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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social LGBTQ+ reporter at @19thnews.org, previously breaking news at Axios. Southern, trans and tired. 📲 Text me on Signal @orionr.80 or email me at orummler@19thnews.org
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I curse on the internet now.
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dan solomon @dansolomon.com senior writer at Texas Monthly. wrote the YA novel The Fight For Midnight (it’s about abortion bans). dogs love me cuz i’m crazy sniffable. he/him
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Cat Cardenas @catcardenas.bsky.social Latina writer & photographer 🇲🇽 | words in Rolling Stone, DAZED, WMag, Harper’s Bazaar, NYMag, Texas Monthly, and others. | email: catrcardenas@gmail.com
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Jay Arnold @jayarnold.bsky.social Former Texas A&M DL, Content Pusher, BBQ Lover, and dude just trying to be better. Expect lots of sports meanderings especially college football, NASCAR, and MMA. COYS.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social Editorial director at Votebeat, managing special projects and newsroom enthusiasm. Finding joy everywhere. Prev: ProPublica. Texan. jhuseman at votebeat dot org.
Thank god for good people. Thank people for being kind.
Evan @evan7257.bsky.social Houstonian. Pulitzer finalist. Constant gardener. "Bastion of the area.” I no longer love our technodystopian future. Build the Ike Dike.
Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social Professor of Political Science who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs.
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JMR @jamesfortexas.bsky.social freelance writer covering art, the built environment, culture, people and politics, mostly in dfw and texas. quorum report’s newsclipper.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social Writer. Lesbian. Texan. Veteran. Hoya. Jesus Fan. She. | cmclymer@gmail.com | I write about politics, religion, and culture in my award-winning blog/newsletter Charlotte's Web Thoughts: charlotteclymer.substack.com
Michelle H. Davis @lonestarleft.com Writer, Texan, Leftist
Shehan Jeyarajah @shehanjeyarajah.com National College Football Writer at CBS Sports
Ishmael Johnson @yeahlikethebook.bsky.social Writer @sportsdayhs.bsky.social | Here for vibes, the Suns, Arsenal and wrestling |
Cory Hogue @coryhoguesports.bsky.social Host of The Cut Block Podcast and March2ThePod. Reach me at cory.hogue@hotmail.com. I battle depression #EndTheStigma
Mike Craven @cravenmike.bsky.social Senior college football writer at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football | Buy my book on college football published by Texas Monthly: https://www.texasfootball.com/store/product/dave-campbell-s-guide-to-texas-college-football
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social Texas Monthly senior writer focused on the far right, Christian nationalism and the billionaires funding them. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Send me music.
Justin Carter @juscarts.com Author of Brazos (Belle Point Press, 2024) // women's basketball & motorsports writer // Texan living in Iowa // juscarts.com
Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social Freelance writing about the wild, old and dead. Bylines in NatGeo, SciAm, The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and many other places. Repped by @desir.ee at Looking Glass Literary (fiction) and @benglishhh.bsky.social at Transatlantic (nonfiction)
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David Leftwich @davidleftwich.bsky.social Dad/cook. 2025 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Poetry Book winner: at dawn, the first of the first to sing, pubs Fall ‘27. Writer/editor covering Houston food: Houston Chronicle, Edible Houston, Houston Food Finder, Sugar&Rice, Cite. https://www.davidleftwich.net/
Claire Hao @clairehao.bsky.social Reporting on energy & TX power grid @houstonchronicle.com • ✉️: claire.hao@houstonchronicle.com or clairehao.14 on Signal • RT ≠ endorsement
Emily McCullar @mccullarmebad.bsky.social Staff writer at Texas Monthly. The sort of girl who thinks Elijah Wood gets hotter the closer Frodo gets to Mordor.
Leezel Tanglao @leezeltanglao.bsky.social Head of Audience/Membership The LA Local, FYLPRO Immediate Past President, Tayo Project Director www.leezeltanglao.com
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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social Decolonized Journalist | US Politics, Justice, Immigration, Geopolitics, Hate Groups, Cuba, Texas | Words: Unicorn Riot, Cultured, Antagonist, Momentum | Formerly: Capitol Press, Latino Rebels | #WEOC Leader | News and Analysis: extremearturo.substack.com
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
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Sarah Thurmond @sarahthurmond.bsky.social Native of Del Rio, Texas. Proud cat mom to Lola. Freelance editor/writer, contributing editor for Texas Highways, alum of Austin Monthly, Tennis, SI. Interests include tennis, pop culture, theater, politics, and celebrity couplings.
Write2Swim 💙 @rpaoli.bsky.social Writer, voter, swimmer, cranky progressive idealist 🐶 #housky
Fernando Alfonso III @fernalfonso.bsky.social Texas Editor, New York Times
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Andrea Ball @andreacaroleball.bsky.social Investigative reporter at Houston Chronicle, Diet Coke addict, fluent in salty language, insanely passionate about journalism.
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Matthew Kitchen @kitchen.bsky.social Deputy Editor for Op-Ed at the LA Times. Previously: WSJ, NBC News, Chron. Send only your best ideas to matthew.kitchen@latimes.com
Fatima @fatimafarha.bsky.social senior editor for socials @houstonchronicle.com
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kenduque @kenduque.bsky.social Longtime graphic artist. Native Texan who’s dreaming of leaving. A.I.-free. #Apple, #Astros and #Honda. #Trekkie, #Whovian, #Humanist, #BLM, 🏳️🌈 Ally, 🇺🇸 🇵🇹. Opinions are mine. behance.net/kenduque
John Wayne Ferguson @johnwferguson.bsky.social Reporter at The Houston Chronicle
Jonathan Diamond @diamondj.bsky.social AME @philadelphia.bizjournals.com. Past: business editor, @houstonchron.bsky.social, editor @labj. Believer in coasters. PHL-NYC-LA-HOU-PHL. Every good thing you have in your life is the product of someone else’s struggle - Josh Johnson
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Stephanie Stradley @stephstradley.bsky.social Write about NFL #Texans @ Houston Chronicle https://tinyurl.com/TexansBlog & other stuff at other places including StephStradley.com. Lawyer too. I try to be nice, helpful. Be not afraid. 
Alison Cook @alisoncook.bsky.social Omnivore, part-time misanthrope, rabid Houstonian. Lapsed restaurant critic, newsletter writer at https://alison-cooks-htown.ghost.io
Joseph Hoyt @joejhoyt.bsky.social Cowboys reporter for The Dallas Morning News. San Francisco Born, Oregon made, Dallas living.
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Nick Rallo @nickrallo.bsky.social I write about food for the Dallas Morning News, D magazine.
Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social Reporter covering safety, housing, healthcare and more for The Lab Report Dallas. Ex-public safety reporter @dallasnews.com. El Paso raised.
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Demetrio Teniente IV @demo36.bsky.social Assistant Online Sports Editor for The Dallas Morning News | Previously: The Houston Chronicle, The Conroe Courier, The Woodlands Villager | SMU grad
Sue Owen @aggiejournalist.bsky.social Ex-newspapers, now alumni comms. Texas Aggie '94. I write a lot about Texas A&M and its history: linktr.ee/aggiejournalist. Known to emit Muppet noises. 
Laura Rice @laurarice.bsky.social Journalist: Managing Producer for statewide NPR program "Texas Standard."
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Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social Real. Reliable. Texas Public Radio.
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Bonnie Petrie @bonniepetrie.bsky.social Gracie winning host of Petrie Dish podcast and Science & Medicine | Bioscience-Med Reporter @texaspublicradio.bsky.social | | JHU grad student | UB mom | Genetic Genealogist | WNY & SATX
Mike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social San Antonio Express-News sports columnist. Stretch four. Digit.
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