Dan Borenstein @danborenstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, columnist and editorial board member for the Mercury News and East Bay Times
Daylight San Diego @daylightsdnews.bsky.social Daylight San Diego is a new local journalism startup focused on reaching audiences that don’t feel heard by most existing media in San Diego.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
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Martin Shelton @mshelton.bsky.social Security therapist. Deputy director of digital security @freedom.press.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social Photojournalist, writer, editor and videographer.
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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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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social SPJ champions journalists by promoting ethics, honoring excellence, fighting for press freedom and supporting emerging professionals.
National Association of Science Writers (NASW) @sciencewriters.org Fighting for the free flow of science news since 1934. A 501(c)(6) professional membership organization.
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National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social 
NABJLA (National Association of Black Journalists — Los Angeles) @nabjlaofficial.bsky.social 📢YOUR VOICE MATTERS! @NABJ Los Angeles Chapter, serving Black journalists and the community, in SoCal since 1980.
The Institute for Independent Journalists @indiejournalists.bsky.social An education, professional development, and mutual support organization for independent journalists, focusing on BIPOC. Our mission is financial and emotional sustainability for independent journalists of color.
theIIJ.com
➡️ @narrativegigs.bsky.social
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.
Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.
SPJ Freelance Community @spjfreelance.bsky.social Society of Professional Journalists' Freelance Community offers tips, advice, resources. Comments from community board members, not SPJ.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez @fitzthereporter.bsky.social #SF raised. SF Standard politics journo. Reporting the hell out of my dear, foggy City.
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Rachael Fauss @rachaelfauss.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor @reinventalbany.bsky.social focusing on MTA, ethics, campaign finance, transparency & accountability in NY
Tom Speaker @realtomspeaker.bsky.social Mom. Dad. Husband. Wife. Next President of the United States.
Also Legislative Director @ReinventAlbany
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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu - instagram.com/natsecarchive - tiktok.com/@natsecarchive
Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at @freedom.press. Interested in reducing overclassification, FOIA reform, enforcement of the Presidential Records Act, and preservation of federal records. Opinions mine. Signal leharper.89
Frank LoMonte @franklomonte.bsky.social Giving people advice on FOIA and, occasionally, getting paid for it
Kate Doyle @katidoyle.bsky.social Declassified documents nerd, senior analyst National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social, Latin America, human rights
Katherine Revello @foiakatherine.bsky.social Award-winning journalist and writer focused on public records, public access, and #1A issues. FOIA phile. FOI consultant.
Also, professional comms.
New Englander. Lover of the dark and strange.
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.
Hannah Marcley (She/her) @hannahmarcley.bsky.social Special Staff for Mayday Movement. Gov’t accountability attorney/advocate, mostly via FOIA/crim defense, YIMBY, host of Revealed podcast, very legal and very cool
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Patrice McDermott @pmcd.bsky.social [Government Information Watch]
Government accountability through openness
@tobymc.bsky.social @tobymc.bsky.social 
Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO
Priors: ABC White House & China correspondent, CNN, NY Sun 🇺🇸🇦🇺josh@joshgerstein.com. Signal: joshgerstein.46
Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social FOIA and Immigration Law and dumb jokes. 
Sai @s.ai Whitehat, LCS founder, UNLWS co-creator. I love law (IANAL but sometimes win anyway), liquid democracy, cogsci/neurosci, etc. Mononymous, non-binary, light-blind. 🇺🇸→🇬🇧. 👍: 🇷🇺🇫🇷🇪🇸&🤟(🇺🇸)
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social "I don't need an agenda — I just tell the truth. Let it off the leash and don't touch it. It knows what to do."
Investigative reporter covering immigration + more at CT Insider.
New Haven now; Athens, Ga., always.
Signal: jeaton.04- T Ted Bridis @tbridis.bsky.social University of Florida journalism faculty. Former editor of AP’s Pulitzer-winning investigative team, former WSJ. Mizzou grad.
National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@ NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there
Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social Doctor of Journalism. Law-talking guy. Chaotic good. Fan of bad sports teams. I have friends everywhere. https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/daxton-chip-stewart/
Daniel Libit @daniellibit.bsky.social (Un)covering stories for Sportico.com | Will sue for public records | dlibit@sportico.com | Signal @daniellibit.60
Paul Wolf @paulwolf716.bsky.social A QDRO divorce attorney interested in political reform, open government and the rise of unaffiliated voters. Founder and President of the NY Coalition For Open Government. The views posted here are my own and not the NY Coalition For Open Government.
North Carolina Open Government Coalition @ncopengov.org The official channel of the NC Open Government Coalition. #FOI #OpenGov #Sunshine
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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.
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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FOIOK.bsky.social @foiok.bsky.social FOI Oklahoma promotes open and transparent government in Oklahoma.
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!
Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social Managing Data Editor, NBC owned stations. Public records attorney, journalist, ice hockey player/coach. Former bylines: NY Times , Washington Post, Eye on Ohio, etc.
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Miranda Spivack mirandaspivack.com @mirandaspivack.bsky.social Author Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: linktr.ee/mirandaspivack Fighting for good at the grassroots can lead to profound change. Book isout now! https://thenewpress.com/books/backroom-deals-our-backyards
Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social Editorial director at Votebeat, managing special projects and newsroom enthusiasm. Prev: ProPublica. You need a corndog, I can tell. Texan. jhuseman at votebeat dot org.
A.Jay Wagner @ajaywagner.bsky.social associate professor, Marquette University
interested in FOI/A and government transparency
www.ajaywagner.com
Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
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Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
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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
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
Reinvent Albany @reinventalbany.bsky.social Advocates for transparent, accountable, ethical New York government, voting, fair elections. (Best contacted via info at reinventalbany.org or DM)
Jeff Roberts @jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social Husband, father, ED of Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, @coloradofoic.bsky.social. NFOIC board president. Former Denver Post journalist. Medill alum.
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/
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
www.opengovva.org
Sunshine Week @sunshineweek.bsky.social Be part of a nonpartisan collaboration that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government. https://sunshineweek.org/
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Minnesotans for Open Government @mncogi.bsky.social Minnesota's all-volunteer non-profit that advocates for public access to government information and meetings. We are here to help, if you need it! https://mnog.org/ Formerly known as Minnesota Coalition for Government Information (MNCOGI).
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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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.
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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 🦁🏒
Beth Soja @bethsoja.bsky.social Media lawyer • North Carolinian •
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Jenn Topper @jenntopper.bsky.social VP Comms for @rcfp.org.
Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
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 
Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social Press freedom is your freedom 🗞️
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SPJ NorCal Chapter @spj-norcal.bsky.social Representing and serving Northern California journalists.
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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
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Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org 
James B. McClatchy Foundation @jbmcclatchy.bsky.social Building brilliant futures in California's Central Valley.
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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social Journalist. Editor of The Dissenter Newsletter which covers press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy (https://thedissenter.org)
The National Press Photographers Association @nppa.org Official Bluesky page for the National Press Photographers Association
Los Angeles Press Club @lapressclub.bsky.social Supporting, promoting & defending quality #journalism for over a century. The Los Angeles Press Club is a 501(c)3 with over 1,000 member journalists across Southern California. Learn more at lapressclub.org.
Demand Progress @demandprogress.bsky.social Grassroots, nonpartisan organization with nearly 1 million affiliated activists fighting for the rights and freedoms needed for a modern democracy.
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ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social Litigation Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University (he/him)
David Loy @davidloy.bsky.social Legal Director, First Amendment Coalition. Views my own. Sometimes free speech is worth what it costs, but try living without it.
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.
Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social Director of Advocacy @freedom.press
David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social @EFF's Senior Counsel, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.
Volokh Conspiracy @volokhc.bsky.social Law professors blogging since 2002 -- independent until 2014, hosted at Washington Post 2014-17, hosted at Reason 2017-now
The Vallejo Sun @vallejosun.bsky.social An award-winning independent news publication illuminating Solano County, California, with coverage of local government, police, housing, schools and arts.
https://www.vallejosun.com
Scott Morris @scottmorris.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Public records nerd. Co-founder, @vallejosun.bsky.social
Trevor Timm @trevortimm.bsky.social Executive Director at @freedom.press
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Student Press Law Center @splc.org Free legal help and info for student journalists. Champion of their First Amendment rights.
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
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Jean-Paul (JP) Jassy @jpjassy.bsky.social First Amendment, media, entertainment, and intellectual property lawyer at Jassy Vick Carolan LLP. Taught First Amendment law at USC and UC Irvine Law Schools. Padre and Padres fan. Bills hours and Bills fan. Sco 🦆s! Faithful to US Constitution. 🇺🇸
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