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The Tyee's Bluesky Starter Pack!
New to The Tyee? New to Bluesky? Looking for excellent, indie journalism delivered to your timelines daily? Follow this starter pack of Tyeesters and regular Tyee reporters and columnists for their stories, analysis, culture pieces, BTS and more. 🗞🦋
@biidaasamose.bsky.social
Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe writer, musician and intellectual. https://linktr.ee/betasamosake
@garthmullins.bsky.social
Host @Crackdownpod.bsky.social VANDU veteran. Drugstore cowboy. Bestselling author on Penguin Random House. Policy analyst. Shop steward. Blind. Be safe-Keep 6
@jameswsthomson.com
Environment and climate journalist | Editor in Chief at @nationalobserver.com | Work in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, The Guardian | www.jameswsthomson.com
@jimbostanford.bsky.social
Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver, Canada (https://centreforfuturework.ca/). He/him. Harold Innis Industry Professor, Economics Dept., McMaster University, and Honorary Prof. of Political-Economy, University of Sydney
@zoeyunker.bsky.social
Environmental journalist covering forests, climate and the energy transition.
@davidarobertson.bsky.social
2-time Governor General’s Literary Award winner, podcaster, public speaker, Editorial Director at Tundra Books.
@jaredwesley.ca
#UAlberta political scientist | Black Faculty Collective | Lead: Common Ground (@cgroundpolitics.bsky.social) | jaredwesley.ca | drjaredwesley.substack.com
@nationalobserver.com
Canada's National Observer (CNO) delivers vital reporting on the defining crisis of our time: climate change. Through rigorous investigation and compelling storytelling, we expose the forces shaping Canada's climate future.
@readthemaple.bsky.social
Canadian news and perspectives that confront the status quo. 100% reader-funded and independent. https://action.readthemaple.com/sign-up-for-the-maple
@breachmedia.ca
Journalism to map a just future. Award-winning outlet launched in May, 2021. Sign up to our free newsletter to get our journalism delivered to you: http://breachmedia.ca/subscribe/
@melwoods.me
Senior Editor, Audience Engagement at xtramagazine.com 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (they/them) from the prairies, now in Vancouver I also play Magic: The Gathering a lot Subscribe to my newsletter, Ranch Baby: https://ranch-baby.ghost.io/ Work with me: melwoods.me
@isaacphannay.bsky.social
He/Him. Labour Reporter for The Tyee. Previously reported for CBC News, Canada's National Observer, CityNews1130 and the Toronto Star. Bylines in The Narwhal, The Breach, IndigiNews, etc. Listen to The Road podcast.
@palomahazel.bsky.social
Journalist. Words in The Globe and Mail, CanGeo, The Narwhal, The Tyee, Maisonneuve, etc. Writing about art, culture & climate change. https://www.paloma-pacheco.com/
@fvcurrent.bsky.social
Quality news for Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley, Mission and the rest of the Fraser Valley. Winner of Jack Webster Awards and a National Newspaper Award. Journalism with a smile and data.
@amyromer.bsky.social
Journalist: IndigiNews Mentor: The Shift Peer Newsroom @ Megaphone Magazine Trebek and Nat Geo grantee 2024 - 2026
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@brishti.bsky.social
Journalist and editor (she/her) brishtireports@gmail.com ✍🏽 BC/Canada reporting on health, social inequities, and intersectional stories about systemic injustices 👀 Find my work in The Tyee, CBC, Capital Daily, VICE, and more
@langleyunion.ca
Your trusted source for independent news in Langley, BC Covering politics, arts, sports, and the stories that shape our community. Sign up for our free newsletter and receive new articles directly in your inbox: https://www.langleyunion.ca/#/portal/
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social
Author of INVISIBLE BOY: A Memoir of Self-Discovery, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and BITTERSWEET: A Memoir of Recovery, coming fall 2026 from Greystone Books. Associate editor at The Tyee. 🥚
@amandafollett.bsky.social
Mother, writer and settler on Wet'suwet'en territory. Northern B.C. reporter for The Tyee. she/her
@steveburgess53.bsky.social
Vancouver author of Reservations: The Pleasures & Perils of Travel. Don't tell Poilievre I'm here.
@bryancarney.bsky.social
Main Geek @thetyee.ca & contributor there and elsewhere was @bpcarney on the now musky smelling app https://muckrack.com/bryan-carney/articles Collecting material for last touches on book, "The Internet Was Great but It's Time to Shut It Down"
@bychrischeung.bsky.social
Vancouver things. Former staff reporter at the Tyee. Author of "Under the White Gaze" and the forthcoming "Very Vancouver." www.christophercheung.net
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social
Culture Editor for The Tyee. Instagram animal: https://www.instagram.com/dorothywoodend/
@counterhate.com
International organization disrupting the production and spread of hate & misinformation. US 501(c)(3) non-profit. Press: press@counterhate.com
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨ Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅 SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
@theijf.org
We're building the future of Canadian journalism. Join our community today: http://theijf.org/subscribe
@meyer.bsky.social
Ontario reporter, climate investigations, at The Narwhal. https://thenarwhal.ca/author/carl-meyer/
@shawnparkinson.bsky.social
designer / filmmaker / jester creative director @thenarwhal.ca shawnparkinson.com
@writermjs.bsky.social
Journalist with The Narwhal based on unceded Gidimt’en territory, home of the Wet’suwet’en Nation
@sobittersosweet.bsky.social
Stubbornly sesquipedalian, just not at work B.C. politics reporter with The Narwhal She/her Recent work: https://thenarwhal.ca/author/shannon-waters/ 🏳️🌈 🐈⬛ 📚 🌊 🌱
@drewanderson.bsky.social
Dad, journalist. Prariries reporter for The Narwhal, knee deep in climate, oil and politics. Contact me securely over Signal here: https://signal.me/#eu/nVe9L2aRp1coMBOKdlERmvXWk8cNubW9f2jLEZ32MXntZ+Wd86ZN17ZyjSMXNNo9 https://thenarwhal.ca/author/drew-and
@michellecyca.com
it's "see-sa" senior editor @thenarwhal.ca writer @thewalrus.ca adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater she/her ✌️michellecyca.com
@balkissoon.bsky.social
Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great. (Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
@ximenaka.bsky.social
Independent journalist. Based in Calgary. Recovering architect. http://ximena-gonzalez.com
@peter.fairley.ca
Fan of power grids, democracy & protected bike lanes. NYU SERPie covering energy+climate globally for way too long. Bylines= NYT TheTyee Sierra TheAtlantic IEEESpectrum... Awards = SEJ, Covering Climate Now, SPJ... Portfolio: http://fairley.ca
@davidmoscrop.com
Journalist & author of “Too Dumb for Democracy?” Podcast host: the David Moscrop Show. Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case. Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.
@mikedesouza.bsky.social
Incoming Quebec-Atlantic bureau chief at The Canadian Press. Journaliste d'enquête, Habs fan, Montrealer. mikedesouza.com
@emmamci.bsky.social
Investigations @thestar.com. Formerly @thenarwhal.ca. Fan of FOI and lake swims. Hosted Paydirt, a podcast miniseries about the Greenbelt scandal. Signal: emmamci.76
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social
Ontario reporter for The Narwhal. Vice-president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Springsteen, space, sports, sweets
@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
@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