Reimagining Our Media Ecosystem
The folks/orgs on this list are either doing the exciting work to change the media landscape or critiquing the existing structures with an eye towards a better informed America.
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@brianhansbury.bsky.social
@paulrosenberg.bsky.social
Words. At Salon: https://www.salon.com/writer/paul_rosenberg & Random Lengths News: https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/author/paul-rosenberg Election take: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xy5et7tjp2m5vcse6ky23v2x/post/3lajp4jwy2s2n
@sarabethb.bsky.social
CEO of American Journalism Project @theajp.bsky.social, fighting for the future of local news. Mom, married to @eosnos.bsky.social. Board member/ fan, Mark Morris Dance Group and @capitalb.bsky.social.
@terabithia4.bsky.social
A Californian living in an East Coast world. Tiny News Collective ED. Formerly @lenfestinstitute.org, American Press Institute, WVU Media College, HoyaJournalism, @washingtonpost.com. Wife. Mom.
@patferrucci.bsky.social
I teach and research and do things like that. I used to do journalism. Um, that's it. Oh, and website: https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/college-leadership/patrick-ferrucci
@dannagal.bsky.social
Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone. WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
@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. 🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
@rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social
A nonpartisan organization advancing public policies to create a stronger and more inclusive local press. Learn more at www.rebuildlocalnews.org.
@jfallows.bsky.social
Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
@lewispants.bsky.social
evidence-based transgender writer. fellow at interrupting criminalization. author of the view from somewhere: undoing the myth of journalistic objectivity (university of chicago, 2019) and radical unlearning (forthcoming from beacon press, 2025)
@timreganporter.lnmpod.com
Host, Local News Matters podcast (@lnmpod.com) CEO, Colorado Press Association (@coloradopress.bsky.social) Previously: @jskstanford.bsky.social, Center for Collaborative Journalism, @pastemagazine.bsky.social, IBM, McClatchy.
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@haroldfeld.bsky.social
@suewilson.bsky.social
#Emmy winning investigative journalist turned Media Democracy reformer. https://MediaActionCenter.net https://SueWilsonReports.com Docu Film: Broadcast Blues, https://youtu.be/peVN7_LZYPM Non-partisan.
@fixmedianow.bsky.social
Fighting for better media & a well-informed public 🇺🇸 #FixMediaNow #PressFreedom Reach out/sign up: tiny.cc/MAD-newsletter Meet/learn: tiny.cc/mad_mtgs Also follow: 🦋 @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social 🐦 twitter.com/@FixMediaNow
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@columjournreview.bsky.social
Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
Non-partisan, civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom mediaanddemocracyproject.org News: tiny.cc/MAD-newsletter Meet: mobilize.us/mediademocracyproject/ Blog: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com
@froomkin.bsky.social
Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
@victorpickard.bsky.social
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
@markjacob.bsky.social
Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Sun-Times. Co-author of 10 books, mostly on history. Writer of the free Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Intolerant of racism & small-mindedness.
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@documenters.org
Building a national network for grassroots, participatory media — Powered by City Bureau
@centercoopmedia.bsky.social
Get the Daily News Roundup in your inbox: http://bit.ly/njnewsletter. Visit collaborativejournalism.org for all things #collaborativej.
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@brianhansbury.bsky.social
Information nutritionist. Creator: publicenlightenment.com Co-founder: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social tiktok.com/@public_enlightenment instagram.com/enlightened_public youtube.com/@public_enlightenment twitch.tv/publicenlightenment