Tim Karr
A crash-scene investigation at the crossroads of new media & public policy. Against media concentration; for robust local journalism & digital democracy.
www.freepress.net
& https://mediacitizen.blogspot.com
& https://timkarr.tumblr.com
Starter Packs
Created by Tim Karr (4)
Historians
Digging in to the historical context of Trumpism
Fighting Tech Oligarchy.Building Media Democracy.3
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This occasionally updated starter pack includes leading writers, academics and advocates in the movement to build a more just and democratic media system.
Fighting Tech Oligarchy. Building Media Democracy.
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This occasionally updated starter pack includes leading writers, academics and advocates covering the movement to build a more democratic media system.
Fighting tech oligarchy; building media democracy
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This list includes leading academics, writers and advocates in the movement to build a more democratic media system.
@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
@rodneybenson.bsky.social
professor NYU Media, Culture, & Comm, & Sociology; new book How Media Ownership Matters (Oxford, April '25),
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
@meiselasb.bsky.social
Co-Founder of MeidasTouch Network; USC Law Professor; Engine Vision Co-Founder; Former Litigator
@bmeiselas.bsky.social
Co-founded MeidasTouch with my brothers. Co-host of the MeidasTouch Podcast. Video guy. Not very good at writing bios.
@meidastouch.com
The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
@mattortega.com
Oakland-born, East Bay bred // Arizona Wildcat ‘06 // creative digital https://e23.digital ሉካ + ኒኮ · · · —
@owillis.bsky.social
Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@bironagyandras.bsky.social
Director of Policy Solutions I Senior Research Fellow at HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences
@lastweektonight1.bsky.social
/ video / info / resources / Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ~ unaffiliated
@heidibeirich.bsky.social
Co-Founder // Chief Strategy Officer Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. Expert on right-wing extremism. Opinions here are my own. globalextremism.org
@techdirt.com.web.brid.gy
[bridged from https://techdirt.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/techdirt.com ]
@pemalevy.bsky.social
Reporter at @MotherJones.bsky.social Send me secure tips: pemalevy[at]proton.me pemalevy.33 (Signal)
@farhip.bsky.social
Ex-WashPost. Freelance writer (mostly about the news media but other stuff, too). Pleased to meet ya.
@kerrygutknecht.bsky.social
Good servant. Pie maker. Riot grrl dad. Obsessed with the limits of Executive Privilege.
@newsjennifer.bsky.social
✨journalist talking journalism✨ ⚡️Past: @KING5Seattle @WGNMorningNews @WGNNews @WCIA3 @NBC5Chicago @ABC7Chicago 🔥https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
@wendysiegelman.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to http://NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com
@heatherfranklin.bsky.social
she/her | Sr. Campaign Director at @freepress.bsky.social | Opinions here are mine | Begrudgingly on the social internet
@agreenberg.bsky.social
Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. New book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. agreenberg@wired.com. Andy.01 on Signal.
@greene.haus
Dad. Wiseguy. Deep South expat. 🏠 Los Angeles, Ca. Prior 📇: Malcontent strategist @ Planned Parenthood Action Fund, DNC, Nat’l Dem. Inst., BlueState. Views my own. Also @ggreeneva @ 🐦 & 🐘.
@andreachalupa.bsky.social
Writer/Producer of Mr. Jones directed by Agnieszka Holland, author Orwell and The Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm; co-author of the graphic novel Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! Host @gaslitnation
@gbsohn.bsky.social
Telecom, media and technology policy. Many hats. Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, American Association for Public Broadband, Georgetown Law School, G Squared Strategies. Find me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigisohn/
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@petemontdc.com
Researcher and writer focused on right-wing movements for Right Wing Watch, a project of People For the American Way. Lover of dogs, poetry, singing, husband. Pennsylvania raised, long roots in DC. UU. Personal account. He/him.
@jessimckenzi.bsky.social
editing & reporting climate stories @thebulletin.org // outdoorsy newsletter: http://pinchofdirt.substack.com // tips: jmckenzie@thebulletin.org or jsmckenzie@protonmail.com or jessimckenzi.01 on signal
@schaller67.bsky.social
UMBC political scientist, NYT bestselling co-author of White Rural Rage, diehard Washington Caps fan, peripatetic. Longtime DC denizen, Albany, NY, native.
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: MKwrites4000@proton.me signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@jaspar.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize winning editor and news developer. Bluesky elder. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social ✉️ emory.parker@statnews.com 📸 jemoryparker 🐘 @jaspar@mastodon.online | Signal: jaspar.01
@bechamilton.bsky.social
Law Prof at AUWCL |Exec. Editor at Just Security |Mama of 4 fab young ppl |Fmr Washington Post, Reuters, International Criminal Court| Atrocity prevention, tech, climate |Proud #firstgen | Open water swimmer|
@the-citizens.bsky.social
We expose Big Tech's harm to democracy. Independent Sage, The Real Facebook Oversight Board. Visit: linktr.ee/thecitizens Join us at: https://dispatch.the-citizens.com https://citizensreunited.substack.com
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@benricchio.bsky.social
Chicago native, living near Indy. Web developer. Gardener, with interests in soil ecology, biodiversity, and pollinators. Focused on how to boost civic engagement.
@paris.nyc
tech features and investigations • podcastin’ @twit.tv • formerly @theinformation @wired.com • @parismartineau on the other site send tips: 267.797.8655 on Signal & WhatsApp • tips@paris.nyc 👩💻 paris.nyc
@geoffreyfowler.bsky.social
Tech Columnist at The Washington Post. Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com
@julito77.bsky.social
Sr. Director, Marketing and Comms, FreePress.net. Founder, TheLatinoNewsletter.org (2024), LatinoRebels.com (2011). MSNBC.com columnist. Opinions here are mine only and no one else's 🇵🇷
@manjusrii.bsky.social
Snr Lecturer digital media Swinburne Uni, chicken whisperer, researcher. Smells books. Maybe we can build a new thing here 🌱 The Upside Down: https://twitter.com/manjusrii
@nickconfessore.bsky.social
Reporter for @NYTimes, staff writer at @NYTmag, @MSNBC political analyst.
@balint.house.gov
Mom, Teacher, Vermonter, Writer & Congresswoman for Vermont, fighting for working families. House Judiciary Committee and House Budget Committee. She/Her. Official. 🏳️🌈🏔️🏍️🍁 balint.house.gov
@ubisurv.net
David Murakami Wood (DMW) Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance & Security Studies Director, CSS/Lab, uOttawa Co-editor-in-Chief, Surveillance & Society Surveillance / Security / Cities / Technology / Human Rights / Environment https://ubisurv.net
@daschloz.bsky.social
Political scientist (at Johns Hopkins) and political button collector.
@samrosenfeld.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, Colgate University. Author of "The Polarizers": https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo24660595.html