Christoph Mergerson @mergerson.bsky.social 📍 Journalism professor, University of Maryland
📕 PhD in media studies from Rutgers
📕 B.A. in poli sci, master's in policy
🌪️ I study weather media
🌪️ Former NWS intern
🏛️ Also study media history & trust in news
🏛️ Formerly at Brookings
Dr. Fanny Ramirez @ramirez-fa.bsky.social Research: Communication & Technology, Race & Gender, Privacy, Surveillance, IPV
@LSU Manship and CCT
American Journalism Historians Association @ajhasocial.bsky.social Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association advances teaching and research in mass communication history.
https://ajha.wildapricot.org/
Elliot King @elliotkingphd.bsky.social Professor of Communication. Media Historian. Convener of the JHistory Salon, an informal gathering of media historians on Zoom.
Gwyneth Mellinger @gwynmell.bsky.social Media historian and recovering journalist. Author of Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow (2024) #RacializingObjectivity; Chasing Newsroom Diversity: From Jim Crow to Affirmative Action (2013)
TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social Founded by Prof. @Daniel-Solove.bsky.social, TeachPrivacy provides privacy & data security training. Engaging and interactive 150+ topics: AI, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, FERPA, phishing and more. Learn more: teachprivacy.com
Patrick Walters @patricktwalters.bsky.social Journalism professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Teaching the next generation of journalists, researching ways to improve our information ecosystem. Always trying to be a better human - and find more Skittles.
Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social Prof of Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social | director RMeS | coordinator UNL Digital Society | chair Digital Literacy Coalition | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Broersma
@melitagarza.bsky.social @melitagarza.bsky.social
Janice Hume @jhume.bsky.social Journalism professor and associate dean at the University of Georgia. (Go Dawgs!) Media historian.
Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com
American Journalism Project @theajp.bsky.social The American Journalism Project is the first-ever venture philanthropy dedicated to supporting a thriving local news ecosystem. We invest in and build nonprofit newsrooms that are sustained by and look like the people they serve.
Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social Journalism, media, politics, culture, technology…and other stuff.
Sue Robinson @suerobinsonuw.bsky.social Journalism researcher, teacher at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Former journalist. Publisher of Madison Commons, a community-based, student-powered SJMC news site. Book author about …what else? Journalism
Pat Ferrucci @patferrucci.bsky.social I teach and research and do things like that. I used to do journalism. Um, that's it. Oh, and website: https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/college-leadership/patrick-ferrucci
MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social Digital rights advocacy and research | Decolonial | Digital sociology MSc from @uoe-sps.bsky.social | Peruvian in London
hopeful.technology
Jennifer Moore @jem2998.bsky.social Higher Education in Duluth, Minnesota. I teach and research journalism & mass media history, community news & more.
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Jason Lee Guthrie @jasonleeguthrie.bsky.social Media Historian, mostly of Copyright in the Creative Industries
www.jguth.com | www.RecollectingCarter.com | www.StephenFosterAt200.com
Lexie Little @lexielittle.bsky.social PhD, media historian, Vol, Dawg, Francophone. Thoughts my own
@carolynkitch.bsky.social @carolynkitch.bsky.social
@rossfcollins.bsky.social @rossfcollins.bsky.social Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University, Fargo. Hobbies include bridge, stamp collecting, woodworking and packratting. I also teach yoga.
Jon Marshall @marshallreport.bsky.social Love my family, friends, journalism, history, Cubs and music of all kinds
@terifinneman.bsky.social @terifinneman.bsky.social Newspaper owner. Professor. Author. Podcaster. Into journalism, history, first ladies studies. See books “Press Portrayals of Women Politicians” and “Reviving Rural News.” Journalism History podcast founder.
Ashley Walter, Ph.D. @ashgolddust.bsky.social Prof at Saint Louis University | Journalism History | She/Her | Forest Bather🌻🌙
Noah Arceneaux @noahax.bsky.social Media Studies professor, San Diego State University
media historian, comic book collector, lover of Cajun music, and aficionado of things that are old, cool, and/or weird
Tracy Lucht @tracylucht.bsky.social Professor | journalism historian | editor | author
Carolyn Edy @carolynedy.bsky.social
Journalism professor at Appalachian State, media historian, dog catcher, Canadian-American
Author: The Woman War Correspondent, the U.S. Military & the Press bit.ly/woman-warco
Co-Author: The Weekly War https://bit.ly/Weekly-War
Claire Rounkles @clairerounkles.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis / MU J-School Alumni / OU Alumni /McNair Scholar / First Gen Student/ Photojournalist / Historian
Noah Smith-Drelich @nsmithdrelich.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ChicagoKentLaw. Constitutional litigator. Torts, Civ Pro, Health Law, § 1983. Current projects: right to travel, empirical Bivens.
Simon Sun @simoncjsun.bsky.social Assistant Professor at NYCU Law.
Obsessed with the wild world of the Internet and proudly geeking out over Elinor Ostrom.
Ariana Aboulafia @arianaaboulafia.bsky.social disability rights activist.
tech policy’s biggest swiftie.
views my own. 🏳️🌈⚖️
Jon Penney @penney.bsky.social Law Prof/Social Scientist | Osgoode Hall Law School | PhD Oxford (OII / Balliol) | Fellow/Affiliate: CitizenLab, BKCHarvard, CCRInitiative | twitter.com/@jon_penney | mastodon.social/@penney | jonpenney.com | Law, technology, and human rights
Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social Clinical Prof., Cornell Law School. That brown gay law prof who makes ice cream. Speech, tech, clinical legal education, and the legal profession. Not the best but pretty good. Always MI ✋🏾
Ari Cohn @aricohn.com First Amendment & defamation lawyer.
Free Speech Counsel @TechFreedom.org (x2)
Illini/music junkie/oofnik.
“A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.”
Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/aricohn
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
W.W.D.D.
Lisa P. Ramsey @lpramsey.bsky.social University of San Diego Law Professor. I teach IP law and write about potential conflicts between trademark laws and free speech rights. Author of “Trademarks and Free Speech: Conflicts and Resolutions” (Cambridge University Press 2026) www.lisapramsey.com
Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social Law & Technology researcher. Executive Director @yaleisp.bsky.social. Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Posts are personal.
Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social Professor at UC Davis Law School, where I teach con law & civil procedure and write about academic freedom & aesthetics. Author of The Opinionated University (U Chicago Press 2026) and Permitting Art (Cabinet).
https://law.ucdavis.edu/people/brian-soucek
Paul Gowder @gowder.io Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter.
Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io
All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social Litigation Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University (he/him)
Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
Christina Mulligan @cmulligan.bsky.social Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School. Previously @YaleISP. Private law & technology, property, copyright, constitutional law.
Margot @margotkaminski.bsky.social Professor at Colorado Law. Data privacy, AI, speech.
Claudia Haupt @cehaupt.bsky.social Visiting Professor @YLS; Professor of Law & Political Science @Northeastern; Fellow @YaleISP. Speech, health, tech. Writing a book on professional speech.
Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social Law Professor at George Washington Law. President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Author of Fearless Speech (2024) and The Cult of the Constitution (2019). First Amendment, civil rights, technology, criminal law, family law, firearms law.
Hannah BW @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social public law, science, technology
hannahbw.com
Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century.
Donate: freedom.press/donate
Subscribe to our ne🦋sletters: https://freedom.press/newsletters/
Staff, board members and allies in our Starter Packs.
More: linktr.ee/freedomofpress
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org Reporters Committee provides free legal help to journalists and protects their First Amendment rights. Find us at rcfp.org.
☎️ Legal Hotline: 800-336-4243 | hotline@rcfp.org
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is an intellectual center addressing issues at the intersection of law, tech & society. https://law.yale.edu/isp/community
Evelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social Associate Professor, Stanford Law School. Aussie struggling with °F & online speech stuff.
Erin Carroll @erincarroll.bsky.social Faculty @GeorgetownLaw. Writing about the free press, democracy, & rule of law.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2123922
Alan Chen @profalankchen.bsky.social Distinguished University Prof., Thompson G. Marsh Law Alumni Prof, Denver Law; Research & write about free speech, qualified immunity, & ⚾; pro bono litigator; diehard Cleveland Guardians fan (he/him). Posts are my personal opinions.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Jacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Cleveland State University College of Law. Previously Chicago-Kent; Yale Law & ISP. Working primarily on the First Amendment, constitutional law, and constitutional / democratic theory.
Kimberly Voss @kimberlyvoss.bsky.social Journalism professor, book author, boy mom, cook, gardener
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
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.
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social Communication & Journalism, University of Maine.
2019 Fulbright Scholar, University of Canberra.
Posts speak only for myself, not my employer
https://umaine.edu/directory/ums_directory/michael-j-socolow-ph-d/
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism @lenfestinstitute.org Solutions for the next era of local news.
Sarah DiGregorio @sarahdigregorio.bsky.social Journalist, author of EARLY and TAKING CARE, both from HarperCollins. Health care reporter with bylines in @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @theguardian, Politico, @newrepublic, @vanityfair. Recipes in @nytimes cooking
Carolyn Nielsen @carolynnielsen.bsky.social WWU professor of journalism, American Scandinavian Foundation fellow 🇩🇰, author of Reporting on Race in a Digital Era (2020), teach data j and media law, research journalists + technology. Always learning.
Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org Collaborating with journalists, researchers and the survivor community to advance more empathetic, ethical and impactful reporting. PCGVR.org
Jim MacMillan (he/him) @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator and researcher. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Born in Boston. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. Relocated to Cork last spring. Signal: JRM.353 · JimMacMillan.com · Pax et Lux · #SpeirGorm 🇮🇪
Dale Cressman @cressman.bsky.social Husband, dad, papa. Cyclist, swimmer, and dog lover. Historian, recovering journalist, retired professor, hockey fan. 🇨🇦
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social A professor of journalism at Temple University, I am the author of books and articles that can be found here: https://www.davidtzmindich.com/ . My areas are "objectivity" (in quotes), democracy, journalism history, and minority representation.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social Former journalist, retired journalism prof, now a Londoner- B Eric Robinson @bloglawonline.bsky.social Media lawyer, professor and author
Tracy Everbach @tracyeverbach.bsky.social Journalism educator, former journalist. Fleeing the misogyny, racism, homophobia and other hate speech on that other platform. Will block DMs.
Carole V. Bell @cvbell.bsky.social 🇯🇲Culture critic, media & politics prof and researcher. I 💙 Art & Democracy. Writing: NPR, Boston Globe, IndieWire, LATimes, NYTimes, Washington Post, Oprah Daily, The Emancipator, Kirkus and BookPage. UNC J-School PhD. Linktr.ee/Cvbell
Jess Maddox @jessmaddox.bsky.social Social media professor + expert
Writing ANATOMY OF AN INTERNET SCANDAL + PARASOCIAL
Repp’d by Aevitas Creative Management
Thoughts mine
Shannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social Professor at UNC. PI at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, news - all "depressing & timely" BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
Anita Varma @anitawrites.bsky.social Solidarity Journalism Initiative lead, assistant professor at UT Austin School of Journalism and Media. Views are my own.
Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social Journalism professor, longtime rimrat. Tar Heel by way of Mizzou. Framing, news practice, securitization theory, editing, cats, beer, banjos. Not all those who wander are lost, but TBF quite a few of them are really, really lost.
@cbarclay.bsky.social @cbarclay.bsky.social
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Jeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota, jeffkosseff.com
Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social Law professor at UChicago Law. Thinks a lot about freedom of speech. Curious about this platform.
MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com Our in depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s happening now to help you know what’s coming next.
Find our journalists on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/technologyreview.com/3lar7fofuwl2n
Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com
The First Amendment @usconstamendi.bsky.social I am the First Amendment. I love to post about myself. Take advantage of me but please don't violate me.
Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. 💜 Philly, video games, and plants.
More at kendraalbert.com.
Katie Townsend @ktownsend.bsky.social media & first amendment lawyer * partner @ Gibson Dunn * formerly @ reporters committee for freedom of the press * UF 🐊 & UVA Law grad * LA Kings fan 🦁🏒
Thomas Kadri @thomaskadri.bsky.social Professor of Law & Senior Fellow at the University of Miami • Working on digital speech, sexuality, privacy & abuse • Legislative & Policy Director at the Clinic to End Tech Abuse at Cornell
Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social Asst Prof, University of Houston Law Center
Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social We are the 501(c)6 trade association that protects the rights & freedoms of the adult industry.
ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information through legal & policy reforms. Everywhere