UK journalists: ‘Moving Off X’ signatories
UK journalists who have signed the ‘Moving Off X’ open letter. Full letter here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dFfEZ8xl8GZChTl17FAoOghAQs-PFEaAyGH1y_vGk6E/mobilebasic This list is non-exhaustive and I will endeavour to update it as more join Bluesky.
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@jamesmoules.bsky.social
@joshuanichol.bsky.social
✍️Reporter at The Northern Echo, The Great Daily of the North | joshua.nichol@newsquest.co.uk | DMs open | Words in Private Eye, Non-League Paper | Views my own | He/Him
@carldifford.bsky.social
Journalist; fencer; cat-lover; sports fan; trivia gatherer; husband; father; survivor (not necessarily in that order). All views personal.
@kennywastell.bsky.social
Financial journalist. Failed musician. Football enthusiast. Boyhood St Mirren and Atalanta fan. Keep a close eye on 🏴 players in Serie A. Raised in Italy. Two decades in London. I live in Portugal now 🇵🇹🇪🇺
@lunaperla.bsky.social
Spanglish screenwriter, reluctant political activist & meme-queen. Aiming to become a French citizen 🇫🇷. Currently caring for Mum, cat-slave & discovering a love of gardening. Pro-EU 🇪🇺
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
Journalist, author, magpie, scriptwriter, nerd. Washington Post, BBC, Literary Review, Independent. Nonfic books WE ARE ALL TARGETS & OUTLAWS INC. Science, languages, virology, art, illicit networks, cyber, psychology, weird, prehistory, subculture. He/Him
@adelewalton.bsky.social
Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World 📘 Online Safety Campaigner and Journalist Co-founder of Logging Off Club www.adelesnotes.co.uk
@janecourt.bsky.social
Retired journalist, interests: left-wing politics, criminal courts, theatre & cinema, tennis & swimming.
@tom--scott.bsky.social
Writer, editor, lecturer, occasional poet, Green Party person. Views here not all party positions. On Twitter/X as Tom___Scott (for now)
@davidleighx.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of "Investigative Journalism: a survival guide" ( Palgrave) http://bit.ly/2lLQhSy. Was Guardian Investigations Editor; ex-IMPRESS. Posts are news not endorsements.
@liavanbekhoven.bsky.social
correspondent in Londen voor NLse en Vlaaamse media. Auteur Klein-Brittannië. Medewerker podcast Van Bekhovens Britten. Oosterhoutoloog. Blij met zon, Marble Hill Park, leesgroepen, chicken dansak.
@nicboothby.bsky.social
Senior producer UK France Télévisions 'There may be cats' https://youtube.com/@france2londres?si=i4BmUfxPnMrIr2Bm
@jollyjourno.bsky.social
The only (and maybe last) full-time local journalist dedicated to covering Enfield, North London. Editor of Enfield Dispatch. Supporter of Ipswich Town. Also a big fan of democracy.
@timsmedley.bsky.social
That environmental writer. Editor of The New Climate (medium.com/the-new-climate). Author of The Last Drop (https://a.co/d/i5grqa9) & Clearing the Air (https://a.co/d/6AynmFZ). Climate columnist for @prospectmagazine.co.uk (https://shorturl.at/eCU5h).
@lewisbaston.bsky.social
Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024). Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, traveller, flâneur. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
@apricotfox.bsky.social
Children's author, activist, citizen journalist and horse/cat lover! I am EIC of www.westcountryvoices.co.uk, a progressive online 'paper' covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and a co-founder of the South Devon Primary/Political Primary.
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Author of best-selling book Democracy for Sale - and best-selling newsletter of same name. Sign up for Democracy for Sale newsletter: https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
@jamieklingler.bsky.social
Co founder Reclaim These Streets, campaign for women’s safety and police reform in UK. Writer, speaker, activist, puppy Smalls, run PSU Alum in UK and Chief Comms Officer for Tomorrow Group. Philly born, Eagles/Phillies https://linktr.ee/jamieklingler
@nakedvix.bsky.social
Journalist (Voices Editor and 'Dear Vix' agony aunt @theindependent.bsky.social). Writer, poet, feminist kill-joy. Pitches by email only please (let’s keep DMs fun, this time)
@robynvinter.bsky.social
North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.”
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
Professional irritant. Born Andrew Scott. Write books, journalism and far, far too many social media posts. Books https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
@bynickdavies.bsky.social
Former special correspondent of The Guardian - phone-hacking, Wikileaks, Edward Snowden, toil and trouble.
@harriet1marsden.bsky.social
Senior staff writer and podcast panellist at The Week. Formerly journalist at The Guardian, The Times, The Independent & others. Writes our free weekly newsletter, Global Digest: https://theweek.com/globaldigest
@yeomans.bsky.social
News reporter at The Times. Prior winner, Paul Foot Award, 30Under30, and Year Six Drawing Prize. Want to talk stories? DM or use yeomans.81 on Signal.
@dbonetti.bsky.social
Director @fpalondon.bsky.social (The Foreign Press Association in London); UK Correspondent for Il Giorno and Quotidiano Nazionale, Italy; Member of UK Press Gallery; Chair of Foreign Lobby
@kieranjsmith.bsky.social
Covering telecoms and tech for the Financial Times. Contact: kieran.smith@ft.com
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher. Words: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, People vs Big Tech, Citizens, Dawn. Work cited: BBC, LBC, Times, Searchlight, others. Views mine. max@bylinetimes.com
@josiah.writes.news
Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I write the 'On the Ground' column in our print edition. Interested in democracy & protest. 'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson Content may include my cat, and bits of music. Got a story? Get in touch
@jamesmoules.bsky.social
Journalist covering politics and foreign affairs • ✍️ LabourList, Big Issue, PoliticsHome, Byline Times, Telegraph, The Sun, The New European & more • Moules rhymes with roles, not rules • DM for email/WhatsApp/Signal • Views own etc.