Hard News Reporters Starter Pack + Bizness & Cultr
Biased, curated list of Hard News journalists and writers – mainstream, nonprofit, and indy. All brilliant + skilled. They're the ones I seek out to tell me what's really going on. Will be dynamically updated. I'm happy to remove anyone if they would prefer not to be in a Starter Pack.
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@clancyny.bsky.social
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Find me on Signal: HBranswell.01
@sewella.bsky.social
News director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at the Associated Press. Contact asewell @ap.org
@leilama.bsky.social
PBS Newshour Special Correspondent traversing the wider Middle East & Africa. Ex-TheEconomist. Mother of hounds, proud daughter of immigrants. leilamolanaallen.com
@oliviasolon.bsky.social
Covering tech at Bloomberg from London Signal: @oliviasolon.13 Email: osolon2@bloomberg.net
@ryanjreilly.com
@nbcnews.com Justice reporter, ebike guy. Read my stuff: http://ryanjreilly.com/ Order my book: http://tiny.cc/SeditionHunters At DOJ? Message me on Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/J_vTZodR14DC0TRlc4EiTDg7_Kh_XPLPTgsGdYD638WUZTDGiGVCpIu0hq0Io2Du 🚲⚖️🕵️🦅🛎️🇺🇸
@fluentmundo.bsky.social
writer + translator + phd 🇵🇷 / contributor @ nyt mag updates: https://tinyletter.com/carinadelvalleschorske email, don't dm 💌 carina.schorske@gmail.com
@leloveluck.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com foreign correspondent covering international crises, including the Israel-Gaza and Lebanon wars. Based in London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. I’m new here. 🙋🏻♀️
@sarahslo.bsky.social
dunno. data, journo, teacher, human, dog lover right brain + left brain she/her
@ellenbarry.bsky.social
mental health reporter, former Moscow, Delhi, London, now at home in New England. reach out w ideas: ebarry@nytimes.com
@annalecta.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, InfluenceBrief.com • Director of Investigations, Sunlight Research Center • Independent research analyst • Bibliophile • Nothing here is legal advice.
@muyixiao.bsky.social
Reporter at The New York Times Visual Investigations team. Mostly covering China. Previously with ChinaFile, Tencent, Reuters.
@alisonkilling.bsky.social
Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
@deenawinter.bsky.social
City hall reporter for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Formerly Lincoln Journal Star, Bismarck Tribune, Minnesota Reformer, etc
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@eileenguo.bsky.social
Tech features and investigations at @techreview | send me tips (not PR pitches) on Signal: eileenguo.15 | PT - Esp - 中文 https://www.technologyreview.com/author/eileen-guo/ 📍Los Angeles
@laraputnam.bsky.social
Historian. Mom. Knocks on doors and talks politics. https://www.history.pitt.edu/people/lara-putnam
@katidoyle.bsky.social
Declassified documents nerd, senior analyst National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social, Latin America, human rights
@emilylip.bsky.social
urban mildlife // engagement editor @nyc.streetsblog.org // co-host @rabbith0lepod.bsky.social // formerly social @ motherboard, gizmodo // she/her
@eleonorehughes.bsky.social
Franco-British journalist based in Rio / AP, Le Figaro & others / Previously AFP in Paris
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found. https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
@joyurcaba.bsky.social
Reporter for NBC News covering the LGBTQ+ community. Portland, OR-based but forever a North Carolinian. DMs open; email Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com; Signal @joyurcaba.91 Pronouns: they/them
@maryahannun.bsky.social
Managing Editor of MERIP. Post doctoral researcher at University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.
@marissajae.bsky.social
Local enterprise at @washingtonpost.com. Formerly: housing + gentrification; protests + extremism. @PostGuild.bsky.social organizer. Forever NYer. 🍕 Latina bilingüe. 🇪🇨 Happy to be here. 👋🏽 Email: marissa.lang@washpost.com
@lorenaoneil.com
NOLA freelancer reporting on repro health, politics, culture, tech Contributing writer at Rolling Stone & nonprofit newsroom @lailluminator.bsky.social Bylines: The GuardianUS, Elle, The LA Times, Marie Claire, Jezebel https://www.lorenaoneil.com
@lizweil.bsky.social
“great story!”— Judith Butler. Feature writer, @nymag (before that: “propublica, @nytmag).
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social
Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl.
@leahsottile.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville. High Country News correspondent. Subscribe to Substack. www.leahsottile.com
@mrsmithap.bsky.social
Reporter AP Investigations. Based in Providence, Rhode Island ⚓️ Reach me at mrsmith@ap.org On Signal: mrsmith.123 https://linktr.ee/mrsmithap
@josiehuang.bsky.social
@hurwitz.bsky.social
(anti)war journalist | reporting fellow at Mother Jones and Inkstick Media | sophiehurwitz@gmail.com, signal: @shurwitz.18
@tessowen.bsky.social
Words in New Yorker, NY Mag, WIRED, Guardian & more. VICE News alum. Reporting on extremism, disinfo, subcultures etc. more fun than I sound. send tips/ say hello at tessalexandraowen@gmail.com or DM for signal
@pamelacolloff.bsky.social
@propublica.org reporter + @nytimes.com Magazine staff writer. Texas-based criminal justice reporter, storyteller, curious person. At work on a book for Knopf.
@janelytv.bsky.social
Reporting for WSJ in Kyiv. Previously BuzzFeed News, Harvard Shorenstein Center. Osint, investigations, sometimes disinformation.
@almsnatalie.bsky.social
journalist who covers how the government's tech affects you🫵 NC native, DC resident. Tips = nalms@govexec.com and Signal at nalms.41 https://www.nextgov.com/voices/natalie-alms/18881/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@ajvicens.bsky.social
Cybersecurity correspondent at Reuters; former Mother Jones, CyberScoop. Will bore you with skateboarding, UFO lore or Denver Broncos minutiae on request. Signal: ajvicens.57, additional contact methods: https://tinyurl.com/47jc45h7
@sjjphd.bsky.social
I study race, media, activism, feminism, tech and politics but not always in that order. Co-Director @miccenter.bsky.social Opinions definitely my own
@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
@kemc.bsky.social
Author of BLOOD MONEY Journalist, found all over https://kemc.substack.com/ https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kathleen-McLaughlin/179283499
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@rahawahaile.bsky.social
Eritrean American writer from Miami. Books, housing, immigration, climate. In Open Country forthcoming. Oakland, CA | she/her https://www.rahawahaile.com/
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com
I write about culture, history, and power. Pulitzer finalist for criticism. currently: working on a book previously: The Undefeated, WaPo (Pre-Bezos, mostly) she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@franklinleonard.bsky.social
The Black List founder. Film & TV producer. Politics & Football person. Vanity Fair contributing editor.
@andreapitzer.bsky.social
Books! Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, and a Nabokov bio. Former painter, translator, karateka, and record store clerk. Subscribe to my newsletter and podcast: www.andreapitzer.com
@edwardongwesojr.com
writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel thetechbubble.substack.com
@taliajane.bsky.social
indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥
@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
✨ Beijing儿 American changeling ✨ @theemancipator.org contributing senior editor (opinions are my own) Culture/food writer | illustrator | semiotician | Trekkie She/her
@lorak.bsky.social
reporter at cnbc.com. email: lora.kolodny@nbcuni.com - ex-wsj, techcrunch & all over. i cover: elon musk cos. mostly tesla (some climate tech startups). my posts here are my own. optimistic on the inside. dm me on signal: lorakolodny.55
@polgreen.bsky.social
New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff.
@leximcmenamin.com
permanent Philadelphian in NYC news + politics editor @teenvogue.com member @transjournalists.org @leximcmenamin on twit/insta/tumblr linktr.ee/leximcmenamin
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Tlönista. Shitposting merrily downward. Weird plant, cat, books lady. Sci-fi, fantasy, art, jazz, etc. Profile photo is a selfie with the bottom half of my face hilariously covered by my cat's. Banner pic is of crows in a tree.
@kendrawrites.com
What's the opposite of apocalypse? Trying to chronicle that. Climate reporter based in NYC. Only speaking for myself. Tips? Reach me on Signal kendrawrites.04
@myhlee.bsky.social
Washington Post Tokyo/Seoul Bureau Chief, covering Japan, the two Koreas and beyond. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
@annamerlan.bsky.social
Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@karenho.bsky.social
Art crime and business reporter at ARTnews. Owner of a floofy dog. Canadian. Doomscrolling Reminder Lady. Confidential tips can be sent to kho at ARTnews.com or karenkho.45 on Signal
@sheeraf.bsky.social
NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang. Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@jesspish.bsky.social
she/her Book on sheriffs & democracy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Repped by @rhaliterary DM for Signal or email jesspish@gmail.com “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
@melodyschreiber.com
Health/science + Arctic journalist. Thick skin and an elastic heart. Email melodyschreiber@proton.me Signal melodyschreiber.06 Newsletter notadoctor.news
@amymaxmen.bsky.social
Award-winning science reporter at KFF Health News. Bylines at Nature, New York Times, National Geographic & more. Covering inequality & public health. RT≠endorsement. www.amymaxmen.com & https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/amy-maxmen
@marynmck.bsky.social
Journalist. Contributing Ed at Scientific American. Senior Fellow at Emory Univ's Center for the Study of Human Health. Books: BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. All my stories at https://authory.com/marynmckenna. DMs don't work, don't know why
@karenattiah.bsky.social
Global. Columnist at Washington Post. Artemis = feline guardian. Rogue Radical Professor at Resistance Summer School Join the Fall Waitlist for Race, Media and International Affairs 101! https://forms.gle/6LoPuLUUjPT6Tang8
@juliametraux.bsky.social
Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49 Author page: https://www.motherjones.com/author/julia-metraux/ Free monthly newsletter: bit.ly/3Ee9lRO
@megoconnor.bsky.social
Reporter covering cops and prosecutors for @theappeal.org, a worker-led newsroom. Free Palestine. I also love hiking and baking. she/they 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/megoconnor13
@garnethenderson.com
Investigative reporter and researcher—abortion, health and human rights disinformation. Seen in The Nation, ELLE, Scientific American, WIRED, and more. Signal: garnethenderson.12 Wyoming-born New Yorker, dancer & ex-fitness pro. garnethenderson.com
@davey.bsky.social
Bloomberg tech reporter / Google, Big Tech, misinfo / https://daveyalba.com / ask for my Signal
@katstafford.bsky.social
Global Race and Justice Editor | Reuters UofM Knight-Wallace Fellowship alum Past: AP investigative race writer Detroit girl Send tips: Kat.Stafford@thomsonreuters.com
@juliachanb.bsky.social
Editor in chief ⌲ https://19thnews.org Co-founder/admin ⌲ https://journalistsofcolor.us More if you wanna ⌲ https://juliachanb.com/about ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ here for skeets and giggles
@clancyny.bsky.social
Studying and researching History of Science, Technology, and Computing. Video archivist. Earnest poster. Degree: Digital Humanities. Cis lesbian.