Greg M. Epstein @gregmepstein.bsky.social Humanist/atheist chaplain at places. Opinions mine not Harvard's/MIT's. NYT Bestselling & award-winning 📚 Good Without God + Tech Agnostic. Reclaiming my last name from evil. Reforming the tech religion. Took '25 off social media, now ~back.
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Robb(ie Q.) Telfer @robbieqt.bsky.social Conservationist and poet but I’m fun!
Justin Bull @justybull.bsky.social Radio producer at WBEZ
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.
https://www.loevy.com/attorneys/matt-topic/
https://time.com/7012833/matt-topic/
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social Chief of Staff for Governor JB Pritzker.
A continually aggravated Philadelphian making her way in the great city of Chicago.
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
@ljjpproject.bsky.social @ljjpproject.bsky.social 
Happy To Be Here podcast @htbhwithgreta.bsky.social Conversations for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious, wherever you happen to be. From the former host of Nerdette podcast, @gretamjohnsen.bsky.social
greta johnsen @gretamjohnsen.bsky.social freelance podcast host/ interviewer open to gigs!!! / GRETAGRAM newsletter / co-host of official HBO pods for GAME OF THRONES and DUNE: PROPHECY / book nerd / professional curious person
Mauricio Pena @mauriciopena.bsky.social Former lives: Block Club Chicago, Chicago Magazine, Borderless magazine, Chalkbeat etc etc.
Marc A. Levin @marclevin.bsky.social Chief Policy Counsel, Council on Criminal Justice. Advancing public safety, individual liberty, and equal justice for all.
Rebecca Aguilar @rebeccaaguilar.bsky.social 7X Emmy winner | #Bilingual Reporter | Founder #CallingAllJournalists Initiative & Latinas in Journalism | 1st #Latina & #WOC President of SPJ | NAHJ Hall of Famer | Media & Diversity Watchdog | 28 yrs in TV News | Proud Latina & daughter of immigrants.
JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social Husband, Father, Entrepreneur at 1871 tech, Founder @thinkbigusa.bsky.social, Governor.
Fighting for a stronger, fairer, and safer Illinois.
Serena Larkin @serenalarkin.bsky.social Comms + messaging for @sightline.org. Here for all our climate, cities, + democracy issues, plus weird fiction, farming, cats, + two-wheeled tootling 🚲 Chicago 🌇 Opinions my own
Melanie Matheu, PhD @lilscience.bsky.social Scientist, Founder (2x), and Immunology expert. Excited about advances that blend tech, bio, and engineering. Don't fight biology, leverage it. No medical advice. Substack: https://substack.com/@lilscience
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
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Megan Piontkowski Illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social Illustrator, urban gardener, maker of zines
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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.
Chicago Audiomakers Collective @chiaudiocollective.com Chicago is full of audio talent, But aren't as connected as we should be. We aim to fix that!
ChiAudioCollective.com
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Chicago Health Magazine @chicagohealth.bsky.social Medicine. Healthcare. Chicago.
Jill Hopkins @jillhopkins.bsky.social Writer, Chicagoan, the host you’ve been looking for.
https://linktr.ee/JillHopkins
New Media and Civic Events Producer at Metro
& Gman Tavern.
Vocalo Radio, Pop Quiz Hot Shot, The Moth
SO MANY PODCASTS.
Questlove! @questlove.bsky.social I’m too tired to go into it good people 
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Rekha Murthy @rekha6.bsky.social Podcast strategist + story editor. I help people make good podcasts for good reasons. Passions include: Storytelling, journalism, climate, and ways for media makers to thrive.
http://www.rmurthy.com
NWSL Players Association @nwslplayers.bsky.social The voice & advocate of NWSL Players. We are a 501(c)5, the labor union that represents NWSL Players in collective bargaining. We are committed to the health & safety of all players in the league & are dedicated to growing women's soccer globally.
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hope—and the humanity found where most people never look.
Debbie B @debckr.bsky.social Friend of bees and flowers, fan of 2-flats with radiators, alleys, and the L, visitor of house museums and cemeteries. Burbs in horto.
Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social Editor + Producer of Podcasts. Songwriter. Comedian. Writer. Surf + Garden. Upper Middlebrow.
Currently reading: Cats Cradle, Vonnegut
Recently completed: Ripley's Game, Highsmith
Jessedukes.com
uppermiddlebrow.com
Aadam Jacobs Collection Project @ajc-project.bsky.social A collective of music enthusiasts working to convert the audio recordings of Aadam Jacobs to digital format and upload to the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs
Feed to shows - https://bsky.app/profile/ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social Investigative reporter @propublica.org
Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social engagement + crowdsourcing products ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, philly, carrboro north carolina, learning asl!
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
@stevemmills.bsky.social @stevemmills.bsky.social 
Jill Shepherd @jillshepherd.bsky.social Membership @ProPublica; previously @WBEZ
Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social Reporter at @ProPublica.org interested in immigration and labor. Based in Chicago. Also a fan of parenting memes and @propublicaguild.org
Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social Reporter, @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/people/jodi-cohen
T. Christian Miller @tchristianmiller.bsky.social Investigative reporter @ProPublica. Likes data. And tips. And bacon. Pulitzer winner. Currently examining the health insurance industry.
Logan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social Newsletter Editor and Writer @ProPublica.org. Public History grad student. Floridian in the Midwest.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Monica Eng @monicaeng.bsky.social Axios Reporter in Chicago. Food writer. Dumpling lover. Struggling novelist. Mom and fermenta.
Kat Nagasawa @kat-nagasawa.bsky.social Participatory storytelling rooted in community + place 🗣️🏘️📍 • Engagement + Impact Manager at @eltimpano.bsky.social • Alum of WBEZ, WBEZCuriousCity, and Full Spectrum Features
Andrew Gill @andrewgill.biz Podcaster: Rock That Doesn’t Roll w/ @drleahpayne.bsky.social and @SoundOpinions.bsky.social with @jimderogatis.bsky.social and @gregkot.bsky.social
andrewgill.biz
Meha Ahmad @mehaahmad.bsky.social I make radio and strong coffee.
Senior producer at @wbez.
WBEZ @wbez.org We are Chicago's NPR station and your local news source. Find us on air at 91.5FM. Support public media and local journalism: donate.wbez.org
Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me Investigative health and sometimes business journalist.
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Recent: @statnews.com, @motherjones.com, @theguardian.com
Northwestern epidemiology student.
chicago now 🌭 missing LA 🍵
#ADHD
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Alison Craiglow @alisoncraiglow.bsky.social Emmy- and Peabody-winning journalist. Exec producer of "In the Room with Peter Bergen." Skeptic. Optimist.
Rosa Brooks @rosabrooks.bsky.social Writer, law prof at Georgetown, Democracy Futures Project
www.rosa-brooks.com
Louise Kiernan @louisekiernan.bsky.social Director of Strategic Initiatives, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; previously Midwest Editor, ProPublica, various, Chicago Tribune. 
Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social Managing editor at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him
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.
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
whet moser @whetmoser.com newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
Invisible Institute @invisible.institute A nonprofit journalism production organization on the South Side of Chicago. Home to CPDP.co, Beneath the Surface, and more. 
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Jonathan (Jonny) Ballew @jballew.bsky.social Journalist turned Defense Attorney.
Criminal Defense Trial Attorney. Public Defender in Illinois.
Bodéwadmi Ndaw (I am Potawatomi)
olivia obineme @oliviao.bsky.social in the journalism, community media space
no longer on twitter/x
oliviaiobineme.com
thirdnook.co
Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
cam rodriguez 🔎 @camrodriguez.bsky.social meddling kid / journalist. map nerd, midwest defender, chicago fanatic. 🇲🇽🇺🇲. data @wbez.org & requesting a lot of docs over @foiaday.bsky.social
tips? love letters? heycamrodriguez@gmail.com
Maia McDonald 💫✌🏽 @maiamcdonald.me award-winning chicago journo, funky fashion enthusiast, and pink girlie™ 💖
✳️ prev: @raceandequityproject.org | vice president of the chicago journalists association | mizzou j-school alum | find me at maiamcdonald.me and @maia.pink | views are my own
Michael Hawthorne @scribeguy.bsky.social Midwesterner. Pulitzer finalist. Dig into environment/public health for the Chicago Tribune. Confidential tips welcome via SIGNAL: scribeguy.35
EPL/NBA/MLB obsessive. Victoria Concordia Crescit. https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/michael-hawthorne
Brandon Pope TV @bpopetv.bsky.social Emmy-winning journalist. Author of “Screening Room” film/tv newsletter: bpopetv.substack.com WBEZ/NPR contributor, host of “MAKING” podcast. TV/Movie critic. Journalism Prof at Columbia College Chi. I like sports and nerd things!
Mary Dixon @maryldixon.bsky.social Host of Say More w/Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith on WBEZ.
Former Morning Edition host, former 93XRT
Irish memory ☘️
Amy Qin @amyqin.bsky.social data reporter @us.theguardian.com
previously in your ears at @wbez.org
Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
Headshot: Varvara Mikushkina
Cover photo: Brian Cassella
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
Got a tip? Signal is @sheld.01. Email:steve@unraveledpress.com
Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social 🌈 Managing Editor and LGBTQ+ news reporter for @windycitytimes.com
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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press. 
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
AJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social Senior reporter at Inman
Previously: Business Insider, Chicago magazine, Curbed
aj at inman dot com
Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Alison Flowers @alisonflowers.bsky.social Investigative journalist in Chicago. Pulitzer + Peabody 2024. Somebody podcast creator. Founder @ Spiralbound. Formerly @invisible.institute
spiralbound.productions.
www.alisonflowers.com
alison@spiralbound.co
Derek John @derekljohn.bsky.social Sr. Editor, @WBEZ @Wondery | Previously @CBC @Slate @WNYC @NPR @Freakonomics @Audible_com @CRC_NYU | Born in Kansas, raised in Brooklyn, living in Chicago.
Brooke Gladstone @brookegladstone.bsky.social Co-host of On the Media. Author of The Influencing Machine and The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time.
Frank Calabrese @frankcalabrese.bsky.social Cartography, GIS, maps, politics, and elections.
Chicago 📍
Rep. Kelly Cassidy @kmcchicago.bsky.social Only openly gay member of the IL House, mom of 3 adult sons, a bunch of cats, and a gigantic dog. Abortion defender for every gender.
Melba Lara @melbalara.bsky.social WBEZ All Things Considered host
Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social Domestic Extremism Correspondent at NPR. 
Steve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social 
@tonyjarnold.bsky.social @tonyjarnold.bsky.social 
Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Former deputy editor at City Bureau. Earlier: BGA & Chicago Tribune. IRE_NICAR board member. Headline Club alum. Hablo español. ☕️🌎🪴
https://www.injusticewatch.org/projects/tenant-trap/
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social Creator of 99% Invisible, Trump Con Law, A History of the US in 100 Objects, Power Broker Breakdown- http://99pi.org
TEDTalk on flags w/ over 7M views
NYT Bestseller The 99% Invisible City: http://99pi.org/book
East Bay, CA
Alum: Oberlin, Simon's Rock, UGA
Public Radio Journalists by Micah Loewinger @public-radio.micahloewinger.verification.social Following the Starter Pack "Public Radio Journalists :)" curated by Micah Loewinger (@micahloewinger.bsky.social). Will never post. If you follow, you will see "Followed by Public Radio Journalists by Micah Loewinger" next to users on this list.
Esther Yoon-Ji Kang @estheryjkang.bsky.social Reporter @WBEZ, Chicago’s @NPR station. I cover housing, race, class + Asian American issues. Email: ekang at wbez dot org
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Charlie Meyerson @charliemeyerson.com Chicago news guy, itinerant flutist
Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social Investigative journalist/author of the bestsellers Armed Madhouse and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: https://GregPalast.com
Did voters or voter suppression decide the 2024 election? Watch my award-winning documentary: https://WatchVigilantesInc.com
Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social Journalist/Periodista for the Chicago Sun-Times
Proud member of the Chicago Sun-Times Guild https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/elvia-malagon
Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social Co-founder + Executive Editor @blockclubchi 📰 Former flames @DNAinfoChi @BeaconNews 🔥 Mom. I-L-L fan. CHICAGO. The future of news is local. stephanie@blockclubchi.org
Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social Dad|Writer|co-author,Game Misconduct:Hockey's Toxic Culture and How To Fix It| 1911👌🏾|fmr bouncer|South Side Chicagoan
Tracy Baim @tracybaim.bsky.social lgbtq+ \ journalist \ advocate \ chicago
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦄
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
Eric Zorn @ericzorn.bsky.social Editor of the Picayune Sentinel, former Chicago Tribune columnist, aspiring boulevardier, old time fiddler. Always on the lookout for funny posts. 
APM Reports @apmreports.org Investigations and documentaries from American Public Media.
apmreports.org
Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social Investigations in the Midwest at ProPublica. Past: Chicago Tribune by way of OH/GA/NY/WV. Enthusiastic about FOIA + data. Tell me everything.
Maggie Sivit @msivit.bsky.social ✏️ Audience director at @injusticewatch.org ⌛️ Previously digital and engagement producer at WBEZ 🇨🇺 NAHJ member 📬 maggiesivit@injusticewatch.org
Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social Photojournalist @BlockClubCHI | BSJ, MSJ, Adjunct Lecturer @MedillSchool | Lifelong Chicagoan | #TodaysReportingLunch | Cats | News | Local Lens