The Institute for Independent Journalists
An education, professional development, and mutual support organization for independent journalists, focusing on BIPOC. Our mission is financial and emotional sustainability for independent journalists of color.
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@narrativegigs.bsky.social
Opportunities for storytellers. Oportunidades para cronistas. A project of @indiejournalists.bsky.social
@socialchampsays.bsky.social
Lead the social media game with AI-powered scheduling and content tools. Be a Social Champ 🏅!
@pulitzercenter.bsky.social
Journalism and education for the public good. For more visit https://pulitzercenter.org
@tonyhotran.bsky.social
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
@sirharrysummit.bsky.social
Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit Hosted by Tina Brown, Reuters and Durham University 7 May 2025 | London sirharrysummit.org
@muckrock.com
The easy way to request and share public records, making government more transparent and democracies more informed. Learn more: https://www.muckrock.com/
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Public Radio Boy 🎙 retweet≠endorsement 🙅♂️ #standwiththefacts 💪 he/him 🤷♂️ STL ⚜️
@ajhasocial.bsky.social
Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association advances teaching and research in mass communication history. https://ajha.wildapricot.org/
@opennews.bsky.social
We help journalists connect as peers to build skills that transform their work and relationships that transform our industry.
@iwwfju.bsky.social
A union for all freelance journalists, bloggers, and other writers in news media - www.freelancejournalistsunion.org. Part of the IWW (https://iww.org). For assistance, please email freelancejournalists@iww.org
@ryan.trailsmag.net
Founding editor @trailsmag.net, sometimes outdoor/enviro writer. Climber, skier, mountain enthusiast, pilot. Bellingham, WA.
@publicbooks.bsky.social
Public Books is an online magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship. www.publicbooks.org
@spj-posts.bsky.social
SPJ champions journalists by promoting ethics, honoring excellence, fighting for press freedom and supporting emerging professionals. #FreePressFriday
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, University of Colorado; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
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@nabjlaofficial.bsky.social
📢YOUR VOICE MATTERS! @NABJ Los Angeles Chapter, serving Black journalists and the community, in SoCal since 1980.
@sciencewriters.org
Fighting for the free flow of science news since 1934. A 501(c)(6) professional membership organization. Hosted #SciWri24 Nov. 8-11! 💚 https://www.nasw.org 🎟️ https://www.sciencewriters2024.org
@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. ‘We can't stop here, this is bat country' - Hunter S Thompson.
@acesediting.bsky.social
We are the nation’s leading organization of editing professionals, educators, and students. Follow us for #editing news, events, & training. https://linktr.ee/aceseditors
@spjfreelance.bsky.social
Society of Professional Journalists' Freelance Community offers tips, advice, resources. Comments from community board members, not SPJ.
@spjdc.bsky.social
Washington, DC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists | spjdc.com | Dateline Awards open for submissions! bit.ly/spjdc-awards25
@mollymccluskey.com
Investigative journalist & editor focusing on border parks and other public lands. CEO & Editor-in-Chief: Diplomatica Global Media. International literature enthusiast. DC/SE AK https://www.mollymccluskey.com/
@cgemcritics.bsky.social
Demanding better access, pay, representation in media: African American Film Critics (AAFCA) • Latino Entertainment Journalists (LEJA) • Asian American Journalists (AAJA) • LGBTQ Entertainment Journalists (GALECA) • Online Female Film Critics (OAFFC) • You
@sarcasmia22.bsky.social
Audio producer, journalist, and documentarian. Managing Director of @fi2w.org. UnionDocs '25 CoLAB. Korean American. Brooklyn, NY. (she/her) Reader, bread baker, cyclist, and public transit enthusiast.
@andreagrimes.com
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@spitfirenews.com
A newsletter from @kattenbarge.bsky.social about internet culture, politics, and media. Subscribe today for free!
@journalistspaythemselves.com
Get more of your free readers to go paid. The play by play of reader-funded news every week from @lexroman.com. 💌Subscribe: journalistspaythemselves.com/subscribe 🪐In partnership with outpost.pub for Ghost publishers
@economichardship.bsky.social
We support quality journalism about inequality and poverty in America. Read our work and learn more: https://economichardship.org/ Edited by @alissaquart.bsky.social and @deborahjianlee.bsky.social // Bluesky posts by @rachelsanoff.bsky.social
@nextavenue.bsky.social
Public media's first and only national publication for older adults
@saribotton.bsky.social
Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
@celesteheadlee.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, speaker. She/her. Black and Jewish. Detroit stan forever. Living on Piscataway land. Latest book: https://rb.gy/4ovkd Press: ashley@triple7pr.com
@plantnerd.bsky.social
Independent science writer and editor. Words in Nature, SciAm, NYTimes, Slate, MIT Tech Review, New Scientist, etc. They/them. JulianN.88 on Signal
@jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social
Journalist + writer covering immigration, migration and human rights. Sometimes global women’s affairs. Subscribe 📩: https://open.substack.com/pub/jenniferchowdhury
@allisonburtka.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor in metro Detroit. Words in Outside, National Geographic, the Guardian, Audubon, Harvard Public Health, Well+Good, WebMD & more. writing portfolio: https://atburtka.journoportfolio.com/
@sarakenny.bsky.social
Journalism awards guru. Little House and MASH addict. Mark Harmon fangirl. Jersey girl living in Florida.
@alexiskg.bsky.social
Freelance TV critic and organizer with the National Writers Union / Freelance Solidarity Project | Comms at PGCMLS 📚 | she/her
@karmabennett.com
I'm Karma: Word wrangler, spin doctor, agitator. I'm all about books, street art, politics, writing, web design & your new favorite band. Mod for San Francisco Writers Conference Discord, web mistress cwc-berkeley.org. Writing a memoir, like everyone else.
@joshuabenton.com
21st-century media and the 19th-c American South. Founded and ran @niemanlab.org at @harvard.edu for 12 yrs; now the senior writer there. Cajun, dad of two, husband of one. Journalist with a history problem. Also: @theatlantic.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc
@calmclearmedia.com
Helping brands and individuals communicate with purpose. 🎙️ | Virtual & Hybrid Event Production | Storytelling | Public Radio Contributor | Voice of TEDxDetroit. Let's create compelling narratives together. 🌟 https://linktr.ee/CalmClearMedia
@voiceofwitness.org
VOW is an oral history nonprofit that amplifies the stories of people impacted by—and fighting against—injustice. We partner to document community voices, teach ethical storytelling, and develop educational resources. Website: voiceofwitness.org
@ellensheng.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Content strategist. 2x WSJ alum. Mom to boys and cats. Indoor enthusiast. ellensheng.com
@urbanbushwoman9.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance journalist based in DC. Native Washingtonian. Member of NABJ & WABJ. Pretty girl 1908 🩷💚 Check out my work www.freelancecandace.com
@openmarkets.bsky.social
We are a group of journalists & scholars in policy & economics working at the vanguard of antimonopoly to achieve victories that empower everyone. Learn more: openmarketsinstitute.org
@cjl4news.bsky.social
Striving for regulation that ensures the news industry remains independent, vital & vigilant (@knightfdn.bsky.social support w/in @openmarkets.bsky.social). Learn more: journalismandliberty.org
@fspnwu.bsky.social
The Freelance Solidarity Project is a union of digital media workers raising labor standards across our industry. Part of @thenwu.bsky.social