Academics and others in local news, tech, product
An initial collection of follows related to my interests in the civic health of local communities including news research, strategy and sustainability.
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@damon.kiesow.net
@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
@stephedgerly.bsky.social
Professor and Assoc Dean of Research @ Northwestern's Medill School. SF Giants fan. TV watcher. Pop culture enthusiast.
@karahnycole.bsky.social
@gremerson.bsky.social
Product Director at The Intercept; previously at The Atlantic, HuffPost, WSJ. Writer, podcast host, nonprofit consultant. I like F1, the Mets, astronomy and crossword puzzles...
@sarahstonbely.bsky.social
Tow Center for Digital Journalism Columbia University New Jersey via Brooklyn via Milwaukee via New Orleans via...
@mayerjoy.bsky.social
Executive director of Trusting News. It’s up to journalists to earn trust, not expect or demand it.
@mediatingmimi.bsky.social
Media Professor, crisis and disaster researcher, and Mother of four.
@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)
@simongalp.bsky.social
EIC jerseybee.org | CEO comminfo.org | Fellow JSK Stanford ‘22 + RJI Mizzou ‘19 | Newmark-J Social Journalism ‘16 | Journalist, technologist, organizer, immigrant ✊
@cephillips.bsky.social
Data/investigative journalism @Stanford, Founder @biglocalnews, sharing data & tools, building an infrastructure of support for local news.
@jrobin.bsky.social
Former editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, NC; former UNC journalism professor. He's strolled all alone through a fallout zone & came out with his soul untouched.
@leahbecerra.com
Digital On-Demand Services Product Director for @rjionline.bsky.social. Journalist. Product thinker. Chicana. Runner. Techie person. Mizzou J-School grad 🐯 Past bylines: The Boston Globe, The Kansas City Star, Omaha World-Herald, and others.
@ernestkung.bsky.social
At the Intersection of News and Technology | AI Product Manager for The Associated Press ErnestKung.com
@innovationrji.bsky.social
Reynolds Journalism Institute team exploring practical innovation for community-centered journalism. Fellowships, programs, tools, workshops + more! bit.ly/rjiteam Innovation hub: bit.ly/innovrji Insta: instagram.com/innovationrji
@jessmahone.bsky.social
Interim Director, @centerforlocalnews.bsky.social | Local news, civic information, civic efficacy | Single dog mom to Rocky and Mocha🌈 | Alum: King College, ETSU (x2), Florida | Views mine | She/her
@julieposetti.bsky.social
Global Director of Research, International Center for Journalists; Professor of Journalism, City, University of London. Board member, Independent Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM). Research Associate @ RISJ, University of Oxford. Australian in Oxford.
@loganex.bsky.social
Journalism professor and researcher at Temple U’s Klein College. Not the greatest newspaperman ever.
@cande313.bsky.social
JSK Stanford Fellow | Champion for healthy communities and local journalism | Detroiter | Storyteller
@rodneygibbs.com
National Trust for Local News product and audience lead. ONA board. Priors: Texas Tribune, AJC, software start-ups. Live music, old movie theaters & record stores ATL now, ATX then
@jamditis.bsky.social
operations @centercoopmedia.bsky.social | adjunct @montclairstateu (he/him)
@leezeltanglao.bsky.social
Assistant Managing Editor, Digital Dallas Morning News, FYLPRO Immediate Past President, Tayo Project Director www.leezeltanglao.com
@willthewordguy.bsky.social
Media historian/dog/human dad/husband/flawed Christian/hiker/dancer
@kimbui.bsky.social
That one Vietnamese American journalist. Media Consultant. JSK Fellow '24. Fiber Artist. Widow. Working on something new (stay tuned) Alum: Arizona Republic, NowThis, Reportedly, KPCC/LAist, too many others to list.
@hermida.bsky.social
Digital media scholar, author & journalist. @UBCJournalism professor, co-founder @conversationCA, @icahdq 2024 Fellow & online news pioneer @BBCNews
@kataduncan.bsky.social
Visual journalist and editor. Los Angeleno, traveler, rescuer of dogs, hoarder of books, lover of libraries. RJI Director of Innovation @InnovationRJI.bsky.social
@ckrewson.bsky.social
Executive Director, LION Publishers. Suburban husband and father. Into digital local news.
@acnatta.bsky.social
I've been a journalist, a planner, and a hotel general manager. It's always about buying the ticket and taking the ride. Bronx native. Executive director/Executive editor, @bhamwatch.bsky.social
@sebastianjgoerg.bsky.social
Experimental and Behavioral Economist, Associate Professor of Economics @ TUM TUMCS for Biotechnology and Sustainability Research Fellow @ IZA http://www.s-goerg.de
@mattcarlson.bsky.social
Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, USA
@jesseholcomb.bsky.social
journalism/comm prof (Calvin Univ.), researcher-- current & past work w Institute for Nonprofit News, Knight Foundation, Gallup, Pew Research Center. GRR <> DCA
@ylichterman.bsky.social
@lenfestinstitute.org | Attacking this day with an Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind
@hwise29.bsky.social
Prairie-based Audience Editor @kcstar & @kansasdotcom. RJI fellow, @splc board, @kujournalism. Past: @nytimes @dallasnews. Stitching maven at SewManyComments.
@mkramer.bsky.social
engagement + crowdsourcing products, ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, board games, philly, carrboro north carolina 🌈 melodykramer.github.io
@chrismoranuk.bsky.social
Guardian's head of editorial innovation. Focusing on AI in the newsroom
@cindyroyal.bsky.social
Professor at TX State, teaching Web design, coding & digital product concepts. ‘13-‘14 JSK Fellow at Stanford. Live in Austin, love live music. cindyroyal.com
@brianboyer.net
Stay-at-home dad. News product coach. He/him. Let's work together: https://brianboyer.net Bean tips: https://beantips.com/
@travelinganna.bsky.social
Journalist, former wsj, Vox, USA TODAY. Studying the neuroscience of information & happiness at Penn.
@sethclewis.bsky.social
Professor, Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media, and Director of Journalism at the University of Oregon. I study AI and news, trust in knowledge institutions, and lots of things tech-related. Co-author, "News After Trump" (Oxford, 2021). Views my own, etc.
@mollydea.bsky.social
President of Independence Public Media Foundation, supporting grassroots media and community internet in Philly. Please stop naming your dogs Molly.
@newsprof1.bsky.social
Academic Lead of Media and Comms Research Cluster at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
@damianradcliffe.bsky.social
Chambers Professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon. Father, Husband, Brit 🇬🇧 in America 🇺🇸 Interested in journalism, media, tech, travel, podcast, movie and TV tips. 🌎 www.damianradcliffe.com 📌 https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianradcliffe
@zielina.bsky.social
Strategic Advisory, Management & Leadership Dev for Media & Digital @betterleaders_ & @newmarkjschool 👩💻 - Board @newsproduct @orf - 🇦🇹 and 🇺🇸 https://betterleaderslab.com
@engagingnews.bsky.social
The Center for Media Engagement conducts original, groundbreaking research alongside newsrooms, social media platforms, and organizations looking to influence media practices for the benefit of democracy. mediaengagement.org
@adrianalacy.com
✨Boston based, always roaming ✨CEO, adrianalacyconsulting.com ✨Journalism prof at Brandeis et al. ✨penn state alum Focus: audience engagement & research, influencers, AI. Formerly New York Times, LA Times, Axios. 📧: adriana@adrianalacyconsulting.com
@corybe.com
Cofounder/product+news at @factal.com. Journalist entrepreneur, gen AI nerd, OSINT. Former Breaking News, NBC News. Seattle
@richpatterson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of economics @ BYU. Labor, education, & behavioral. www.richardwpatterson.com
@newsproduct.org
The News Product Alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting news product professionals through community building, training, and capacity building.
@aurman21.bsky.social
Postdoc, Social Computing Group, U of Zurich. Computational social/communication scientist
@ashleymuddiman.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Communication / Works in Lawrence, KS, lives in Kansas City, MO
@andreawenzel.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, Temple University's Klein College. Researches & collabs on projects to make journalism less harmful, more equitable & community-centered. Past: Tow Center, BBC Media Action, Internews, WBEZ, WAMU
@benjamintoff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center. I study trust in news, news avoidance, public opinion, and changing media.
@pilhofer.bsky.social
Chief Product Officer at The Minnesota Star Tribune. Proud NYT and Guardian alum. Taught a few amazing students at Temple University for a while. Slightly less proud Gannett alum.
@karinwahlj.bsky.social
Dean of Research Environment and Culture, journalism professor, Cardiff University. Interested in media and democracy and how to make our research cultures better. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/wahl-jorgensenk 🏴🇩🇰
@joshuadarr.bsky.social
Associate professor, Newhouse School @ Syracuse. Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship. New book: Storefront Campaigning https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009443357 I study local media and elections. Past: LSU, Penn, BC.
@acadianjprof.bsky.social
Digital journalism professor 🏝️Author, “Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate” (2023) 🇺🇸🇨🇦 actively 🏃♂️🧑💻#firstgen.
@niketa.bsky.social
CEO/Executive Director, Online News Association. Priors: CUNY, The 19th, Twitter, CNN, ABC News & more. Brit living in Atlanta.
@andybechtel.bsky.social
Copy editor and journalism professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. NOLA native, Durham denizen, lifetime member of ACES: the Society for Editing. https://editdesk.wordpress.com/
@ljlincoln.bsky.social
phd-ing @asc.upenn.edu // probably talking about nonprofit news 🗞️ // minneapolitan
@charliebeckett.bsky.social
LSE journalism professor I run the LSE Polis Journalism and AI project Hammer
@davidclinch.bsky.social
Former CNN and Storyful. Media Revenue Consultant - MGP #MediaRevenue Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/mediarevenue-david-clinch-6910281218236289024/
@mago.bsky.social
investigative journalism with data and documents • cat mom • amable damisela • se habla español
@katmatsa.bsky.social
News & Information researcher & data enthusiast | Director @pewresearch.org | Greek Athenian
@hanaatameez.bsky.social
Staff Writer @niemanlab.org covering the future of news. 🇵🇰 New Yorker ⚽ fan 🗣️ EN/ES/ حیدرآبادی اردو 💌hanaa@niemanlab.org 💼 hanaatameez.com
@erikaowens.com
tech, journalism, music, TV, wandering, biking, and laughing way too loudly. newly based in sheffield, previously philadelphia banner image is by https://www.instagram.com/harshadisfree/ via atlas obscura
@richardfletcher.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Lead researcher + co-author of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
@brizzyc.bsky.social
Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
@ndiakopoulos.bsky.social
Northwestern University Professor. Computational Journalism; AI & Society. https://www.nickdiakopoulos.com
@tonyelkins.com
Poynter Faculty. Poynter Leadership Academy coach, AI ethics, lots of other things. News Product Alliance founding member. Comanche citizen / Kiowa. Asheville
@ryanpitts.bsky.social
Journalist, coder, community developer. From Spokane. 2025 JSK Fellow at Stanford. “I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, … who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again.”
@dicktofel.bsky.social
now consulting at Gallatin Advisory, instructor @HarvardChanSPH, author of Second Rough Draft on Substack; former president of ProPublica
@shcohen.bsky.social
Knight Chair in Journalism, Cronkite School at ASU; WaPo and NYT alum
@losowsky.com
Community, trust & safety, journalism, tea. Posts are ephemeral. www.losowsky.com
@corinnepodger.bsky.social
📌 Learning & Development Specialist, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times, WA Today 🙋🏻♀️ Accredited trainer for BBC, Reuters, and @soljourno
@drjennhenrichsen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Washington State University's Murrow College of Communication. Affiliated Fellow: Yale’s Information Society Project, UPenn's Media, Inequality & Change Center. 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. PhD from UPenn Annenberg.
@joshbraun.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UMass Amherst studying the civic impacts of media distribution. I work in our Journalism Department and also co-edit the Distribution Matters series for The MIT Press. Opinions mine. Mastodon: @josh@sciences.social
@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.
@daniellekbrown.bsky.social
Prof of news x racism. Complains about institutions & bad peloton rides. Writes abt power & media & changing the things I cannot accept.
@earleyedition.bsky.social
Audience Editor @australia.theguardian.com. Previously digital editor Quest Newspapers, engagement editor Courier Mail, online news editor 7News Brisbane and more. Social media, journalism, analytics, audience engagement, etc. All the digital news things
@beckybowers.bsky.social
VP of product at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Formerly WSJ, Tampa Bay Times, Chico E-R. Pollinator-obsessed 🦋
@opennews.bsky.social
We help journalists connect as peers to build skills that transform their work and relationships that transform our industry.
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Our mission is to explore the future of journalism worldwide. Digital News Report digitalnewsreport.org/2024 Our newsletter: https://politics.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=60081b78294f9bbf995e9bcf8&id=0a8e38824f
@tk.gg
Product at @financialtimes.com @MattieTK on the bird app, tk.gg elsewhere. Full stack news nerd. Builder of vidgrid.tk.gg and @project-push.tk.gg
@ecg.bsky.social
Panda, journalist, painter, auntie, fiber artist and iced coffee enthusiast. Sometimes I make things, sometimes I break things. I can be found at: - Kimbap Media - The Marshall Project - Media Bridge Partners - Phish shows ⭕️
@dboardman.bsky.social
Journalist/educator. Dean, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University. Chair, Spotlight PA. Founding chair, Lenfest Institute. Board, RCFP, OCCRP. Ex-editor of The Seattle Times. Passion for Philly sports and Pacific NW coastline.
@jarjour.bsky.social
Journalism product manager available for projects • past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ • he/him • 🏳️🌈🇨🇭🇪🇺🇱🇧 • London
@sivav.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Supervises VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@chronotope.aramzs.xyz
AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. https://aramzs.glitch.me
@dankennedy.net
J-prof at Northeastern University. Author, most recently, of "What Works in Community News," with Ellen Clegg. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
@dangillmor.bsky.social
dangillmor.com/about Mainly at Mastodon: mastodon.social/@dangillmor
@jeremylittau.com
I'm not like a regular media sociologist. I'm a cool media sociologist. • Associate Prof Journalism & Comm @LehighU • Near-term futurism scholarship on digital media, internet culture, and society • Exvie wanderer • M-I-Z • http://jeremylittau.substack.com