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Michael Birnbaum @mbirnbaum.bsky.social White House correspondent @washingtonpost.com.
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Theo Baker @tab-delete.bsky.social investigations. george polk award. words in NYT, NYMag, The Atlantic, elsewhere. likes and rts are not endorsements. HOW TO RULE THE WORLD out 5/19 with Penguin Press.
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social Investigations @nytimes.com
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Jennifer Gollan @jennifergollan.bsky.social Investigative reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle | 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist in National Reporting. Emmy Award winner.
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Louise Kiernan @louisekiernan.bsky.social Director of Strategic Initiatives, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; previously Midwest Editor, ProPublica, various, Chicago Tribune.
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Cheryl Phillips @cephillips.bsky.social Data/investigative journalism @Stanford, Founder @biglocalnews, sharing data & tools, building an infrastructure of support for local news.
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Sheri Fink @sherifink.bsky.social Author: Five Days at Memorial, War Hospital. EP, Pandemic (Netflix); producer, Five Days at Memorial (Appletvplus). @nytimes.com. MD, PhD. Sherifink.net/bio
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Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter/editor/narrative coach @Bloomberg.com. Co-author, Unbelievable. Law school dropout/honorary doctor. Formers: ProPublica, Marshall Project, Seattle Times. Perturbable.
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Jeremy Bowers @jeremybowers.com Global CTO, POLITICO. Ex Washington Post, New York Times, NPR. Fond of #TheSqueezle, #TheGiblette, Becky Bowers too.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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