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
PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
@rabble.ca @rabble.ca
PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social We defend free expression, aid writers in peril, and celebrate literature.
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American Press Institute @ampress.bsky.social We support local and community-based media through research, programs and products that foster healthy, responsive and resilient news organizations.
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard @niemanfoundation.bsky.social Promoting and elevating the standards of journalism since 1938. Home of the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard, Nieman Lab, Nieman Reports, and Nieman Storyboard.
https://nieman.harvard.edu/
Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org A publication of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nieman Reports covers thought leadership in journalism—winner of the Bart Richards Media Criticism Award and Mirror Awards.
https://niemanreports.org/
Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org The global hub for investigative journalism, sharing resources, stories, events, and jobs.
Find #GIJN's regional feeds, here: http://gijn.org/follow-gijn/
Fernanda Santos @fernanda-santos.bsky.social Managing editor @19thnews.bsky.social. Formerly New York Times staff writer, Washington Post contributing columnist, professor at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and more. Immigrant. American. Chingona.
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Tow Center for Digital Journalism @towcenter.bsky.social The Tow Center hosts a variety of research projects that explore the intersection of journalism and technology
International Journalism Festival @journalismfestival.com International Journalism Festival #ijf26 | 20th edition | 15-18 April
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas @knightcenterut.bsky.social The Knight Center at UT Austin offers training, resources, news and information to journalists. knightcenter.utexas.edu
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
Send us tips: propublica.org/tips
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
Saima Desai @desaima.bsky.social Indie media forever. ❤️🔥 Journalist and editor for @breachmedia.ca. Also at @btlbooks.com, and eternal hypeman of @thegrindto.bsky.social & @briarpatchmag.bsky.social.
Debrief Communications Co-op @debriefcomms.ca We are a worker-owned collective of journalists offering a wide range of communications services — including writing, editing, research, and media training — tailored to suit client needs.
Website: https://debriefcomms.ca/
Email: info@debriefcomms.ca
RNAO @rnao.ca RNAO is the professional association representing RNs, NPs & nursing students in Ontario. Our mandate is speaking out for nursing and speaking out for health.
RNAO.ca
Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam 🇳🇱 || Journalism, AI, Tech & innovation 👨💻 || Fellow Digital Democracy Centre 🇩🇰 & Marie Curie Scholar 🇪🇺 || Occasional Photographer || #FirstGen
🌐 https://hannescools.com/
Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social Digital Journalism is an international, peer-reviewed, top-ranked journal that publishes cutting-edge research and concepts. Editor-in-Chief: Oscar Westlund.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rdij20
Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social Research Fellow in AI, Information & News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute | Junior Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College | AI, (mis)info, news, democracy | My views etc…
https://www.felixsimon.net/
Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social Director of Research + Deputy Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Fellow of Green Templeton College. Lead researcher of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
Nick Iwanyshyn @nickiwanyshyn.bsky.social photojournalist / bicycle racer
www.nick.pictures
Lisa Akinyi May @lisaakinyimay.bsky.social Former Associate Director @policyalternatives.ca | Alum UBCPoliSci
Previously @GlobalRepCentre, @journalismfund, @vrtnws.be
Dylan Freedman @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com Machine-learning engineer and journalist, A.I. Initiatives @nytimes.com
My work: https://www.nytimes.com/by/dylan-freedman
Contact: dylan.freedman@nytimes.com, dylanfreedman.39 (Signal)
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TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca TorontoToday covers the latest hyperlocal news from the heart of the city: Toronto's downtown core.
Marina Adami @marinaadami.bsky.social 🇮🇹 digital journalist @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social Journalist, writer, teacher. Likes bikes and books. www.christinafrangou.com
The Philanthropist Journal @thephilanthropist.ca News and analysis by and for the non-profit sector in Canada.
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Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social Our organization examines how media and emerging technologies shape democracy. We’re housed at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and led by Taylor Owen.
Omar Mouallem @omarmouallem.bsky.social EIC of EDify Magazine | Filmmaker: The Lebanese Burger Mafia & Nader’s Girl (2025) | Author: How Muslims Shaped the Americas | Fake Dean: PandemicUniversity.com
Christine Trudeau @trudeaukwe.bsky.social Bodwéwadmi ndaw, mshkwedéniyek ndebendagwes Prairie Band Potawatomi | Managing Editor @underscore-news.bsky.social
Indigenous Journalists Association @indigenousja.bsky.social
The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social Journalism. Truth. Democracy.
We’ve been a school for journalists for 50 years. Home to the Poynter newsroom, PolitiFact, MediaWise and the International Fact-Checking Network.
Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social Canada's leading voice of the independent left since 1963 | https://canadiandimension.com
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
IFEX @ifex.org IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries.
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Ann Douglas @anndouglas.bsky.social Author of 26 non-fiction books, including NAVIGATING THE MESSY MIDDLE (a book about midlife). Trying to teach myself how to write my first novel. Passionate about democracy and social justice. http://anndouglas.ca
Duncan McCue @duncanmccue.bsky.social Nd’Anishinaabe. Journalism prof at CarletonU. Sometimes found at CBC Radio. Author #DecolonizingJournalism #TheShoeBoy. Fan of frybread & Leafs. https://carleton.ca/sjc/journalism-in-indigenous-communities-certificate/
Fraser Valley Current @fvcurrent.bsky.social Quality news for Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley, Mission and the rest of the Fraser Valley. Winner of Jack Webster Awards and a National Newspaper Award. Journalism with a smile and data.
Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social Writer/researcher/public historian for hire, specializing in Toronto/Ontario history that ties into the current zeitgeist. Former Sunday Star quizmaster and Historicist. Crafts award-winning stories. Walks a lot. Has adventures with stuffed porcupines.
Perry King @kngprry.bsky.social ✍🏾⚡️ human, daddy, author, etc
storyteller @oiseuoft.bsky.social
REBOUND (2021); BORDERLESS (2027)
My exhibit: https://kngprry.tumblr.com/homegame
My work: https://linktr.ee/perryking
Policy Options / Options politiques @policyoptions.irpp.org Policy Options - the digital magazine of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (@irpp.org)// Le magazine numérique de l'Institut de recherche en politiques publiques (IRPP)
Lisa Whittington-Hill @lisawhitt.bsky.social This Magazine Publisher. Words in Longreads, The Walrus, Catapult, Hazlitt and more. Author of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women and a 33 1/3 on Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's.
Crackdown podcast @crackdownpod.bsky.social Crackdown tells the story of drug user activism in the face of hostility and neglect 💉💜. Hosted by @garthmullins.bsky.social. Support us at patreon.com/crackdownpod.
The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com Written by academic experts, edited by journalists, backed by evidence
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La Converse @laconverse.bsky.social La Converse est un média d’actualités propulsé par un journalisme de dialogue.
www.laconverse.com
The Rover @therovermedia.bsky.social 🐕 We're a reader-funded investigative journalism project reporting from Montreal, across Quebec, and beyond
English et français ⚜️
🗞️ Find us at therover.ca
Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social The CAJ is the voice of Canadian journalists, committed to the public's right to know. Become a member: http://bit.ly/3GqvXNR
L'ACJ est la voix des journalistes canadiens, engagé au droit de savoir du public. Devenez membre : http://bit.ly/3GqvXNR
Paula Tran @paulatran.bsky.social Economics Reporter @ Financial Post’s Parliamentary Bureau | Lover of doggos
Tell me your secrets: ptran@postmedia.com
Website: paulatran.me
Cassidy McMackon @cassidymcmackon.bsky.social Digital Producer with CTV Calgary | Work in CP Ontario and Atlantic, allNovaScotia, The Kingston Whig-Standard, The Pigeon | Raised by The Queen's Journal
Spencer Izen (he/him) @spencerizen.bsky.social managing editor @ubyssey.ca. researcher @ Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. http://SeeDisclaimer.com
Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.
CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social Canadian Bar Association magazine covering legal news and practice / Magazine de l’Assoc. du Barreau canadien couvrant l’actualité juridique et la pratique du droit
stitched! studio @stitchedstudio.bsky.social a live journalism lab at Toronto Metropolitan University
LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social The global trade union movement's news and campaigns service. www.LabourStart.org
IWW Freelance Journalists Union @iwwfju.bsky.social A union for all freelance journalists, bloggers, and other writers in news media - www.freelancejournalistsunion.org. Part of the IWW (https://iww.org). For assistance, please email freelancejournalists@iww.org
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us The US Press Freedom Tracker is a database that tracks and catalogs press freedom violations in the United States.
A project of @freedom.press.
DM or email tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
This is the only account . 👈 If I share something it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree
Founding board member
@Freedom.press please follow https://linktr.ee/freedomofpress
@johncusack on twiiter
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digital security @freedom.press, but all opinions are my own
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
@aadamglenn.bsky.social @aadamglenn.bsky.social Veteran journalist & editor, digital media pioneer, avid educator, dad.
Deputy Editor: @freedom.press
Editorial Director, Publications: @sejorg.bsky.social
Adjunct Journalism Professor, Hunter College: @cuny.bsky.social
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
rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social Board President @Freedom.press | Author | Civil liberties advocate by day, runner and thru hiker on the side.
Author of "Transaction Denied," exploring speech & financial companies. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807019119/
Azmat Khan @azmatzahra.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, The New York Times | Birch Professor at Columbia Journalism School & Director of the Li Center for Global Journalism
Erik Moeller @eloquence.bsky.social Also https://social.coop/@eloquence
Personal: https://lib.reviews and other open source projects.
Professional: Programs @ Sovereign Tech Agency, Berlin. Previous: Wikimedia, Freedom of the Press. Opinions mine.
John Halpin @bronxitenyc.bsky.social
Trevor Timm @trevortimm.bsky.social Executive Director at @freedom.press
Stephanie Sugars @stephaniesugars.bsky.social Managing reporter @pressfreedomtracker.us, photog, green chile fiend, avid reader, maker of sweaters. Signal: ssugars.01 | stephanie@freedom.press
Martin Shelton @mshelton.bsky.social Security therapist. Deputy director of digital security @freedom.press.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mshelton
Digisec newsletter: https://freedom.press/newsletters
Davis A. @davisa.bsky.social digital security trainer by day, french horn player by night. mostly reposting my colleagues at @freedom.press :-)
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org The Reporters Committee provides free legal help to journalists and protects their First Amendment rights. (RCFP for short.) Find us at rcfp.org.
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social Our mission is to ensure that the truth is always told.
ecpmf.eu
Leading partner @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
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
Women Press Freedom @womenpressfreedom.bsky.social Women Press Freedom is an initiative by the Coalition For Women In Journalism. Advocacy and support organization for women & LGBTQI journalists. Women Press Freedom reports on press freedom violations in 145 countries. Queries: <Press@WomenInJournalism.org
RSF @rsf.org Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We fight for #PressFreedom all over the world.
International Center for Journalists @icfjorg.bsky.social The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is a nonprofit that supports a global network of journalists. #ItTakesAJournalist
SPJ Freelance Community @spjfreelance.bsky.social Society of Professional Journalists' Freelance Community offers tips, advice, resources. Comments from community board members, not SPJ.
SPJ Florida @spjflorida.bsky.social Florida chapter of the Society for Professional Journalism.
SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social SEJ is a membership association of professional journalists dedicated to environmental issues. Our mission is to strengthen the quality, reach and viability of journalism that advances public understanding of environmental issues. linktr.ee/sejorg
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.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org
Student Press Freedom Act Campaign @spfacampaign.bsky.social Since 2021, we’ve campaigned to pass Canada’s student press protection law right here in BC — because student journalists are real journalists. from @spencerizen.bsky.social & Jessica Kim.
https://www.spfacampaign.org
Student Press Law Center @splc.org Free legal help and info for student journalists. Champion of their First Amendment rights.
🏛️ Legal Hotline: SPLC.org/legalhelp
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The Centre for Investigative Journalism @tcij.org We provide world-class investigative training and promote investigative journalism worldwide. We run #OCRI #CIJLogan and #ProtectingSources tcij.org
Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social Defending your right to know and freedom to act. Learn more at RightsandDissent.org
Ahmed Zidan @zidan.bsky.social Platforms | Press Freedom | Journalism
Good takes and bad jokes. Dark humor and 🦋hite 🦋ine.
Deputy director, audience, @freedom.press and @pressfreedomtracker.us.
@zidanism on that other site.
UPoC - United Photojournalists of Canada @photojsunited.bsky.social Canadian freelance photojournalist labour organization standing together to improve working conditions and best serve the public.
insta: @united_photojournalists
Toronto Star Bargaining Unit - Unifor Local 87M @torontostarunit.bsky.social We represent Toronto Star newsroom employees and promotions staff. Established 1949.
Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social Senior writer @breachmedia.ca
Website: breachmedia.ca
Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075/the-skin-were-in-by-desmond-cole/9780385686
Bookings: Scott Sellers
ssellers@penguinrandomhouse.com
Chatelaine @chatelainemag.bsky.social Chatelaine celebrates, inspires, informs and empowers an often-overlooked demographic: women aged 35+. Full issues available on Apple News+.
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
Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social Coverage of drug use, drug policy and human rights from a dedicated nonprofit.
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Tara Jeffrey @tarajeffrey.bsky.social Award winning journalist in Sarnia, ON.
Advocating for media literacy and quality local journalism.
Currently freelancing.
Email: tarajeffrey84@gmail.com
Rungh Magazine @runghmeanscolour.bsky.social Magazine. Archive. News. Initiatives. Canadian. Since 1992. IBPOC.
The Canadian Freelance Guild @cdnfreelanceguild.bsky.social Home to Canada's experts in the business of freelancing.
We are a national, member-first, digital-first community of media professionals.
http://CanadianFreelanceGuild.ca
Proud members of CWA-Canada, the Media Union.
Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social Canada's progressive podcast community including @albertaadvantage.bsky.social, @pressprogress.ca, @techwontsave.us, @cjpme.org, @srslywrong.bsky.social + more at harbingermedianetwork.com
Andrea Wenzel @andreawenzel.bsky.social Assoc Prof, Temple University's Klein College. Researches & collabs on projects to make journalism less harmful, more equitable & community-centered. Past: Tow Center, BBC Media Action, Internews, WBEZ, WAMU