Josh Stearns
Working at the intersection of journalism, community and democracy.
@henningo.com
Musician, Producer, Songwriter. My band is @gentlehen.bsky.social. I'm also a member of the Fawns, Mark Mulcahy band, and Polaris (Penny). I mostly tweet music stuff. Hello.
@adamzucker.bsky.social
As Stated - The Professor one at UMass Amherst. Shakespeare, Jonson, et al. Journal co-editor, English Literary Renaissance. Author: "Shakespeare Unlearned" (OUP 2024). Music: Outro; The Young Old; The Father Figures; Bring It To Bear.
@levjoy.bsky.social
Digital safety, music, and many other things. Center for Digital Resilience: https://digiresilience.org K'lal Tech Hub: https://klal.tech Music: https://outro-band.bandcamp.com Mastodon: https://babka.social/@levjoy Also known as יהושע
@erdanton.bsky.social
Writer of Freak Scene, about music in #WesternMass and CT. Bylines in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Paste and more. IWWFJU. Ex-Hartford Courant. Knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but likes it. https://buttondown.email/freakscene
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
Serial policy nerd: led President Obama's Domestic Policy Council after 20 years at Unidos US; now growing new NGOs. On way too many boards. Author: More Than Ready.
@aijenpoo.bsky.social
❤️ National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, Care in Action, Supermajority. Opinions entirely my own. #CareCantWait
@democracyfund.bsky.social
Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy.
@mauricewfp.bsky.social
National Director: @workingfamilies.org | Co-Founder: Blackbird | Board: Brooklyn Movement Center, Center for Popular Democracy Action, United for Respect | Always: Movement for Black Lives | Text MOE to 30403. he/him
@theajp.bsky.social
The American Journalism Project is the first-ever venture philanthropy dedicated to supporting a thriving local news ecosystem. We invest in and build nonprofit newsrooms that are sustained by and look like the people they serve.
@maya4rights.bsky.social
Prez & CEO @civilrightsorg. Cat Mom. Former @msnbc. Ran 4 Mayor of NYC; IG @Maya4CivilRights Views & typos are mine. She/Her
@safiyanoble.bsky.social
Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. Writer, researcher, professor. Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI. safiyaunoble.com
@zey.bsky.social
It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social
Co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action and guy with two first names freepress.net
@billchilds.bsky.social
Not a real doctor; real worm. I've done radio for kids for a weirdly long time. Not your lawyer, maybe your amusement park law professor. SpareTheRock.com, RecreationAndRisk.com (Carolina Academic Press). He/him; my views only here, of course. Saint Paul.
@brianstelter.bsky.social
Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
@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.
@k8shep.bsky.social
Mom. Runner. Egyptologist. Historian. Author: Women in the Valley of the Kings (St. Martin's Press) KathleenSheppard.org
@sethclewis.bsky.social
Professor, Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media, and Director of Journalism at the University of Oregon. I study AI and news, trust in knowledge institutions, and lots of things tech-related. Co-author, "News After Trump" (Oxford, 2021). Views my own, etc.
@jesseholcomb.bsky.social
journalism/comm prof (Calvin Univ.), researcher-- current & past work w Institute for Nonprofit News, Knight Foundation, Gallup, Pew Research Center. GRR <> DCA
@nabiha.bsky.social
Executive Director @ Mozilla Foundation Mama to Musa and Ibi Definitely have cookies in my purse
@natematias.bsky.social
I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof in Communication at Cornell · Guatemalan-American. @natematias@social.coop natematias.com citizensandtech.org
@kissane.bsky.social
Making and mending networks and knowledge. Co-founded the Covid Tracking Project, previously OpenNews, old web nonsense. Working/thinking at wrecka.ge, launching unbreaking.org
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
@mtdukes.bsky.social
Lead editor, AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy. Former News & Observer I-team. Duke University adjunct. 2017 Nieman Fellow. Powered by gas station coffee and eastern NC barbecue.
@madbair.bsky.social
Civic media junkie. Oakland native. Mother, daughter, sister, friend. Founder of @eltimpano.bsky.social '23-'24 JSK Fellow.
@seanharder.bsky.social
Working on climate solutions, journalism, and revitalizing local news at the MacArthur Foundation (@macfound.bsky.social).
@agoldman.bsky.social
I make @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social I used to make Reply All. One day I will be in the ground hopefully flowers will grow out of me Music: Slowfawns.bandcamp.com Western kabuki (the official podcast of Bluesky): patreon.com/weste
@mkramer.bsky.social
engagement + crowdsourcing products, ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, board games, philly, carrboro north carolina 🌈 melodykramer.github.io
@kashhill.bsky.social
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology & people done wrong by A.I. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
@megheckman.bsky.social
Associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University. Exploring modern gender politics through the lens of media history. Also: local news revitalization, digital humanities and writing.
@brianknappenberger.bsky.social
Filmmaker/Director. Documentary Producer. 'Internet's Own Boy' and recently TURNING POINT: The Bomb and the Cold War. #documentary Formerly @knappb on twitter. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460534/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 www.luminantmedia.com
@tiffanycampbell.bsky.social
// executive editor for digital @ WBUR @wbur.org, Boston's @NPR news station // formerly @seattletimes @cnn // i'm not a newslady, i'm the news, lady
@kimbui.bsky.social
That one Vietnamese American journalist. Media Consultant. JSK Fellow '24. Fiber Artist. Widow. Working on something new (stay tuned) Alum: Arizona Republic, NowThis, Reportedly, KPCC/LAist, too many others to list.
@juliaangwin.com
Investigative journalist. New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer. Founder, Proof News, The Markup. Priors: ProPublica, WSJ. Fellow at Harvard Shorenstein Center. Signal: Julia.368 Sign up for my newsletter: https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin
@chronotope.aramzs.xyz
AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. https://aramzs.glitch.me
@travelinganna.bsky.social
Journalist, former wsj, Vox, USA TODAY. Studying the neuroscience of information & happiness at Penn.
@superwuster.bsky.social
Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Author of "The Curse of Bigness," "The Attention Merchants" Forthcoming book: THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025)