Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social Deputy editor, Defector.com
Tony Ho Tran @tonyhotran.bsky.social The Godfather of AI | Banh Mi Connoisseur | Senior Tech Editor for Slate dot com | Formerly The Daily Beast and Futurism | Local Chicago Man | Iowa Hawkeye | 📧 : tony dot tran at slate dot com
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Patrick Caldwell @patcaldwell.bsky.social Senior editor for political investigations at the @washingtonpost.com
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social Political Economy of Media Theory; Director, RPTF + Sound Fellow, Library of Congress NRPB; Associate Professor, University of Colorado
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Jessica Benavides Canepa @jbcanepa.bsky.social Lifestyle journalist + editor with words @ AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, Robb Report,TIME,Travel +Leisure, Nat Geo + more.
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Jonathan - The Royal Tour @theroyaltour.bsky.social Traveler, Jew, liberal, dual citizen, Dodgers fan.
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Jessica Reed @iamjess.bsky.social Head of narrative, The Guardian. I edit US long form and essays. How to pitch me: see below. French. Based in Montana.
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Nicoletta Lanese (she/they) @nicolanese.bsky.social Health editor @ Live Science.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social Reporter for @boltsmag.org covering voting rights, democracy, and criminal justice at the local and state levels. Previously @denverpost.com. Support local journalism.
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Piper French @psfrench.bsky.social reporting on prisons, jails, DAs for Bolts. freelance magazine work: NYRB, NYmag, Aperture, Lux, Drift, Nation
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Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social writing about criminal justice and voting rights
@bolts.bsky.social
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social 1855 Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State. Contributor to The Downballot. I teach, write, and post about state constitutional law, institutional development, and criminal law. I write (infrequently) at guaranteedrepublics.substack.com.
Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social managing editor boltsmag.org, mbarajas@boltsmag.org
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social Co-founder NPR's hit podcast Invisibilia. One of the founding producers of This American Life. Science reporter NPR News. Former New York Times. Condemn genocide anywhere and everywhere. Writing a book. She/her
Stephanie Vermillion @smvermillion.bsky.social Travel journalist covering adventure, astrotourism, conservation, and culture | Author, 100 Nights of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Adventures After Dark (published Dec. 3, 2024 by National Geographic) | Cleveland-based
Mike MacEacheran @mikemaceacheran.bsky.social Travel journalist: BBC, Nat Geo, Times, Telegraph, Guardian, FT, CN Traveller, Lonely Planet, Indy, WaPo, T&L, Wanderlust, Afar, WSJ, Bloomberg, GEO, Which?
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Ashley Packard - Freelance Writer & Author @ashleypackard.bsky.social Freelance writer covering travel, culture, lifestyle, beauty, food & drink, and more. Words in National Geographic, JoySauce, Business Insider, among others.
WIP: Fantasy/Romance
3 Sisters. 2 Queens. 1 Prophecy.
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Brandon Specktor @bspecktor.bsky.social Space and Physics editor at Live Science
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social San Francisco journalist. @sfgate.com editor-in-chief | Also: Daily Cal Board Member | Always: Cal Golden Bear | Signal: grantmarek.83
Alia Volz @aliavolzzz.bsky.social Author of NBCC finalist HOME BAKED: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco. Nonfiction ghost story forthcoming with Avid Reader (Simon & Schuster). Freelance editor based in Portugal.
Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social Author MILL TOWN; Director @storytellingstudio.bsky.social & @nsota.bsky.social; Write @ WaPo, NYRB, NYT, Boston Globe. 🇫🇷 kerri-arsenault.com
Jodi Angel @jodiangel.bsky.social Fiction writer / professor / escaped to NL with my dogs / author of Biggest Little Girl, You Only Get Letters From Jail, The History of Vegas / New and Collected Stories COMING OUT SOON!
Kirin Khan @kirinjaan.bsky.social Pashtun-American writer living in Amsterdam. Pushcart nom, Tin House Fellow, Pen EV fellow, Steinbeck fellow, Vermont Studio Center, among others…
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Kat Lewis @katjolewis.bsky.social I write books and video games 🎮 | GOOD PEOPLE forthcoming from Simon & Schuster (2026) | Writing Craft Lessons on Substack | Rep: Robin Rue @ Writers House | Views = my own | she/her
Monet Patrice Thomas @monetpatricethomas.bsky.social Reader, Writer, open to free meals. Currently in Shanghai
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joj (they/them) @jojthefirst.bsky.social Writer. Traveler. Queer. Parent. Icelandophile.
Michelle A. Chikaonda @machikaonda.bsky.social Writer | Passport stamp collector | UEA MA '23 | Deborah Rogers Award Shortlist '23 | Toyin Falola Prize Longlist '20 | Al Jazeera, Business Insider, Catapult, Electric Literature + | Tin House, VONA, VQR + | More: www.michellechikaonda.work
Sarah Bringhurst Familia @sarahbfamilia.bsky.social Writer | Reader | Lover | Mother
Californian in Amsterdam
I write about my future bookshop in Italy: https://open.substack.com/pub/escapetothebookshop
Mieke Eerkens @miekeeerkens.bsky.social American-Dutch dual citizen writer & educator living in Amsterdam. MFA U of Iowa. @theatlantic.com @Catapult.co @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social etc
Book with Picador (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250117809/allshipsfollowme)
Leigh HR @leighhr.bsky.social Dual-National (US/UK) writer, traveler, and trampoline champion who does her own stunts.
Claire Handscombe @bookishclaire.bsky.social Reader, writer, epic daydreamer.
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Sofia Ali-Khan @sofiaalikhan.bsky.social Storyteller. Ceramicist. Lawyer.
Award Winning Author: A Good Country (PRH)
Words at NYT, LATimes, WaPo, Time, LitHub, The Moth, Joe’s Pub/Srsly Entertaining
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Stevie Trujillo 💙🦋💃🏽 @stevietrujillo.bsky.social Writer, mama, American dreamer in despair. Fighting the good fight with words in The NYT, The Guardian, WaPo, Huff Post, Salon, Vogue, etc.
Drove The World's Longest Road. Resides in Spain. Huge crush on FDR. Votes BLUE 💙
Born + raised in L.A
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Sarah Stodola @sstodola.bsky.social Author of ‘The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach’ & ‘Process.’
I write about tourism and other topics.
https://flung.substack.com/
Last Resort: https://tinyurl.com/2brtneky
Process: https://tinyurl.com/mw5dk
Wanda Hennig @wandahennig.bsky.social Writer, photojournalist, co-active coach, culinary interests. Memoir matters... Long-time Zen student. TESL and travel. Living in Durban, Polish roots. Oakland, Calif is my second home. What happens when you say yes? Surprises!
Anne Korkeakivi @annekorkeakivi.bsky.social Author of the novels SHINING SEA, AN UNEXPECTED GUEST and, coming in 2027, THE PERSISTENCE OF LIGHT. Reader, writer, traveler, New Yorker abroad. Anne not Anna.
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Allison K Williams @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social Formerly GuerillaMemoir over there
Writer, editor at Brevity, literal fire-eater
Give yourself permission.
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Summer Rylander @summeroutside.bsky.social Travel and science journalist + wildlife photographer covering positive-impact tourism and the conservation of our biodiverse planet.
Auburn Scallon @wsauburn.bsky.social Guidebook author, localization editor, and @Unbreaking.org contributor. I’m into pop culture, performing arts, politics, podcasting, critical travel writing, & conscious language. she/they
https://auburn.contently.com/
Brooke Black @brookeblackjust.bsky.social Music, podcasts, travel, curio lover, figuring out life abroad as an American in Denmark 🇩🇰
Jill Dutton @jilldutton.bsky.social Travel, food and agriculture writer, podcast host, pickleball fan, kayaking enthusiast. Current: Associate Editor for Farm Journal | Updating USA by Rail guidebook (10th edition) | Still finishing my travel cookbook.
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Virginia Williams @virginialwilliams.bsky.social Freelance writer and proofreader. Unapologetic Swiftie. Dual US/UK citizen living in SE England. Bylines in The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Independent, Metro, Fresh Cup, Atlas Obscura and more. https://virginialwilliams.com/
Rosie Schaap @rosieschaap.bsky.social Author, teacher, maker of excellent soups, proud chairperson of the Glenarm Wildlife Group. 🐿️
My new book is THE SLOW ROAD NORTH: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country
rosieschaap.net
Caitlin Donohue @byrdwatch.bsky.social 
Cindy Lamothe @crlamothe.bsky.social Poet/Essayist. Writer in Guatemala. Turning caffeine into words. Bylines in NYTimes, TheAtlantic, Vogue, Catapult | Writing a memoir. #Binders lamothewriter@gmail.com
KevinH @thethujonekid.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Kate Switaj @ekswitaj.bsky.social http://www.elizabethkateswitaj.net/
📚The Articulations, Kernpunkt Press http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p43/articulationsamouroboros.html
📚The Bringers of Fruit, 11:11 Press https://1111press.com/the-bringers-of-fruit
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Lisa Levy @lisalevywrites.bsky.social Critic. Essayist. Style maven. Chronic Migraineur and Patient Advocate. Lover of reality TV, fancy notebooks, and vintage dresses. WIP FUNERAL IN MY BRAIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF MIGRAINE (St Martin’s).
Leigh Shulman @theleighshulman.bsky.social Writer, mentor, and sometimes chief mucky muck. I talk about writing, parenting, and living in Argentina. Also books and food.
Lee Foust @leefoust.bsky.social Out of work professional anarchist living in Naples, Italy, under the volcano, will write novels and poems for food, sometimes corrects people's grammar, not so bad now that you know me.
Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social I write. A lot. About lots of things.
Author of What Haunts Me (April Gloaming) and The Scabbard of Her Throat (The Word Works).
Recent writing in @swwim.bsky.social, stadtsprachen, Quibble Lit, and elsewhere.
https://linktr.ee/bernadettegeyer
Katja Presnal @katjapresnal.bsky.social Founder of Crush Movement. Full-time rebel feminist, part-time business strategist.
Author of Big Rich Money.
https://www.crushmovement.com/hello
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Anna Keesey @curlyquotesediting.bsky.social 📚Fiction Book Coach & Editor for writers battling fear, imposter syndrome, and an unclear vision.
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Nancy E Newman @nancyen.bsky.social Essayist, former family therapist and gardener; wife, mom, grandma, feminist socialist, dual citizen of Canada and California.
Adam Klein @adamklein.bsky.social Author of The Medicine Burns; (High Risk Books) Tiny Ladies (Serpent's Tail); Jerome: After the Pageant; and The Gifts of The State: New Writing from Afghanistan (Dzanc Books) Rep. PJ Mark
The Size Queens.
Deborah Jeanne Weitzman @deborahjeanne.bsky.social www.deborahjeanne.com
I am a singer-songwriter, Alexander Tech. teacher, writer and truth seeker. I lead workshops in Vocal-activation, breath and movement. My new novel: 'The Sinking of the Leonardo di Vinci' comes out spring 2025!
Lola Méndez @lolaannamendez.bsky.social Queer Latina journalist covering travel, sustainability, social justice, veganism & more for USA Today, CNN, BBC, ArchDigest, Vogue, NatGeo & more 🇺🇾 she/her
www.lolaannmendez.com
Christopher Sherrod / Chr1stopher @christophersherrod.com Helping thoughtful people unplug from the noise, reclaim their attention, and build a quieter, more fulfilling life. More at ChristopherSherrod.com.
Britni Danielle @britnidanielle.bsky.social Writer. Sr. Editor and Digital Lead at ESPN's Andscape. 📽 Producer: "Hip-Hop & the White House" on Hulu & "Greater Than Ourselves: The Legacy of #SGRho" South Central LA vs everybody https://britnidanielle.com/contact/ 
Lizzie Frainier @lizziefrainier.bsky.social 🌍 Associate Travel Editor at The Times and The Sunday Times
📖 Author of Main Character: Lessons from a real-life romcom, out February 2025. A memoir about dating, friendship and romcoms 💕
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Conz Preti @conz.bsky.social 💻 Deputy Editor @insiderbusiness
🇦🇷Argentine in Maine
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Shannon Palus @shanpalus.bsky.social Features editor at Slate with a special interest in science and health. Writer and runner.
SPJ Freelance Community @spjfreelance.bsky.social Society of Professional Journalists' Freelance Community offers tips, advice, resources. Comments from community board members, not SPJ.
Noah Michelson @noahmichelson.bsky.social Director of HuffPost Personal
Editor. Writer. Queer. More tattooed than not.
Co-host of “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast
Noah.Michelson@HuffPost.com
Isaiah Thompson @isaiahthompson.bsky.social Journo for last 20 years, somehow. Just got laid off, looking for opportunities, conversations, good vibes. I seek to serve the good guys.
Mark Medley @markmedley.bsky.social Deputy Opinion Editor, @theglobeandmail.com. Former Globe and Mail/National Post Books Editor.
Author of Live to See the Day, a national bestseller. https://linktr.ee/mark.medley
Study Hall @studyhall.bsky.social -Creating community for media workers
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Blake Guthrie @blakeguthrie.bsky.social Writer | Poet | Travel journalist | Folk singer and songwriter | Anti-fascist.
www.blakeguthrie.com
Diana Lambdin Meyer @dianalm.bsky.social Passionate about #travel, good words, good stories. Believe in facts, science, truth. Love my photographer, my passport and my STL Cardinals. SATW, MTJA she/her
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
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Carrie B @carrieabk.bsky.social Native American Journalist • 📝 Travel+Leisure, Parents, US News & World Report, Culture Trip, Matador, Popsugar & more • Abroad since 2015 #binders #ᏣᎳᎩ
Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social Freelancer for hire. You know me from: The A.V. Club, The Dissolve. Posts about food, TV, movies, the Braves, pretty scenery. Husband of @donnadb.bsky.social .
Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com Antarctic Explorer + Filmmaker.
📺 Creator + host of LIFE UNEARTHED on PBS
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