story. Alum: NBC News, Carolina Public Press, The News Tribune, Skagit Valley Herald. FOIA and transparency enthusiast, data digger. 3D printer. Pulling back the curtain on ██████████. kmartin@apmreports.org
Lewis Kamb @lewiskamb.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at U.S.Right To Know;
formerly NBC News, Axios, Seattle Times
Signal: lewiskamb.206
I ❤ the #PNW 🏂 + public records #FOIA 📑
Nat Lash @natlash.bsky.social Reporter and developer on ProPublica’s news applications team. Tracking disease on the molecular level 🧬 and land use from outer space 🛰️
NathanielLash.com
Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at @wttw.bsky.social News/Chicago Tonight. Past life: Illinois Answers Project, BGA, Columbus Dispatch, ThisWeek News. I cover cops, courts, energy, health, finance, education, pensions etc. Prolific FOIA filer. He/him.
Plz be patient with me @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com A researcher who writes about #FOIA, policing and technology. I help run @lucyparsonslabs.com & give advice to @ddosecrets.com & @MuckRock.com
Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social CEO @Vizlegal.bsky.social | Co-founder @righttoknow.bsky.social | #FOIA, #legaltech, journalism, OSINT, urban design | Fmr Innovation Dir @Storyful |
"Very Irish" 🇮🇪 https://gav.substack.com
Cork, Ireland.
André Natta @acnatta.bsky.social I've been a journalist, a planner, and a hotel general manager. It's always about buying the ticket and taking the ride. Bronx native. Executive director/Executive editor, @bhamwatch.bsky.social
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Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
Project On Government Oversight @pogo.org We hold the government accountable by exposing corruption and abuse of power. We've been creating commonsense reforms that work for you since 1981.
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Chris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social Journalist + Developer, working on @documentcloud.org + @muckrock.com. You might know me from: Homicide Watch, USA TODAY Network, Frontline, WBUR, NPR, PBS NewsHour.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social Nonpartisan alliance of journalists, supporters of government transparency. Promotes understanding and use of Colorado's open-government laws. coloradofoic.org ED jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social 
New England First Amendment Coalition @nefac.bsky.social NEFAC is the region’s leading defender of First Amendment freedoms and government transparency — the foundation of a healthy democracy. How you can support our work: http://nefac.org/support
Tennessee Coalition for Open Government @tnopengovernment.bsky.social TCOG is a nonprofit focused on preserving and promoting government transparency in Tennessee. We were founded in 2003 and are chiefly concerned with public records, open meetings and open courts. More information at www.tcog.info.
Megan Rhyne @opengovva.bsky.social Director, Virginia Coalition for Open Government. No political party occupies the moral high ground on #transparency or #FOIA #GDTBATH
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Sam Stecklow @samstecklow.bsky.social journalist & FOIA fellow @invisible.institute
indie local news cheerleader
if you were really smart, you’d know what to do
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National Freedom of Information Coalition @nfoic.bsky.social Promoting open government through access to government records and meetings. We support state open-government coalitions across the country. You should, too!
Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org We lead 500+ independent news organizations in a new kind of news network: nonprofit, nonpartisan and dedicated to public service.
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Connecticut Foundation For Open Government @ctfog.bsky.social Connecticut Foundation For Open Government is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1991 that promotes #opengov, #transparency and the public’s right-to-know.
Iowa FOI Council @iowafoi.bsky.social Iowa Freedom of Information Council is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit education, advocacy organization devoted to open government, government accountability.
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Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project @brechnerfoi.bsky.social The Brechner FOI Project works to educate journalists, policymakers and the general public about the law of access.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Sammy Sussman @sammysussman.bsky.social Investigative reporter | @nyc.streetsblog.org, @nytimes.com 2025 Local Investigations, bylines in @nysfocus.com, @nymag.com, @wired.com, etc.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
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FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social FOIA Director at Washington Post. Lawyer. Fellow at @NSArchive. Author of Revealing Records column. Wrote book on 1983 Able Archer Nuclear War Scare.
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Library Innovation Lab @harvardlil.bsky.social A crowd of coders, lawyers, librarians, designers, & tinkerers building tools like Perma.cc & Caselaw Access Project at the Harvard Law School Library. Where
@institutionaldatainitiative.org got started.
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Dryad @datadryad.bsky.social Dryad is an open data publishing platform and community, committed to making data-sharing and re-use easy, powerful and compelling. #nonprofit #opensource #openaccess. https://datadryad.org/
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IPUMS @ipums.bsky.social Provider of census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. Use it for good, never for evil. ipums.org 
ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social Digital Behavioral & Social Science Data Archive with 800+ member institutions worldwide. ICPSR is a unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
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Student Press Law Center @splc.org Free legal help and info for student journalists. Champion of their First Amendment rights.
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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social Environmental engagement journalist with The Margin & NC Local. A disinfo researcher, media strategist and fantasy book nerd. Also a normal nerd. Poodle puppy mom. Saving up for my trip to Rivendell.
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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social I like FOIA and octopuses 🐙 • Director of National Litigation at RCFP • creator of https://foia.wiki • maintain SunshineSky Bluesky feed • he/him/his • alum GW Law, LSE, Kalamazoo College • www.rcfp.org/author/adam-marshall/
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social Ensuring political appointees serve the public interest.
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Katherine Revello @foiakatherine.bsky.social Award-winning journalist and writer focused on public records, public access, and #1A issues. FOIA phile. FOI consultant.
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Insideinvestigator.org @insideinvestigator.bsky.social Investigative journalism to root out corruption in Connecticut.
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JAWS (Journalism & Women Symposium) @womenjournos.bsky.social Since 1985, JAWS has worked to advance the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and advocate for more inclusive coverage of the diverse experiences and cultures that comprise our society. jaws.org
Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social SPJ champions journalists by promoting ethics, honoring excellence, fighting for press freedom and supporting emerging professionals.
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO @vcij.bsky.social Be informed. Be engaged. We are Virginia’s statewide, independent nonprofit news organization.
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RJI Innovation Team @innovationrji.bsky.social Reynolds Journalism Institute team exploring practical innovation for community-centered journalism. Fellowships, programs, tools, workshops + more! bit.ly/rjiteam
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