Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
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
Chicago Board of Elections @chicagoelection.bsky.social Born of referenda in 1885, the Board of Election Commissioners manages all voter registrations and administers all elections in the City of Chicago.
Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social Romanista. Buy my book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665171/the-cruelty-is-the-point-by-adam-serwer/
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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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"
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com current twitter ex-pat. past congressional reporter. contributing editor @newrepublic.com. running a communications consulting business and raising a tiny baseball fan irl.
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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...
Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social Chicagoan. Research interests in race, environmental justice, and transportation issues in Latine communities.
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
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
Matt Howard @tudormatt.bsky.social 
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Dr. Mike Mendoza @drmikemendoza.com Dad, family physician, public health leader, professor. Recovering county health commissioner. Dedicated to improving population health. Go Cubs! Views my own. 🇺🇸🇵🇭 (he/him)
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Matthew Rebhorn @matthewrebhorn.bsky.social Professor of English and Theater at James Madison University |19th-c US lit, theater history, body studies | Author of Pioneer Performances (Oxford UP) | Author of Embodiment in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (Cambridge UP) | Never-Quite-Pro Potter
Aalia Mauro @aaliamauro.bsky.social audhd. 👩🏽💻 engineer. researcher. writer. ecosocialist
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Samantha Sunne @samanthasunne.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Author of the "Data + Journalism" textbook and @toolsforreporters.bsky.social newsletter
Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
Damian Radcliffe @damianradcliffe.bsky.social Chambers Professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon. Father, Husband, Brit 🇬🇧 in America 🇺🇸 Interested in journalism, media, tech, travel, podcast, movie and TV tips.
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Tim O’Rourke @handle.invalid Newsroom Innovation + AI Strategy, Hearst DevHub | Previous: SFChronicle managing editor | Previous previous: pizza delivery 🍕
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social USCAnnenberg Digital Profe, #JOVRNALISM creator, NAHJ Hall of Famer/Program Manager, CalMatters & InquireFirst board member. Chicas Poderosas #wjchat #HorizontalLoyalty he/him 🇸🇻 // I live sweat but I dream light years.
Jeremy Gilbert @jeremygilbert.bsky.social Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern University’s Medill School. Formerly Washington Post, NatGeo, Poynter+
Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social Author of Practical R for Mass Communication & Journalism
❤️ #RStats, writing & walkable/bikeable cities
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MaryJo Webster @maryjowebster.bsky.social Data journalist at the Minnesota Star Tribune. Mom to teenagers and two dogs. Passionate about investigative reporting & access to public data. #journalist #watchdog. www.maryjowebster.com
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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.
Amy L. Kovac-Ashley @terabithia4.bsky.social A Californian living in an East Coast world. @tinynewscollective.bsky.social ED. Formerly @lenfestinstitute.org, @ampress.bsky.social, WVU Media College, HoyaJournalism, @washingtonpost.com. Wife. Mom.
Adriana Lacy @adrianalacy.com ✨Boston based, always roaming
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Focus: audience engagement & research, influencers, AI. Formerly New York Times, LA Times, Axios.
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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social Mobile Journalist | iPhone Photographer | PhD Scholar & Educator: https://www.instagram.com/roblayton
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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social Editorial director at Votebeat, managing special projects and newsroom enthusiasm. Prev: ProPublica. You need a corndog, I can tell. Texan. jhuseman at votebeat dot org.
Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl
#AmWriting The 9/8 GG podcast
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections.
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https://thescoop.org
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Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social BBC trainer, not journalist — I train BBC staff (& others) how to use phones for newsgathering.
Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal.
My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Derek Eder @derekeder.com Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner at DataMade, President Emeritus at Chi Hack Night & Oak Park Village Trustee. Entrepreneur, developer, civic technology leader, climate advocate and public servant. he/him
Victor Hernandez @victorhernandez1.bsky.social Journalist. Californian living in and loving Boston. Eternal optimist.
CURRENT: WBUR | PREVIOUS: Cascade Public Media, CNN, NBC San Diego, NBC Fresno.
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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social Professor of Practice - Journalism, Leadership and Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. Veteran journalist and newsroom leader. Author "Work Happy; What Great Bosses Know," and coach to leaders worldwide.
Ezra Eeman @ezraeeman.bsky.social Strategy & Innovation Director at NPO, author of the Wayfinder Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/wayfinder-the-open-edition-6888399695379521536
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
Vince Filak @doctorofpaper.bsky.social UW-Oshkosh journalism professor, author of "Dynamics" media textbooks, blogger at DynamicsOfWriting.com, #Mizzou Ph.D., @DailyCardinal alum. Editor of JMC Educator. Come for the knowledge, and the sarcasm is free.
Steven Chappell @grammarpurist.bsky.social Grammarian. Two-time Hall of Fame (College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press) journalism educator. Lover of hot and spicy foods. UAB Blazer who helped lead The Return. Friend of DeSoto. Klingon at heart.
Visual Editors @visualeditors.com Visual Editors is a 501(c)(3) USA public charity that supports visual journalism literacy and scholarship with educational resources like the #MobileJournalism textbook and the #MojoAwards.
Smart Film School @smartfilmschool.com Certificate, instructor-led training courses in #MobileJournalism, #DocumentaryFilm, and Broadcast Video used by journalism educators and media organizations worldwide.
Sayyara Mammadova @sayyara.bsky.social Associate Director, Capacity Building @DFRLab | Assessor @IFCN & @EFCSN
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Mike Reilley @mikereilley.bsky.social UIC senior lecturer in data and digital journalism | RTDNA/GNI lead trainer | ONA AI lead trainer | Founder JournalistsToolbox.ai | Author: "Data + Journalism" and "The Journalist’s Toolbox: A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI"
Chicago Teachers Union @ctulocal1.bsky.social Fighting for the Schools Our Students Deserve.
Strong Union of Member Educators.
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Nora Flanagan @noraflanagan.bsky.social Union organizer, English teacher, horror dork, derby enforcer, book glutton, rabid Chicagoan, coffee junkie, metaphorical nazi-puncher
maira @mairaka.bsky.social writing & organizing in Chicago
@invisible.institute
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.
Jennifer Hamilton @jenniferhamilton.bsky.social (formerly @limeygrl on Twitter)
SVP of #Education at NORC at the University of Chicago | Transforming education one evaluation at a time! #bluecollarscholar #firstgen | chaotic good
Maureen Kelleher @maureenkelleher.bsky.social Freelance education writer. Previously Editorial Director, Future Ed at Georgetown. Selected priors: EdPost, The Chicago Reporter. Former high school teacher. Mom. 
City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social A Chicago-based national journalism lab reimagining local media though civic education, sustained impact reporting, and the #DocumentersNetwork 🔎
Nell Salzman @nellsalzman.bsky.social Local investigations fellow @nytimes / originally from Denver
C. Tocci @tocci.bsky.social "With fervency I spoke of that new world, blessed with plenty, purified by justice and sweetened by brotherly kindness, the world of which I had indeed but dreamed, but which might so easily be made real." - E. Bellamy
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
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Allen Louis Linton II @allenlinton2.bsky.social Best there isn't, best there wasn't, best there ever won't be.
Dana Bozeman @dbozeman.bsky.social Lover of humans, curating spaces of belonging, higher ed professional, lifelong learner.🔆 Wife, Mom of teens (pray for me). Breast Cancer Warrior 💗💚
Jory Weintraub @joryweintraub.bsky.social Director of Science Engagement at NC State University (but GO HEELS!) I do STEM outreach and teach science communication. I like to watch people ride bikes really fast…not sure why.
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Chris Lubienski @chrislub.bsky.social EdPolicy Prof at Indiana University. National Academy of Education. AERA Fellow. Director: Center for Eval & Ed Policy: https://ceep.indiana.edu/ Husband, Dad, TrailRunner. Also pretend musician. Tweet≠Endorsement. I speak for myself.
Matthew Weflen @matthewweflen.bsky.social Father, husband, graphic designer, former philosophy professor. See samples of my work at https://www.matthewweflen.com/. Read my Star Trek musings at http://www.treknobabble.net/. Contact me if you would like design help for hire.
Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social Univ admin by day. Knitter & Podcaster by night. Feminist mom in Chicago always. Lover of mystery novels, espresso, sauv blanc & kittens. She/her.
Host, Unsung History. https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com
Writing a transatlantic family history/memoir.
Illinois Digital Educators Alliance | IDEA @ideaillinois.bsky.social #IDEAil is dedicated to being the leader in supporting & promoting innovative education for all through the use of #EdTech | Join us in February for #IDEAcon | Find resources and become a member for free at ideaillinois.org | #EDUsky
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com Helping you 🫵 make sense of higher education 🎓 Follow for the latest news, opinions, jobs and resources.
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
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Brian Wallach @bsw5020.bsky.social Dad, husband, activist, entrepreneur, unlikely movie star, living with ALS, a currently fatal disease.
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Nicole M Zumpano @nmzumpano.bsky.social Director of Distance Learning | University Adjunct | NBCT | ISTE Certified Educator | ISTE 20 to Watch Award Winner (2024) | Former Tech Coach | Twin mom | Not necessarily in this order!
Uncle CJ @ctjay14.bsky.social 50 | God's son | Husband | Father | Bears 🏈 | Bulls 🏀 | UNC Tarheels 🏀| UGA Bulldogs 🏈 | Morehouse ‘97 | Smart Aleck | Star Wars Geek | Wrestling Geek | Lover of Peace | Chief Petty Strategist
Flipboard @flipboard.com Your Social Magazine.
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Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic and formerly ABC7 Chicago. Author/photographer of Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side. I dig vintage TV/movies and 20th century funk, soul and jazz.
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