@cbotsios.bsky.social's Starter Pack
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@caitlinbotsios.bsky.social
@bellwak.bsky.social
Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats for @washingtonpost Why are you booing me? I’m right.
@dlknowles.bsky.social
Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC. Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV Reach me on Signal: dlknowles.12
@melbuer.bsky.social
Independent journalist. Writing and podcasting about labor, media, and progressive politics at wordsaboutwork.blog || Currently living in Chicago. Send tips to melbuer@proton.me https://linktr.ee/mel_buer
@unraveledpress.com
Reader supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing, state violence and corruption. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism. 🩷 SUPPORT US: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/ 📧 Contact: info@unraveledpress.com 🌐 unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
Black-owned publication from Chicago to the 🌍 Reshaping the narrative in pursuit of truth and liberation. 💻: thetriibe.com 📩: https://thetriibe.com/newsletters/
@biblioracle.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. Www.whytheycantwrite.com
@ninametz.bsky.social
TV and film critic for the Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/nina-metz/
@rohitakadambi.bsky.social
Writer - Comedian Bylines: Betches, McSweeneys, The New Yorker Finalist: Warner Brothers Access Comedic Voices
@wbez.org
We are Chicago's NPR station and your local news source. Find us on air at 91.5FM. Support public media and local journalism: donate.wbez.org
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
@royalpratt.bsky.social
Chicago Tribune investigative reporter, City Hall. Little Village raised. Proud Tribune Guild. I'm just trying to make my city a better place. Author: "The City is Up for Grabs."
@chicagoreader.com
Chicago's nonprofit newsroom, an alternative weekly newspaper since 1971 🗞 https://bit.ly/donate-to-the-reader
@mdoukmas.bsky.social
Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips. Headshot: Danielle Scruggs Cover photo: Brian Cassella
@taylormoore.bsky.social
Freelance journalist in Chicago with work in The Guardian, WBEZ, Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, etc. Ex-IWMF. Bloomin' onion apologist. taylorgmoore.com
@bleachernation.bsky.social
Chicago Cubs and MLB news, rumors, obsession. | by @Brett-Taylor.bsky.social here.
@southsideweekly.bsky.social
News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com
@adquig.bsky.social
Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
@thewayoftheid.bsky.social
Embracing my villain era. Words: @blockclubchi.bsky.social
@jaredrutecki.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter, WTTW News/Chicago Tonight. My past life: Illinois Answers Project, BGA, Columbus Dispatch, ThisWeek News. Covers cops, courts, health, finance, pensions etc. Prolific FOIA filer. He/him.
@heathercherone.bsky.social
Senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
@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.
@injusticewatch.org
Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
@mayaschenwar.bsky.social
Director, Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism. Board president, Truthout. Co-editor “We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition” Co-author “Prison by Any Other Name” Abolitionist, anti-zionist, pro-cat, pro-karaoke mayaschenwar.com
@justinmyers.net
Journalist, tinkerer, crocheter, parent. Married to @juliajrh.bsky.social. Graphics editor, @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org. 🏳️⚧️⚧🟨⬜🟪⬛, any pronouns. Also active on fediverse/Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@myersjustinc
@aliceyin.bsky.social
City hall reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Bay Area native. Chicago’s greatest instant ramen chef. Has a crush on lake michigan. ayin@chicagotribune.com
@mmontemurro.bsky.social
Cubs beat writer at The Chicago Tribune. Previously: The Athletic. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna.
@maiamcdonald.me
chicago journo 📝 | doing reporting/audience engagement for the @raceandequityproject.org 🔎 | board member for the Chicago Journalists Association | Mizzou J-School Alum 🎓🐯 | funky fashion enthusiast 🛍 | maiamcdonald.me | @maia.pink 🎪 | she/her
@missprint.bsky.social
Editorial Director at City Bureau. 📰 Previously Tribune, CS, DNAinfo. AAJA Chicago board. Queen of surf & turf 🧜🏼♀️. (she/her) ariel@citybureau.org ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
@chipmitchell1.bsky.social
WBEZ Chicago reporter on public safety and health. https://www.wbez.org/author/chip-mitchell Mobile/Signal: 312-286-9986.
@bpopetv.bsky.social
Emmy-winning TV Host. WBEZ/NPR contributor, host of “MAKING” podcast. Arts and Culture Reporter at EBONY and REEL Chicago. TV/Movie critic. Journalism Professor at Columbia College Chi. I like sports and nerd things!
@jonahshai.bsky.social
Managing editor at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.
@jballew.bsky.social
Journalist turned Defense Attorney. Criminal Defense Trial Attorney. Public Defender in Illinois. Bodéwadmi Ndaw (I am Potawatomi)
@peoplesfabric.com
Chicago. Investigative journalist. Signal: @tpf.99. Reporting at @UnraveledPress.com.
@dmihalopoulos.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter, Government & Politics Team at WBEZ - Chicago Public Media
@jimdaleywrites.bsky.social
Investigations editor www.southsideweekly.com ✶ DM for Signal ✶ jim.daley@southsideweekly.com ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶
@britticisms.bsky.social
Music critic for Chicago Tribune. Occasional freelance writer and editor. The last girl on the dance floor. 🪩✨ HIT ME UP: http://brittjulio.us
@avhndz.bsky.social
Bird Law Scholar Lincoln Square, North Center & Irving Park reporter for Block Club Chicago Co-founder Borderless Magazine Alum Roosevelt University Opinions = Mine RTs ≠ Es ✶✶✶✶ > Everything
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@caitlinbotsios.bsky.social
Chicago-based - Omaha born - Midwest Pride all-day Co-founder Helix Education & Thome Advisors I'm here for the politics, sports, media musings, and animal pics.