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Social/engagement folks
People who work or used to work doing social media or audience engagement stuff at news organizations.
@daniellealberti.bsky.social
Axios managing editor for data viz, previously at Pew Research My favorite things are quilts, birds, books and maps
@shelbyjouppi.bsky.social
data fellow @ public health watch, reporting on emissions + enforcement • past: detroit public radio, columbia jrn • det → den • shelbyjouppi.com
@unraveledpress.com
Reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing, state violence and corruption. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism. 🩷 SUPPORT US: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/ 📧 Contact: info@unraveledpress.com 🌐 unraveledpress.com
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
Photographer, Chicago guy, punk rock nostalgia keeper. Sometimes I still write things too. www.aaroncynic.com
@thiseconomy.bsky.social
Asking the important questions, created from a list of Wikipedia titles containing the word "and." By @waldo.net.
@bobbycblanchard.bsky.social
Best accent in Texas. Audience Morning Consult. Eric's husband. Dog dad. Gardener. Not the lesbian gym teacher. he/him.
@dlockwood.bsky.social
Commentary and Ideas Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Author of 1,001 VOICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE. 📖 http://bit.ly/1001Voices
@waldo.net
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
@mollytaft.com
disaster lesbian on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.76. mollytaft.com
@beingbrina.bsky.social
human rights + tech + investments Athlete, learner, leader and joyful warrior. // I believe in a world where we all get to thrive. // I love libraries, coffee and dance breaks. https://sabrina.ghost.io/
@annecaprara.bsky.social
Chief of Staff for Governor JB Pritzker. A continually aggravated Philadelphian making her way in the great city of Chicago.
@stacykess.bsky.social
Journalist with 25+ yrs experience and handful of awards. Former RN. Editor of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org. Disabled not dead. View from Boston. Zero filter. Cuss too much. Pedantic pedagogue of accessible news media. https://equalaccesspublicmedia.org
@loganfinney.com
« the world is quiet here » President & CEO @idahoreports.org podcast professional generalist & poli sci guy
@petrinkae.bsky.social
Data & graphics 🧙 @chalkbeat.org, Civic News Co. ✊ @ CNC Guild. Cofounder/interim ED @transjournalists.org. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. petrinkae.github.io
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
I host What Next TBD at Slate. A show about tech, power and the future. Who wants night bacon? https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd Lizzie.oleary@slate.com Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
@uwethics.bsky.social
Promoting high standards and fostering vigorous debate. Official account for the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison: https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu Comments are moderated: https://www.wisc.edu/social-media-statement/
@aresluna.org
Wrote a book about the history of keyboards: shifthappens.site · Design director @figma · Typographer · Occasional speaker · Chicagoan in training
@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
@fishnette.bsky.social
independent data journo, kinda retired; past prez womenjournos; fishnette@mastodon.online, fishsandra on threads; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
@robyncaplan.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom. I make bad jokes sometimes.
@couts.bsky.social
security & investigations editor at @WIRED.com, send tips and/or dog pics Signal: couts.01
@cmorehouse.bsky.social
POLITICO energy reporter covering the power grid and writing Morning Energy ⚡ minnesotan in spirit. cmorehouse@politico.com
@alexguillen.bsky.social
Energy reporter for POLITICO Pro on the EPA beat | Founder, POLITICO Museum | VC, PEN Guild | aguillen@politico.com | he/him/his
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social
I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else. Nukes/Missiles/Space/Blimps/etc. Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/PoRoBSPUsb1fVLiml15BwUb7K4BJU64c8GtNrzfGO3qX-WN1cFdI0Y5g0pUgGFuI
@jayohday.bsky.social
Journalist with the Illinois Answers Project based in St. Louis. Priors: Center for Public Integrity, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. #neveroff — send tips to jodea at illinoisanswers dot org. Signal at jayohday.11 217 native. IRE fangirl. Unionize ✊
@chiwho.bike
We tell the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city, in photos and video. Sign up for an interview or read all our work at chiwho.bike!
@smittenkitchen.bsky.social
triumphant home cooking, est. 2006 three cookbooks + one audiobook + a podcast glad you’re here smittenkitchen.com
@sandhyak.bsky.social
data reporter, Los Angeles Times. USC adjunct professor. Likes stats, puzzles & ice cream. email: sandhya@latimes.com | she/her | https://linktr.ee/sandhya_k
@joannastern.bsky.social
👩🏻💻 Senior personal tech columnist @WSJ 📺 Contributor @nbcnews + @CNBC 🏆 Emmy winner, technology and family lover
@abbyblachman.bsky.social
product/tech things at @19thnews.org. ceramics maker + dog mom things when im not doing that.
@jazzmyth.bsky.social
covering gender, tech & data for @19thnews.org, 2025 reporting fellow @techpolicypress.bsky.social, occasionally newslettering @ data+feelings • queer, mixed race, disabled • reads a lot • she/her subscribe: 19thnews.org/newsletters jazzmyth.substack.com
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Our mission is to explore the future of journalism worldwide. Digital News Report digitalnewsreport.org/2024 Our newsletter: https://politics.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=60081b78294f9bbf995e9bcf8&id=0a8e38824f
@fedecherubini.bsky.social
Director of Leadership Programmes at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
@ampress.bsky.social
We support local and community-based media through research, programs and products that foster healthy, responsive and resilient news organizations.
@trustingnews.bsky.social
Empowering journalists to demonstrate credibility and earn trust day to day. Learn more at trustingnews.org/newsletter.
@samragland.bsky.social
VP, Journalism Programs at @ampress working toward a healthy news world for all journalists 💥🤌 | Former PBPost editor & Poynter faculty | amateur flower arranger 💐 | Need support? 📆 calendly.com/sragland/30
@niketa.bsky.social
CEO/Executive Director, Online News Association. Priors: CUNY, The 19th, Twitter, CNN, ABC News & more. Brit living in Atlanta.
@brookbrookins.bsky.social
Mennonite hospital chaplain, into dogs, running, and knitting. Honest ritual enthusiast www.alisoncasellabrookins.com
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@laurajnelson.bsky.social
Reporter focusing on politics and policy at the Los Angeles Times. Kansan. Cooking, thrifting and walking around L.A. Tips, questions and ideas: DM me, or Laura.Nelson(at)latimes.com