News You Can Use
I've got no interest in living in a post-truth society, and you shouldn't either. Here are all the best notepad wielding referees I know (and plenty I don't but whose work I wanna emulate when I grow up.) Probably will have a heavy L.A. tilt, but all recommended adds welcome!
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@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
@tomdreisbach.bsky.social
NPR Investigative Correspondent, [email protected], [email protected]
@andyjamesdalton.bsky.social
AP reporter covering entertainment, with an emphasis on legal issues and obituaries.
@lataco.bsky.social
Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006. https://linktr.ee/LATACO
@eff.org
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at https://eff.org/social. https://eff.org
@mylesmanj.bsky.social
Editor | he/him/sup/dawg anime stuff at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jjbpod NC but obviously from NJ
@anitachabria.bsky.social
Los Angeles Times columnist covering politics, criminal justice and other stuff.
@melissagomez.bsky.social
Covering the Central Valley for the Los Angeles Times| A veces hablo español | Florida native | Journalism ain't dead. Chill. hmu: [email protected]
@corkysiemaszko.bsky.social
Senior Reporter at NBC News Digital (former NY Daily News rewriteman). Shyeh-mahsh-ko.
@sarahparvini.bsky.social
Covering biz/tech/AI for @apnews.com. Former @latimes.com video game industry reporter. “For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” 🧙🏼♂️
@thebaltimorebanner.com
Local news you can trust. We report stories that make Maryland better. Follow @sports.thebaltimorebanner.com for Orioles and Ravens coverage.
@adamrose.bsky.social
COO at Starling Lab, based at Stanford & USC. We specialize in proving data (inc. photo/video) is authentic. Exploring "trust" in journalism/law/history in age of gen AI. Press Rights Chair at Los Angeles Press Club. Sticking up for the 1A across CA.
@acatwithnews.bsky.social
Writer, Videographer, Journalist. Based once again in Los Angeles. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/01/los-angeles-fire-mutual-aid/
@nathanfenno.bsky.social
Senior investigative writer at The Athletic | Tips welcome: [email protected] or Signal at nathanfenno.52 | Romans 5:8
@suhauna.bsky.social
reporter @ LA Times covering labor and workplace issues. send tips: [email protected] https://www.latimes.com/la-bio-suhauna-hussain-staff.html
@vfranko.bsky.social
Journalist, plant parent and music junkie who has a burgeoning interest in taxidermy. Day job: Audience things at the L.A. Times Rest of the time: Waxing poetic about pop punk at the turn of the century, collecting wine, talking very loudly about sports.
@rebeccaplevin.bsky.social
Staff writer for LA Times equity initiative. Read our coverage here: https://lat.ms/4erC4zR
@ryan-fonseca.bsky.social
Los Angeles Times reporter 🦅 🗞️ Writing the Essential California newsletter 🧠 Teaching journalism at Cal State Northridge 🛹 Skating (not well) 💬 Signal: @rfonseca.411 https://www.latimes.com/people/ryan-fonseca
@eedugdale.bsky.social
🇨🇴 she/her journalist in LA. I write about jails (+ other stuff). Contributing editor/reporter LA Public Press.
@emilyleibert.bsky.social
writer @ thecut; previously @ Jezebel. I write about bodies and how we use them.
@primateyell.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, future lawyer, resident of Los Animals. My Signal username is emilyalpertreyes.26. Banner photo by Tom Olin: https://tomolincollection.com/?p=310
@markzbarabak.bsky.social
LA Times columnist, covering politics from out West. California uber alles. Cat on a tin roof. Dogs in a pile https://www.latimes.com/people/mark-z-barabak
@johnannese.bsky.social
Brooklyn courts reporter for the NY Daily News. Breaking news on Sundays. Husband. Father of two boys. Proud member of the NY Daily News Union. Signal: johnannese.56
@liamjdillon.com
California housing affordability and neighborhood change reporter for the Los Angeles Times. [email protected]
@loisbeckett.bsky.social
Guardian reporter in Los Angeles. [email protected] https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lois-beckett
@sergioolmos.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @CalMatters | Winner of no awards | [email protected] | dm for Signal | 🇲🇽
@jherrerx.bsky.social
Freelance reporter, un tipo chido I cover the border and other bad news. I write about how changing demography impacts individual lives, in particular in Latino communities. Work in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly
@shoton35mm.bsky.social
Visual Artist & Award-Winning Investigative Reporter Based in L.A. 347-644-0191 for news tips
@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.
@jasonleopold.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Band Tshirt hoarder. Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files. Opinions are mine. [email protected] Signal: JasonLeopold.666 https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/foia-files
@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
@nslayton.bsky.social
Journalist. Contributing editor @TaskandPurpose. Bylines at New Republic, The Prospect, Motherboard, elsewhere. Was once insulted by Martin Shkreli. Signal: nslayton.12 nslayton.substack.com
@meghanncuniff.bsky.social
Legal affairs journalist in Southern California. Follow my work by subscribing to Legal Affairs and Trials. https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/subscribe
@samtlevin.bsky.social
Guardian senior reporter, based in Los Angeles. Sam.Levin@theguardian [dot] com. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sam-levin
@katecagle.bsky.social
Los Angeles news, politics, corruption and deputy gangs | Journalist | Anchor Spectrum News 1 | mostly vegetarian 🌱
@sarahdwire.bsky.social
Senior national political correspondent for USA TODAY writing about the intersection of people and politics. Covering U.S. politics without the noise. Tips & questions welcome. swire (at) usatoday.com or Signal sarahdwire.71
@awinston.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter. Criminal Justice/Privacy/XRW. Book: THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT. WIRED/Guardian/Vanity Fair/BBC/Popular Front/Rolling Stone/elsewheres https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/ [email protected] Awinston.17 on Signal
@seamushughes.bsky.social
I read a lot of court records because I like a good story. Won a Pulitzer that one time. “A well-known PACER watcher” - Justice Department
@mollycranenewman.bsky.social
SDNY and NYSS courts reporter, New York Daily News. Irishwoman. https://mollycranenewman.com/About
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@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
@karenattiah.bsky.social
Global. Columnist at Washington Post. Artemis = feline guardian. Rogue Radical Professor at Resistance Summer School resistancesummerschool.com Join the Fall Waitlist for Race, Media and International Affairs 101! https://forms.gle/6LoPuLUUjPT6Tang8
@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 [email protected] “Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
@clarajeffery.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal. Board of the American Society of Magazine Editors. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Views, mine.
@nick-martin.bsky.social
I run The Informant, a publication covering hate and extremism in the US. Returning soon. Living with Long Covid. Profile photo by Victor G Jeffreys II. The Informant: https://www.informant.news Other places to find me: https://linktr.ee/nick_martin
@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 🚲⚖️🕵️🦅🛎️🇺🇸
@keribla.bsky.social
Reporter. Author: Corrections in Ink. New America fellow. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
Crime: Real & Imagined. L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter Alleged Author: Russell Avery Novels (Formerly Polis, Now Counterpoint) Rep: @jmcgowanbks Proud Union Pain In The Ass. Long Suffering Knicks Fan. Less Suffering As Of Late Liberty Fan