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Anabel Sosa @asos.bsky.social Senior California politics reporter for SFGATE
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Doug Sovern @sovernnation.bsky.social Senior Political Reporter @KCBSRadio SF. Ex-NYT & AP. Winner of 250+ news awards. Author (http://DougSovern.com). Pro bassist & songwriter. Host, #StateOfCA on KCBS. Dad of twins, lover of dogs and cats, lifelong Mets fan, co-owner of Green Bay Packers.
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James Richardson @jdrichardson.bsky.social Writer, farmhand, occasional journalist, Episcopal priest. UCLA grad. Author of two books: “Willie Brown: A Biography,” and “The Abolitionist’s Journal: Memories of an American Antislavery Family.”
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Sam Stanton @stantonsam.bsky.social 42 years as a newspaper reporter at Az Republic, SacBee. Covered a lot of politics. Never seen anything like this.
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Garrett Therolf @therolf.bsky.social Reporter at the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley
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Megan Garvey @mcvgarvey.bsky.social LAist editor, fan of local journalism, believer that our work needs to serve our communities.
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Sophia Bollag @sophiabollag.bsky.social California politics reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Reach me at sophia.bollag@sfchronicle.com
Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social Pulitzers-sharing LA Times columnist, multi-Emmy-winning broadcaster, best-selling author, animalista. @pinkshotdogs veggie dog named for me. Famous author proclaimed me "the queen of all LA media." But that author was Dave Barry. Pref pronoun: royal "we."
Alex Yoon-Hendricks @ayoonhendricks.bsky.social Reporter at The Seattle Times covering race and equity. No. 1 fan of the ST Union. Nosy. 
Brian De Los Santos @bdelossantos1.bsky.social LA4ever
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