Matthew Champion
@wired.com | matthew_champion@wired.com | Signal matthewchampion.10 | ex-VICE News and BuzzFeed News
Starter Packs
Created by Matthew Champion (1)
ex VICE News journalists
I put this starter pack together because even though VICE News is no more the journalists who worked there and have gone on to other things are the smartest, most creative and interesting people out there.
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology and dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit. www.marhicks.com for writing & syllabi
@kylierobison.com
nothing is real, you are dreaming, this is not a trash can, i’m an AI reporter for wired.com my two accomplishments here are that i invited AOC and i started the first-ever Hellthread http://kyliebytes.com • sf
@everyonehateselon.bsky.social
Pissing off Elon Musk one small action at a time. Get involved ⬇️ https://bio.link/everyonehateselon
@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
@annielauaviles.bsky.social
I look at how we make home / how we react in the face of disaster. Work for The Atlantic, Harper's, NPR, Vice, otros. Trabajo en inglés y español. Proudly from the sticks. https://www.annieaviles.com/
@matthewcassel.bsky.social
Independent journalist making videos long and short for NYT, BBC, AJE, etc. Former VICE News (RIP) correspondent.
@katz.theracket.news
Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | a.k.a. @KatzOnEarth | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
@iododds.bsky.social
Senior reporter in San Francisco @the-independent.com, covering tech, politics, & LGBT+ affairs. ISO 8601 stan; tabletop gamer; information from a star. lowercase = shitposts Got a story? DMs open Signal: @iohazard.01 Email: io.dodds@the-independent.com
@keribla.bsky.social
Reporter: LA Times. Author: Corrections in Ink. New America fellow. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
@sheeraf.bsky.social
NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang. Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
@kateconger.com
tech reporter for the NYT! co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT! signal: kateconger.11 buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
@kellen.bsky.social
New York Times politics reporter. Survived the Tim Walz motorcade. Washed up tech reporter. #SacramentoProud 👑
@ering.bsky.social
NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital Writing a book about startups in the 2010s🦄
@vladduthierscbs.bsky.social
Featured Host, CBS Mornings, National Correspondent, CBS News, former West Africa correspondent for CNN in Lagos, Nigeria. Flâneur
@jduffyrice.bsky.social
i write things and think about prisons. i live in atlanta. i read a lot.
@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
@amolsharma.bsky.social
Financial Editor at The Wall Street Journal (former media & entertainment editor). amol.sharma@wsj.com
@zachmontellaro.bsky.social
Editing news at @POLITICO.com. Nothing you say will upset me more than the Mets. Email me at zmontellaro(at)politico(dot)com
@weisenthal.bsky.social
Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
@howardmegdal.bsky.social
Founder/Editor @Theixnewsletter.bsky.social, @thenext.bsky.social. Writer @BaseballProspectus.com. Voice at Bard, @LockedOnWBB.bsky.social. "Rare Gems" via Triumph Books out now, "Becoming Caitlin Clark" available for preorder, out June 2025. He/Him
@eroston.bsky.social
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales. Literally wrote the book on carbon. Born 326.17. He/him. "Bleakly amusing." —A. Martine. "The dad jokes will continue until morale improves." —Charlie Jane Anders. Bloomberg Green journalist
@jillphotola.bsky.social
photojournalist , college professor, mama Based in Los Angeles www.jillconnellyphoto.com Freelance for: @delos @bloomberg @epa @zumapress
@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
@carolinejmolloy.bsky.social
Writer, editor, #healthpolicy nerd. Loves evidence, humans, the NHS, equity. Trade unionist. Grew up on free school meals. Surprisingly good at identifying plants. Fantastic at sleeping. Rubbish at guitar. Stroud-based. 📧caroline.molloy@cantab.net
@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
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@davidkurtz.bsky.social
TPM editor at large + all things Morning Memo: https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/ Signal: davidkurtz.88 Proton: davidmkurtz@proton.me
@johnalight.bsky.social
I’m an editor at TPM. signal: johnalight.99 email: johnalight@protonmail.com
@talkingpointsmemo.com
Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/
@eliasisquith.blog
i am part of the team behind the ezra klein show / these are my personal opinions / reposts ≠ endorsements / i block doomers / trust the process / go 🦅 / delete posts ~ 1x per week www.eliasisquith.blog
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host. The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now. https://sirenscallbook.com/
@maddow.msnbc.com
Mondays at 9pmET on MSNBC MaddowBlog.com From Russia with Lev: MSNBC.com/Lev Ultra podcast: MSNBC.com/Ultra Prequel: MSNBC.com/Prequel
@maddowblog.msnbc.com
MaddowBlog.com Rachel: https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.msnbc.com Steve: https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com
@stevebenen.com
Rachel Maddow Show producer, MaddowBlog author, MSNBC contributor, and author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@emineirmakyucel.bsky.social
national political reporter @TPM.bsky.social • formerly Washington Week, NewsHour Weekend & NPR investigations signal: eyucel.06
@kateriga.bsky.social
Covering the Supreme Court (especially reproductive rights) etc at TPM & co-hosting the Josh Marshall Podcast; Philly-born Mystics diehard 🚴♀️🏃♀️. Call me/beep me: kate@talkingpointsmemo.com. 📸 Leah Miessler, Anna Moneymaker
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
@chrislhayes.bsky.social hosts the Emmy Award-winning “All In” Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m. ET on MSNBC.
@joshkovensky.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @TPM.bsky.social Get in touch at joshk@talkingpointsmemo.com or via Signal JoshKovensky.04
@wagnertonight.msnbc.com
Tuesday through Friday at 9pmET on MSNBC Find clips at MSNBC.com/Alex