Penny Horwood @pennyhorwood3.bsky.social Technology journalist at https://www.computing.co.uk with strong interest in tech sustainability and workforce diversity.
Mother of three. Difficult. Often cross.
Opinions all my own, and I have plenty.
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
signal: kateconger.11
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Katie Gallagher OBE @katiegallagheruk.bsky.social Managing Director of Manchester Digital, Chair of UK Tech Cluster Group and emotional support animal to middle aged goths.
Sophia Karakeva @soka1605.bsky.social PhD, journalist, media thinker, communication believer, marketing digger & an@lysis enthusiast. @DataScouting
Dustin Chick @dustinchick.bsky.social Partner, CEO Razor PR. Provoke Influencer 25 2019 & 2023, ProPr Global PR Professional 2024. PRCA global nominations committee, PRCA Africa Exec Board, Chair Ethics & Practices Board PRCA Africa
John Wilkinson @thatwilkochap.bsky.social Chartered PR Consultant
Interim Strategic Comms Partner
Adviser + Mentor + Trainer
Talking and teaching about reputation, risks, and the role of comms in both
CIPR Fellow | Experienced Non-Exec Director | Dad + Hubby | Runs a bit, mostly happy
Rhodri Harries @rhodriharries.bsky.social PR for tech and health at Kaizo now part of Cavendish Consulting. Views are my own as is my humour….
Tom Rouse @tomrouse.bsky.social Comms creative and uni lecturer. Still figuring this place out...
Laura Chambers @laura-chambers.bsky.social Co-founder of B Corp PR & comms agency, Jack & Grace. Night owl, optimist, geriatric millennial, proud northerner.
ThePRCavalry @theprcavalry.bsky.social Freelance PR matchmaking.
Think of us like booking dot com for clients who want to hire exactly the right PR freelancer
www.prcavalry.com
The Scarf Bergara Wore Podcast @scarfbergarawore.bsky.social Fan created content for @stockportcounty. Est 2015. Pods 🎙️& Blogs ✍🏼. Part of the @talkSPORTFN. DM for enquiries. Join us on Patreon.
Stockport Council @stockportcouncil.bsky.social News, events and general information from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council based in Greater Manchester, UK.
Nigel Hughes @eariam.bsky.social Tranmere Rovers. Newton-le-Willows. Middle-aged.
Maja Pawinska Sims @sparklypinchy.bsky.social Who’s afraid of little old me… Award-winning PR & comms journalist, global head of features and EMEA news at PRovoke Media. PRCA Fellow. London. Excitable. Swiftie. ❤️🥂 Insta @sparklypinchyy
Andy Smith @andy-cb-smith.bsky.social Dad of 2 👨👩👦👦 / #NoCode Builder 🔨
sourcee.app - Instant #JournoRequest alerts from X, LinkedIn and BlueSky. Stop searching, start answering.
Vince Nero @vincenero.bsky.social I’m a Director of Content Marketing with Buzzstream.com.
All things SEO | Link Building | Digital PR | Content Marketing
Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinnero/
David Collins @davidcollinsnews.bsky.social Sunday Times northern editor. Investigative reporter. Co-presenter Cocaine Inc podcast. Author of The Hunt for the Silver Killer & Saffie (out April 2025)
stories to david.collins@sunday-times.co.uk
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Thea Chippendale @theachippendale.bsky.social 🗞️freelance pr @ tlcfreelance
✍️founder & co-editor @ the pr insider
📍mcr based
Mrs Wadds @mrswadds.bsky.social Not ANOTHER one?!
George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social Journalist.
Jon Gerlis @jrgerlis.bsky.social Chartered PR pro. Work in PR, Policy and Politics at the CIPR. Expect posts on all of the above and #GTFC
Anna O’Neill @annareporting.bsky.social BBC Senior Reporter, wife, friend, mum, human, in no particular order. @annareporting on all platforms.
Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social Exploring The Future of Internet, The Future of Media and The Future of Money. Web3, The Metaverse, AI & The Creator Economy. Founder of Kaupr, Unleash by Kaupr & The New Company. https://www.kaupr.io/
Nicole Wootton-Cane @nicolewc.bsky.social UK news reporter at The Independent
Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk Bringing you the latest news, sport and entertainment from the Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/
Sarah Lester @sarahllester.bsky.social Editor, Manchester Evening News
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Kit Roberts @kitrobertsjourno.bsky.social Journalist interested in culture, history, language • they/them • Views own etc
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
Rachael Hesno @rachaelhesno.bsky.social Freelance journalist specialising in tech, music, creative industries // E: hesnoink@gmail.com // Freelance features editor @ Prolific North. Any stories/tips always handled in confidence 📧
Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social Feature writer at the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samwollaston
Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social Washington Correspondent @statnews.com
daniel.payne (at) statnews (dot) com
Signal: danielp.100
@politico.com / Ole Miss alum
Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Moby-Dick podcast:
🐳 @thewhale1851.bsky.social
Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Stephen Kenwright @stephenkenwright.co.uk Non-executive director and management consultant making growth feel easier for marketing agencies.
Chris Bush @chrisbush.bsky.social Head of Design Group @ Nexer
Bit of a geek.
Loves all things inclusion.
Very antiracist.
https://gather.human.cx (Resources)
https://www.human.cx (Personal site)
https://www.nexergroup.com
Andy Barr @barrstard.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/andybarrcomedy
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
Andrew Bruce Smith @andismit.bsky.social AI PR & comms technologist.Chair of CIPR AI in PR panel. CIPR & PRCA trainer. Co author of Share This & Share This Too: Social Media Handbooks.
Simon Binns @simonbinns.bsky.social Head of Content Development, GOV.UK. Ex journo - Ladbible, Reach, BBC, Guardian. 
Barry Adams 📰 @polemicdigital.com Specialised SEO & audience growth consultant for publishers. Co-founder of the News & Editorial SEO Summit.
Consulting: https://www.PolemicDigital.com
Newsletter: https://www.SEOforGooglenews.com
Podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1860544621
Paul Fabretti @paulfabretti.bsky.social 🏴 in 🇺🇸. Dad, husband, dreamer. Communications at @microsoft. Communications tutor, board advisor @UW @UWContinuum. #mcfc #lufc ⚽️ 🚴🏼♂️ 🏎
Kelvin Newman @kelvinnewman.bsky.social I run brightonSEO & Hero Conf - Europe's & US’s biggest search marketing, paid search and social media advertising conference, exhibition, trade show & training event.
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social News reporter at The Times. Migration, security and all things maritime.
Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30 etc.
Want to talk stories? DM or use yeomans.97 on Signal
Jonathan Derbyshire @jderbyshire.ft.com US opinion editor at the Financial Times
Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
heather.stewart@theguardian.com
Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
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A network of 10 volunteer-led news publications from across the UK
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social Health Editor at The Sunday Times. Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17 #patientsafety
📰 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-lintern
📝 DMs open
📨 shaun.lintern@sundaytimes.co.uk
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Jenny Kleeman @jennykleeman.bsky.social Journalist & broadcaster @guardian @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds. Author of SEX ROBOTS & VEGAN MEAT and THE PRICE OF LIFE. http://jennykleeman.substack.com
jennykleeman.com
Hannah Jane Parkinson @ladyhaja.bsky.social ✍🏻 Journalist: The Guardian, Observer, elsewhere
📖 Buy: The Joy of Small Things amzn.to/3EBFgqz
🗣️Posting: politics, arts, mental health, media, ⚽️, 🏳️🌈
📧 Your emails can find me well at: hannah.jane.parkinson@theguardian.com
Neil Henderson @hendopolis.bsky.social Cat slave and journalist 
Luke Wilson @wilsonluke.bsky.social Senior Journalist at BBC Business, working mostly on Wake Up to Money and Today. Get in touch: luke.wilson01@bbc.co.uk 🏳️🌈
Matthew Bone @mattbonebbc.bsky.social Assitant Editor at BBC 5 Live
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
Followers can reply to posts (ask to DM me). Open to news tips.
'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
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.
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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz Editor-at-large at The Verge. I could eat.
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Mediagazer @mediagazer.com Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web.
This account shares top-level Mediagazer headlines. Visit https://mediagazer.com/ for full context.
Scott @scottcawley.bsky.social 
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Meghan Bobrowsky @meghanb.bsky.social Reporter covering technology @WSJ. Get in touch: meghan.bobrowsky@wsj.com or meghan.99 on Signal
Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social Financial Times tech correspondent writing on social media - X, Meta, TikTok, Telegram - plus some AI, cyber and misinformation.
🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸. DMs open.
Tips to: 📨hannah.murphy@ft.com
Signal: mshannahmurphy.04
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
Richard Lawler @rjcc.bsky.social News @TheVerge.com etc.
This is the part where I tell you not to follow me and also that this is a Sandra Oh stan account. 
Alex Heath @alexeheath.com sources.news
James Titcomb @jamestitcomb.bsky.social Telegraph Tech Editor
Andrew Thomas @althomas.bsky.social I’m the publisher of Communicate magazine and Transform magazine. If my posts are work-related they’ll be about corporate communications or brand strategy and design. If they’re out of hours they’ll be about music or food.
Alistair Beech @alistairbeech.bsky.social Communications professional at The University of Manchester - @manchester.ac.uk
Looking to learn and connect with UoM colleagues and PR/digital Comms pros.
Paul Holmes @provokepaul.bsky.social Founder & CEO at PRovokeMedia, I have been writing, speaking and thinking about public relations for 40 years. (If I blocked you, either you said something Trump-y or you disabled quote posts).
Majestic @majestic.com We analyse backlinks to bring you link intelligence insights.
Learn about #SEOin2026 at https://SEOin2026.com
Paul Delaney @handle.invalid SEO consultant in Manchester. Love football, beer (drinking & making) Director/Founder Paul Delaney Digital. Committee Member Trafford FC, MUFC. MCR homebrewer.
Shane Jones @shane.co.uk 👨🏻💻 Contract Web Developer with SEO / Web perf focus
🍻 Co-founder Neverspoons App
💡 Web Dev since 1999 / TechSEO since 2006 / App Dev since 2020
Mostly Astro, Supabase, Sanity, Python, React Native.
Occasionally play with NextJS, Gatsby, WordPress etc
Roy Wilding @roywilding.bsky.social 
Adam Driver @adamdriver.bsky.social Missed Twitter, came here. Always Authentic | Chartered CIPR, founder & director Authentic Comms, strategic digital marketer, SEO, content | GIFs & memes | Brentford FC 🐝
James Brockbank @brockbankjames.bsky.social SEO & Digital PR that drive revenue—not just rankings & links | Founder at Digitaloft | 15+ years in SEO - Helping brands grow | Blackburn Rovers fan | https://www.digitaloft.co.uk
📍Lancaster, UK
Tom Chivers @tomchiversetc.bsky.social Cunning as a fox and twice as foxy 🦊
Gerk Mulder @gerkmulder.bsky.social SEO and UX for e-commerce, user-obsessed growth
Katy Howell @katyhowell.bsky.social CEO, partner, mother, knitter, gardener, painter, potter. Oh, and busy growing the social media agency I launched in 2004 www.immediatefuture.co.uk
Tim Weber @doctim.bsky.social Managing Director & EMEA Head of Editorial @ Edelman. Ex-biz & tech editor BBC News online. Occasional geek. PhD on nuclear weapons strategy (yes, really!). 1st computer: Atari ST 1040. I didn't leave Twitter, X left me aka @tim_weber
Richard Gregory @richardsgregory.bsky.social Co-founder of AgencyNXD
NED and Advisor to multiple tech companies and agencies
Doesn't have a podcast
Public Relations and Communications Association @prca-hq.bsky.social 🌍We are the world’s largest professional #PR body, representing 35,000 public relations professionals worldwide.
Emma Mitchell PR @emmamitchcomms.bsky.social 📍Northern & North London Dweller
💻 Corporate storyteller
💤 Usually in bed by 9
Elizabeth Howlett @elizabethhowlett.bsky.social Editor at PRmoment, using Bluesky for #journorequests and #PR news
SteSanders @stesanders.bsky.social Usually lurking. 
Richard Bagnall @richardbagnall.bsky.social Co-founder CommsClarity, a strategic comms planning research & evaluation consultancy. Past AMEC chair, Don Bartholomew award, CIPR President's medal, PRovoke individual Sabre, GCS Evaluation Council. Ex CARMA, PRIME, Gorkana & Metrica. FCIPR, FPRCA, FAMEC
Manchester Digital @mcrdig.bsky.social Manchester Digital is the trade body that represents Greater Manchester’s most forward-thinking and progressive digital and tech companies.
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social I’m not always having a go at wrong’uns…sometimes I’m sleeping | Political Commentator & Co-Host of The Trawl Podcast https://linktr.ee/thetrawlpodcast | @TimesRadio | @jeremyvineon5
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