Michael Bruton
Irish in Brussels โ๏ธ EU Communication Adviser @ec.europa.eu ๐ช๐บ Foreign affairs, disinfo, social media and political comms ๐ฃ My views ๐
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EU comms
People working in EU comms, both inside the EU institutions and across the Brussels bubble
@airidas.bsky.social
Political theory, European integration, EU, environmental justice. PhD student at Georgetown University. Alumnus of College of Europe & Paris-Sorbonne. Ex-European Commission, Lithuanian and French MFAs ๐ฑ๐น๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ
@akispox.bsky.social
๐ช๐บ European Commission Spokesperson for energy, climate, transport and taxation.
@ldonceel.bsky.social
Still learning Icelandic ๐ฎ๐ธ still on my ๐ฒ Mobility | Energy Transition | Climate | Europe | Policy | #hydrogen
@rscholtalbers.bsky.social
๐๏ธComms Director at the European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social. Posts mainly about #research, #highered, #comms, #EU, and #Italy. Personal account.
@sergitorres.bsky.social
Storyteller at @ec.europa.eu. Social media, audiovisual & everything in between. Opera lover by osmosis. Views are my own, unless they are yours too...
@whitetimothyj.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Xavier University Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
@jarlehetland.bsky.social
Living the Belgian dream in Brussels. Head of communications for the EFTA Surveillance Authority. Been both here and there as a journalist and as a UN official. Irish-Norwegian. ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐บ ๐
@anaascencao.bsky.social
Emergency response at @eu_echo | Former #EU2021PT spokesperson | RT โ endorsement | Own views from a football fanatic eurocrat
@towob.bsky.social
Dedicated European working in the European Committee of the Regions - tweets are my own! After #eXit you can reach me here or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-wobben-3035521a/
@thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu
European Commission Spokesperson for tech sovereignty, defence, space and research.
@andimanas.bsky.social
Brussels based communications trainer liking the butterfly. Interested in news and views on public policy and international relations communications.
@davitter.bsky.social
@msf.ca
Doctors Without Borders is a medical humanitarian organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. More: hootbio.com/DoctorsWithoutBorders
@tomfletcherun.bsky.social
United Nations Humanitarian Chief. Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof. Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
@handle.invalid
Following world leaders on social media. Skeeting about all things #digital, tips & advice on #DigitalCommunications #DigitalDiplomacy ๐ง @Luefkens.com
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airportsโฆviews are my own, thank goodness
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
@janinegibson.ft.com
Editor of Weekend FT โข sinkhole tracker โข Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
@martinstabe.ft.com
Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. Currently at #ijf25 #ddj #dataviz
@knightcolumbia.org
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education. https://knightcolumbia.org/
@parkerortolani.com
assoc. director, product development @ Penske Media | prev @theverge.com & @polygon.com, @9to5mac.com, and @buzzfeed.com | opinions are my own ๐ https://www.parkerortolani.com โ๐ป https://www.postsbyparker.com ๐จ https://www.behance.net/parkerortolani
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: This Week in Google, AI Inside. Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, The Web We Weave, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
@niemanlab.org
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. ๐ https://www.niemanlab.org/
@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
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@corinnepodger.bsky.social
๐ Learning & Development Specialist, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times, WA Today ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ Accredited trainer for BBC, Reuters, and @soljourno
@richardfletcher.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Lead researcher + co-author of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
@felixsimon.bsky.social
Research Fellow in AI and News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate & DPhil, Oxford Internet Institute | AI, news, misinfo, tech, democracy | Affiliate Tow Center, CITAP | Media advisor | My views etcโฆ https://www.felixsimon.net/
@sachaltay.bsky.social
๐ Misinformation, social media & the news ๐๏ธ ๐จ๐ญ Postdoc at the University of Zurich, previously Reuters Institute & ENS ๐ซ๐ท
@ecg.bsky.social
Panda, journalist, painter, auntie, fiber artist and iced coffee enthusiast. Sometimes I make things, sometimes I break things. I can be found at: - Kimbap Media - The Marshall Project - Media Bridge Partners - Phish shows โญ๏ธ
@snurb.info
Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media. He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 ๐ค๐ค๐ | ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐บ ๐ธ๏ธ snurb.info ๐ @snurb@aoir.social โ @snurb_dot_info
@marklittle.bsky.social
Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent ๐ฎ๐ช
@jarjour.bsky.social
Journalism product manager available for projects โข past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ โข he/him โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐บ๐ฑ๐ง โข London
@tk.gg
Product at @financialtimes.com @MattieTK on the bird app, tk.gg elsewhere. Full stack news nerd. Builder of vidgrid.tk.gg and @project-push.tk.gg
@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 ๐ melodykramer.github.io
@knightfoundation.org
@damon.kiesow.net
Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
@pewresearch.org
Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
@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.
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐บ๐๐ผ๐งชโ๏ธ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme ๐ ๐ป tiara.org