Michelle Dean
I wrote for websites & I wrote for magazines & I wrote a book called SHARP & I wrote a TV show called THE ACT & now I hope to find some meaning in life again (but am unfortunately mired in Hollywood) 🇨🇦
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Narrative journalists in America
Writing longform narrative grounded in reporting (not autobiography or criticism) is a vanishing art, though it shouldn't be. These are the best currently working (and on Bluesky!) If you answer this description and are not on this list, I just haven't found you on Bluesky yet.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
@katharinehayhoe.com
climate scientist posts 100% my own 🇨🇦 is my home distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UToronto and UIUC author, Saving Us
@macleans.bsky.social
Engaging stories. Bold voices. Big ideas. Maclean’s leads the national conversation on everything that matters in Canada. macleans.ca
@thewalrus.ca
Canada's Conversation. Award-winning independent journalism, fact checking, and national ideas-focused events. Stay connected: http://thewalrus.ca/newsletters
@thenarwhal.ca
Our pod of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter: http://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter
@thebeaverton.com
North America’s Trusted Source Of News Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebeaverton Merch: https://the-beaverton.myshopify.com/
@globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News [bridged from https://globalnews.ca/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/globalnews.ca ]
@thetyee.ca
Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
@winnipegfreepress.com
News and views from Winnipeg and Manitoba. Replies and mentions here are not monitored. To contact us: Customer Service: wfp.to/service | News tips wfp.to/newstip
@chatelaineqc.bsky.social
Témoin privilégié de l’évolution de toutes les femmes 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏿♀️🙋🏼♀️ - Santé. Vie pratique. Cuisine. Féminisme. Lectures.
@nowtoronto.bsky.social
Your source for news, culture and more! 📩 news@nowtoronto.com www.nowtoronto.com
@theconversationca.bsky.social
Written by academic experts, edited by journalists, backed by evidence ✉️ Newsletter: http://bit.ly/2W8X3Ev 🎧 Podcast: http://bit.ly/39v1EE0 ➕ Donate: http://bit.ly/3GV1uam
@laconversationca.bsky.social
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique 📰 Consultez notre site web : https://theconversation.com/ca-fr ✉️ Abonnez-vous à notre infolettre : https://bit.ly/3z21HSW
@pressprogress.ca
Award-winning Canadian journalism that: 🔎 Holds the rich & powerful accountable 🔎 Exposes unsafe & unfair workplaces 🔎 Shines a light on hate & bigotry Website: PressProgress.ca Newsletter: PressProgress.ca/Newsletter
@lapresse.ca
Toute l'info, 100% gratuite. La plus grande salle de rédaction francophone indépendante en Amérique du Nord.
@thechronicleherald.bsky.social
Delivering news to Nova Scotians since 1874. And, later, to the rest of the world via thechronicleherald.ca
@georgiastraight.bsky.social
Vancouver's home for arts, events, entertainment, music, food, and culture. Established in 1967. straight.com 🔗
@timescolonist.bsky.social
News and information from Vancouver Island. Sign up for our free daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/3C7m0Sf
@coltonpraill.bsky.social
Reporter: CTV National News On Parliament Hill and around Ottawa. Colton.Praill@BellMedia.ca
@ctvnewslondon.bsky.social
@ctvnewsatlantic.bsky.social
@ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social
Manitoba's top news, plus your Skywatch weather forecast.
@ctvnewslethbridge.bsky.social
Weeknights at 5 p.m. A Division of Bell Media. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/lethbridge
@ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social
Montreal's top English-language newsroom for breaking stories and news in your community. For local breaking news alerts, download our new app: ctvnews.ca/app 🌐 ctvnews.ca/montreal
@ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social
Get the latest news on what's happening in your community from the CTV news team at kitchener.ctvnews.ca
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social
CTV News Ottawa is your home for live, local, breaking news. Send us your news tip: ottawanews@ctv.ca.
@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
Calgary’s source for local, breaking news and weather. Headlines from across Canada and around the world. You can send your news tips to calgarydesk@bellmedia.ca https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/
@tvotoday.bsky.social
📰 TVO Today: Current affairs, podcasts & documentaries 📺 The Agenda with @spaikin.bsky.social, @namshine.bsky.social & @jeyantvo.bsky.social, weeknights at 8/11pm More: https://my.linkpod.site/tvotoday
@spaikin.bsky.social
Anchor, "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" on TVO. Co-host, "The #onpoli Podcast." Author, most recently, of "John Turner: An Intimate Profile of Canada's 17th Prime Minister."
@robsonfletcher.com
Data journalist with CBC Calgary. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. 📧 robson.fletcher@cbc.ca
@katiederosa.bsky.social
Legislative reporter for CBC News BC. LSE alum, Travers Fellowship recipient, Amnesty International Canada media award recipient. Loves to travel (even with two toddlers apparently).
@devinheroux.bsky.social
CBC Sports Senior Reporter Plant dad. Coffee lover. Born in Saskatoon. Live in Toronto. Taking you to the heart of the story.
@mbellefontaine.bsky.social
Provincial affairs reporter for CBC News based in Edmonton
@justinchandler.work
CBC #HamOnt reporter: https://cbc.ca/1.5256053 | CMG / @cwacanada1.bsky.social union organizer | Comic-book enthusiast | Ex: @tvotoday.bsky.social, CBC Radio, CBC Music, Radio Free Krypton | Message me on Signal: mrloislane_cbc.87 | 🥾🎮🏒📚🏃🏻♂️📻
@karenpaulscbc.bsky.social
CBC national news reporter in Manitoba and wherever life takes me. Always looking for good stories. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/author/karen-pauls-1.3347157 Tips? karen.pauls@cbc.ca IG: karenpaulscbcnews
@philippedemo.bsky.social
Chef du bureau économique de Radio-Canada à Toronto, business reporter @ CBC News philippe.de.montigny@cbc.ca
@alexanderquon.bsky.social
Reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. Data, politics & freedom of information requests. Cat dad. He/him.
@belangerjf.bsky.social
Grand Reporter TV à CBC/Radio-Canada, Washington, Paris, Moscou, Dakar. Maintenant basé à Montréal.
@nebulousnikki.bsky.social
Senior science reporter at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC News)/Editor for the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada/amateur astronomer. Deeply concerned about climate change.
@jantafrench.bsky.social
Provincial affairs reporter, CBC Edmonton 📻📺📝👩💻 Mildly obsessive about reporting on education. #AbEd Bikes. Knitting. Parenting. Books. Plants. Did I mention bikes? 🚴🏽♀️🚲
@brigitte.bsky.social
Journaliste d’enquête / Investigative reporter @ Radio-Canada / CBC (brige_noel on other site) https://linktr.ee/brigitte.noel
@meksmith.bsky.social
Justice reporter at CBC Edmonton. Past life in newspapers (Journal, Herald, StarMetro). she/her madeline.smith@cbc.ca
@petermansbridge.bsky.social
Podcaster - The Bridge, Host - SiriusXM, Author 4 best sellers, Filmmaker, Distinguished Fellow, U of T, Chancellor Emeritus MTA.ca, Senior Counsel Spark *Advocacy and HCol CANSOFCOM