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Northern journalists
Journalists based in northern England for local or national titles
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including forthcoming biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
@priteshifg.bsky.social
Senior Partnerships Manager - @instituteforgov.bsky.social Interested in finding out more and working with us? Message me. He/Him. #Banners. Sign up to all the IfG news: http://bit.ly/3C56M0Q
@danhollandnews.bsky.social
Local Democracy Reporter in the North East for ChronicleLive, BBC, and others. I go to council meetings so you don't have to. Email: daniel.holland@reachplc.com
@hetanshah.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The British Academy Chair, Our World in Data Board, National Audit Office Visiting Professor, Kings College London Fellow, Birkbeck College Advisory board, Resolution Foundation; Bennett Institute; UCL Policy Lab My own views
@estherbintliff.bsky.social
UK editor, The New York Times. Born in Bradford, raised in Durham, somewhat reluctantly now a Londoner.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
@jayrayner1.bsky.social
Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
@adamprz.bsky.social
@adamlbrown.bsky.social
Economist, formerly a physicist. Head of UK Economic Policy & Modelling at Cambridge Econometrics. Visiting Researcher at Oxford Brookes Business School. Also interested in cricket, baseball and metal. Displaced Salopian. Vmo
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@noblefrancis.bsky.social
Economics Director at the CPA, PhD Econometrician & Honorary Professor at the UCL Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction. Tweets on construction & housebuilding. Historic posts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fnoblefrancis/recent-activity/all/
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
@centreforcities.bsky.social
The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
@bigbadbank.bsky.social
Not to worry, a bad equilibrium is breaking down that's all. The next one will have higher vibrations I promise. Tantra and indology, bonds and central banks. Oxford. Labour. 🇺🇦
@hannahdavies.bsky.social
CEO Northern Health Science Alliance www.thenhsa.co.uk Executive Director Health Equity North www.healthequitynorth.co.uk Carer ME/CFS . Policy, health, equality, people, science and the North. Music, art & coffee.
@darrenhankey.bsky.social
Principal of the underfunded, overlooked, undervalued yet marvellous Hartlepool College of FE. Raised on a council estate & FSM throughout school.
@mattgarrahan.bsky.social
FT journalist running digital things. Former news editor, global media editor, Los Angeles correspondent
@waterslee.bsky.social
Welsh Labour Senedd Member for the Llanelli constituency Podcast, The Fifth Floor: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/y-pumed-llawr-the-fifth-floor/id1780853972
@edbarnesjourno.bsky.social
Local Democracy Reporter for Wirral at the Liverpool Echo reporting for LDRS partners including BBC Merseyside, Wirral Globe, and Birkenhead News | News Journalism MA at Cardiff Uni. 🏳️🌈 #CardiffTrained
@katebarker.bsky.social
Literary agent. Always looking for something interesting. www.katebarker.net.
@alexanderrose.bsky.social
Cheerful & enthusiastic lawyer - subsidy control expert who wants to help deliver prosperity in the regions by helping make regeneration projects happen.
@paperbackparadise.bsky.social
The world's #1 used book store. Come visit us at the edge of eternity. store: https://paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/
@davidbainesmp.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens North. Former council leader and teacher. If you have questions or need my help please email david.baines.mp@parliament.uk
@profsob.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at Manchester University. British politics, race and ethnicity, representation.
@dubasfisher.bsky.social
Senior data journalist at the Reach Data Unit, based in Manchester but from Bradford 🔗 https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/david-dubas-fisher/
@dlknowles.bsky.social
Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC. Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV Reach me on Signal: dlknowles.12
@tompope.bsky.social
Deputy Chief Economist @instituteforgov.bsky.social On Twitter @tompope0
@michaeltaylormcr.bsky.social
Journalist at theBusinessDesk.com, sometime politico, professional northerner.
@lewisbaston.bsky.social
Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024). Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, traveller, flâneur. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
@igmansfield.bsky.social
Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own. Substack at edrith.co.uk
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
@katejosephs.bsky.social
CEO Sheffield City Council. Proud public servant. Together we get things done.
@gabrielmilland.bsky.social
Mainly research for strategy. Former senior UK government comms official and adviser. Once a journalist. Further back, a historian of the media, war and public opinion. Halberdier. Aggro-centrist. Bristol City FC.
@holdthefrontpage.bsky.social
The BlueSky feed for HoldtheFrontPage. News, jobs and resources for UK journalists.
@raves.bsky.social
He/Him. Travels a lot. Posts a lot. Occasionally complains a lot. @richardavsmith on Twitter and @richardavsmith@mas.to on M
@ido.bsky.social
Journalist in Berlin focusing on all things Europe. Previously at the BBC and New Statesman. http://idovock.com 🇺🇦
@georgewparker.bsky.social
Political Editor Financial Times, former FT bureau chief in Brussels. Presenter R4 Week in Westminster. Crystal Palace and Somerset CCC supporter
@skatothecore.bsky.social
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” - Alan Watts #TeessideResistance #TruthOnTeesside #NAOnow #Teesside #Boro #UTB #EDS #DPAC #NEISvoid #CutsKill
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
editor @ the verge. send pitches and death threats to sarah.jeong@theverge.com
@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social
Head of Research and Investigations at Transparency International UK. Formerly at Electoral Commission. Following the money.
@utbsmith.bsky.social
North Linthorpe elite, European, legacy Boro fan, fanzine contributor, father, fiancé, reposts NOT endorsements, ALL views (however misguided/profane) are MINE
@christophe-read.bsky.social
Labour leader, Rotherham MBC. Swinton Rockingham ward councillor. Building a better borough, one day at a time.