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DEPTH PERCEPTION is our weekly newsletter about the world of longform journalism written by Parker Molloy and Mark Yarm. Our starter pack features the journalists we've interviewed for the newsletter.
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@peabodyawards.bsky.social
🏆 Honoring powerful stories and visionary voices in media since 1941. 🎧 🎙️ We Disrupt This Broadcast - new podcast available everywhere! #StoriesThatMatter 🖥️ Website: peabodyawards.com 🎧 Podcast : https://bit.ly/wdtbpod
@katie-drummond.bsky.social
Global Editorial Director at WIRED. Board member @freedom.press so go follow them too.
@jael.bsky.social
i write about climate change and renewable energy. “the fight” newsletter @heatmap.news. also in the band @ekkoastral.bsky.social. stream "pink balloons". email jael @ heatmap dot news
@buffer.com
Create and share social media content anywhere, consistently. Built with 💙 by a global, remote team. ⬇️ Learn more about Buffer & Bluesky https://buffer.com/bluesky
@magnumphotos.bsky.social
Founded in 1947, Magnum Photos is a collective of photographers committed to documenting world events, people, places, daily life and culture.
@davidenrich.bsky.social
Investigations @nytimes.com New book: MURDER THE TRUTH: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful https://www.harpercollins.com/products/murder-the-truth-david-enrich 📬 david.enrich@nytimes.com Signal: @enrich.07
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MSNBC. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
@brianfung.me
Tech policy reporter. Previously CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖 Streaming Mon-Wed-Fri mornings US Eastern time on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brainfungi
@nationalpress.bsky.social
The National Press Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to “make good journalists better.” We promote excellence in journalism through our awards and educational fellowships. https://nationalpress.org/
@pamelacolloff.bsky.social
@propublica.org reporter + @nytimes.com Magazine staff writer. Texas-based criminal justice reporter, storyteller, curious person. At work on a book for Knopf.
@laurensmiley.bsky.social
Journalist. Yarns at WIRED, New York mag, the Atlantic. Frog in boiling 2025 water. laurensmiley.contently.com
@niemanstoryboard.org
A publication of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Nieman Storyboard explores the art and craft of narrative nonfiction—across all genres and platforms. https://niemanstoryboard.org/
@markarms.bsky.social
Producer, writer, singer. Editor, @niemanstoryboard.org Podcasts @ursastory.bsky.social Music: https://www.instagram.com/markarmsmusic Founder (emeritus) of Longreads markarms.com
@jjsingh.bsky.social
Husband, son, dog father, movie lover, native Californian, PR type. Past: Disney, Lucasfilm. Current: Author of 🏳️🌈 fiction for all readers.
@coletteshade.bsky.social
Author, Y2K: How the 2000's Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was). Fan of lipstick, pearls, birds, hikes & needlepoint.
@crampell.bsky.social
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
@thesicktimes.bsky.social
A nonprofit news site chronicling the #LongCOVID crisis. Founded by journalists @BetsyLadyzhets.bsky.social & @MilesWGriffis.bsky.social Website: thesicktimes.org Newsletter: thesicktimes.org/newsletter Donate: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org
@timkmak.bsky.social
Founder, The Counteroffensive: Compelling human stories to illustrate news of the war in Ukraine. Fmr US Army medic. https://www.counteroffensive.news/
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@tamikonimura.bsky.social
Writer, community journalist, public historian. Words in SF Chronicle, Zocalo Public Square, Smithsonian, Discover Nikkei, HistoryLink, The Rumpus. Occasional poet, food writer. 4ever English major. <3: @joshpar.bsky.social Rep: Transatlantic Agency
@nxthompson.bsky.social
CEO of The Atlantic. Going out of business soon, since 1857.
@hunterw.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic Send me a secure message on Signal: hunter.07 https://linktr.ee/hunter_walker
@heidireports.bsky.social
Award-winning print, digital and TV investigative journalist Pls sign up on my site: www.heidireports.com "If you can make people believe lies are the facts, then you can control them." (Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Winning Journalist) Tips: 571 375 894
@emilysohn.bsky.social
Journalist covering health, science, environment, adventure. Writing a book about creatures adapting to disruption. Bylines: National Geographic, NYT, Outside, Nature, bioGraphic, more. http://tidepoolsinc.com
@prx.org
PRX is a non-profit media company shaping the future of audio. Learn more at prx.org, dovetail.prx.org, and radiotopia.fm.
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@assignedmedia.org
An independent news website about trans issues, by trans journalists. assignedmedia.org Support our work: https://www.assignedmedia.org/support
@damemagazine.bsky.social
Broad-minded media for all. Support independent journalism https://www.damemagazine.com/membership/
@oliverdarcy.bsky.social
writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe inbox: oliver@status.news
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@nusca.bsky.social
Editor. Rock drummer. Leo’s dad. (he/him) Editorial Director of BRAINSTORM at Fortune. Once assembled The Book for the Devil who wears Prada. LA•NYC•PHL
@jesspish.bsky.social
she/her Book on sheriffs & democracy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Repped by @rhaliterary DM for Signal or email jesspish@gmail.com “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip
@jenmascia.bsky.social
Miami-born, California-bred New Yorker Alum: Columbia Journalism School, Hunter College, Mission Viejo H.S. Senior news writer: The Trace Contributor: CNN Past: NYT
@jysexton.bsky.social
Hoosier, Political Analyst, The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, Co-Host Muckrake Podcast, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, Board: The Change Campaign
@willdigravio.bsky.social
researcher, fact-checker: extremism, conspiracies, US history critic: Paste, Time, etc. assistant editor, Cineaste PhD Candidate in Media Studies, University of Amsterdam The Video Essay Podcast | ex-Media Matters views mine www.willdigravio.com
@anamariecox.bsky.social
Writer, host of podcasts: sci-fi deep dive "Space the Nation" & mental health convos at "Another Day." Leading The Third Story Workshop. More at anamariecox.com
@danreilly.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and researcher. I’m kinda quiet until you get me going on music, the Mets, and my dog Walter. Here’s some of my work: https://www.clippings.me/danreilly11
@markyarm.bsky.social
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag 🐙 adjunct, Columbia Journalism 🐙 bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. 🐙 author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 🐙 markyarm@gmail.com; Signal: markyarm.99 🐙 https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@wlamb76.bsky.social
Senior Staff Editor, general-assignment and breaking news, The New York Times.
@jppullen.bsky.social
Editor of @longlead.com, an award winning journalism studio publishing features that make an impact. Formerly: @Fortune.com, and TIME Magazine. Yup, they call me JPP.
@vermontgmg.bsky.social
Journalist & Historian. Director, @aspencyber. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Doomsdayscenario.co
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@thetrace.org
We’re a nonprofit newsroom investigating gun violence in America. Sign up for our newsletters: thetrace.org/newsletter
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball