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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch.
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.
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.
Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social Photojournalist @BlockClubCHI | BSJ, MSJ, Adjunct Lecturer @MedillSchool | Lifelong Chicagoan | #TodaysReportingLunch | Cats | News | Local Lens
Siri Chilukuri @siric.bsky.social freelancer on a warming planet // bylines: @insideclimatenews.org @theguardian.com @southsideweekly.bsky.social // i write about environmental justice (mostly) // sirichilukuri.com // https://ko-fi.com/s12267
South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com
Neighbors For Environmental Justice (N4EJ) @n4ej.org N4EJ is a grassroots, 501(c)3 nonprofit fighting for environmental justice on Chicago's Southwest Side #NoMatAsphalt
We already know enough to act.
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org Providing training, resources and a community of support to journalists around the world. Join us at #IRE26 June 18-21 in National Harbor, MD! 🔍 ire.org
Manny Ramos @mannyramos.bsky.social Chicago-based Investigative Reporter at @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Ariel Cheung @missprint.bsky.social Editorial Director at City Bureau. 📰 Previously Tribune, CS, DNAinfo. Dibs is law ❄️. (she/her) ariel@citybureau.org ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
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
Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune. More of a baseball account now if I am being honest.
Well used to ghostly company by this time
ellery @ellery.bsky.social not a dozen opossums in a trench coat. innovation editor at @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org. she/they 🏳️⚧️
Sophie @sophiavp.bsky.social Full of malignancy and an inventor of evil things.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social Social Justice Worrier
Personal account; tweets are not representative of any employer (but are often nerdy about Chicago and/or local government)
It’s pronounced “Blewski”
He/him
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
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
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com Black-owned publication from Chicago to the 🌍
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism @mlk50.com Based in Memphis, Tenn., MLK50 is a nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of poverty, power & public policy.
Our beats: government, enterprise, environmental justice, youth life, public safety, Radical King https://mlk50.co/m/mlk50memphis
Kat Stafford @katstafford.bsky.social Journalist
Global Race and Justice Editor
Detroit girl
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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
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com EIC, @thetriibe.com
2024 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow
The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org criminal justice news. nonpartisan. nonprofit. nonpaywall.
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Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
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John Chase @johnchase.bsky.social Deputy Metro Editor/Politics @chicagotribune. Alum BGA. An editor on 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for local journalism. Co-author of "Golden, How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out Of The Governor's Office And Into Prison." Haven't left Twitter...yet.
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
Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com Filmmaker, Force of Nature
Co-founder of thetriibe.com.
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Tonia Hill @toniahill.bsky.social Award-winning journalist. I'm passionate about elevating the voices of Black Chicagoans and showcasing their resilience and joy.
Corli Jay @corli.thetriibe.com I write therefore I am 🖊️
Jerome "RomeJ." Johnson @romej.thetriibe.com Cultural Correspondent for The TRiiBE - Media Personality
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Arionne (Are-REE-ahn) Nettles @arionne.bsky.social Real housewife of journalism: “I might teach journalism but I’M ALWAYS the feature” | Author of WE ARE THE CULTURE | FAMU Prof+Alum | Chicagoan til Chicago ends
Nell Salzman @nellsalzman.bsky.social Local investigations fellow @nytimes / originally from Denver
Salem Collo-Julin @hollohulo.bsky.social Writer/editor/talker/host | she/they | 📨 scollojulin@gmail | dogs and cats living together | #Chicago
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Carlos Ballesteros @cb-312.bsky.social Senior reporter @ Injustice Watch, son of immigrants, against genocide, se habla español
Samantha Smylie @sammiesmylie.bsky.social Figuring out my next steps.
Born, raised, and live in Chicago, IL. I am an avid reader and crocheter by night.
My opinions and comments are my own.
Taylor Moore @taylormoore.bsky.social Freelance journalist in Chicago with work in The Guardian, Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, The New Republic, WBEZ, etc. Ex-IWMF. Bloomin' onion apologist. taylorgmoore.com
Ash Lane @ashnicolelane.bsky.social I mean, I guess I mostly spend my days archiving history 📸 🌈
City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social A Chicago-based national journalism lab reimagining local media though civic education, sustained impact reporting, and the #DocumentersNetwork 🔎
Grace Hauck @gracehauck.bsky.social State Investigative Reporter @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Previously @usatoday.com. Email ghauck@illinoisanswers.org
Jillian @jillianmelero.bsky.social Journalist • Editor • Founder @ Connect Puerto Rico
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2nd gen NuYorican. NJ & FL raised. Chi-based.
1st gen college grad. MSJ '19
Honest. Restless. Difficult.
Melody Mercado @themelodymercado.bsky.social Reporter covering Downtown for Block Club Chicago • Former TV turned newspaper turned digital reporter • Boricua 🇵🇷• Send news tips to melody@blockclubchi.org
Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social Reporter, @propublica.org
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Steve Warmbir @stevewarmbir.bsky.social Investigations editor at the Illinois Answers Project. Formerly ran the Chicago Sun-Times as EIC and managing editor.
Brandon Tensley @brandontensley.bsky.social Now: National Politics Reporter, Capital B, a Black-focused nonprofit newsroom. Before: National Political Writer, CNN. Writing a book about Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight for 33 1/3.
Email: brandon.tensley@capitalbnews.org | Signal: btensley.53
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.
Janelle O’Dea @jayohday.bsky.social Reporter for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Tell me what happened.
jodea@illinoisanswers.org, Signal at jayohday.11
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him