AI & the Future of News
Voices, perspectives and coverage from folks working on the frontier of AI, tech and computational journalism.
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@mtdukes.bsky.social
@yann-lecun.bsky.social
Professor a NYU; Chief AI Scientist at Meta. Researcher in AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, etc. ACM Turing Award Laureate. http://yann.lecun.com
@matteowong.bsky.social
Staff writer on science, tech, and health at The Atlantic covering AI. Signal @matteowong.52
@stephpalazzolo.bsky.social
vc/startups reporter covering AI and consumer tech @insider // reach me at spalazzolo@insider.com or DM for signal/telegram
@drewharwell.com
Tech reporter @washingtonpost.com Newsletter: drewharwell.com/stories Signal: drewharwell.01
@karenhao.bsky.social
ai reporter & author. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact. pre-order my book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, 2025: empireofai.com
@laurengoode.bsky.social
WIRED senior writer covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please)
@sarahfrier.bsky.social
In charge of big tech coverage at Bloomberg Author of NO FILTER: The Inside Story of Instagram Email me at sfrier1 at Bloomberg dot net
@deepa.bsky.social
WSJ tech reporter covering A.I. Deepa.Seetharaman@wsj.com https://www.wsj.com/news/author/deepa-seetharaman
@knowtheory.net
Distributed social networking nerd. Co-organizer for #ATmosphereConf & ATproto Community Fund; Product person. Scifi nerd. Grew DocumentCloud. Made Mozilla Rally and Mozilla.Social. Former AAJA board member.
@sarahjeong.bsky.social
editor @ the verge. send pitches and death threats to sarah.jeong@theverge.com
@rmac.bsky.social
NYT tech reporter Co-author of Character Limit Signal: rmac.18 ryan.mac@nytimes.com rmac18@protonmail.com https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ https://linktr.ee/ryan_mac_
@kylierobison.com
nothing is real, you are dreaming, this is not a trash can, i’m an AI reporter for wired.com my two accomplishments here are that i invited AOC and i started the first-ever Hellthread http://kyliebytes.com • sf
@rachelmetz.bsky.social
i write about ai for bloomberg. do you like sandwiches? i love sandwiches.
@gerritd.bsky.social
Washington Post tech reporter San Francisco Defense tech and AI https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gerrit-de-vynck/ Signal: GerritD.27
@josephcox.bsky.social
Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
@brigittetousi.hf.co
Not an engineer @ Hugging Face | Previously @ Mila I help build impactful narratives around open-source AI 🤗 DMs are open for HF press requests! 📧
@giadapistilli.com
Principal Ethicist @hf.co | Philosophy Ph.D. @sorbonne-universite.fr
@mmitchell.bsky.social
Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse. Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
@sashamtl.bsky.social
Climate & AI Lead @HuggingFace, TED speaker, WiML board member, TIME AI 100 (She/her/Dr/🦋)
@felixsimon.bsky.social
Research Fellow in AI and News, Reuters Institute, Oxford University | Research Associate & DPhil, Oxford Internet Institute | AI, news, misinfo, tech, democracy | Affiliate Tow Center, CITAP | Media advisor | My views etc… https://www.felixsimon.net/
@mapcourt.bsky.social
former fellow @ nytimes upshot + mcclatchy dc | extremely curious human | M.S. in Digital Mapping
@anjdelgado.bsky.social
Journalist. Managing Editor, State News at Hearst in CT. anjanette.delgado@hearst.com. http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjanettedelgado
@semerriam.bsky.social
Data and Graphics Journalist, McClatchy Signal: @semerriam.48 for tips https://semerriam.github.io/
@dangerscarf.bsky.social
@evrat.bsky.social
Journalist. Host of SHELL GAME, author of THE MASTERMIND. Dispirited to be here.
@jersey-janet.bsky.social
Data journalism editor at Reuters. Part-time artist. Dreaming of a winning lottery ticket so I can flip those roles.
@cocteau.bsky.social
Professor at Columbia University, Director of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation - brown.columbia.edu, markh@columbia.edu 🏳️🌈
@ianhillmedia.bsky.social
Mostly amplifying outstanding journalism. Audience lead for TEGNA, one of America’s largest independent media companies. Cleveland-based.
@jeremygilbert.bsky.social
Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern University’s Medill School. Formerly Washington Post, NatGeo, Poynter+
@fdaudens.bsky.social
Press Lead @HuggingFace / Passionate about AI & Journalism / Previously @radiocanadainfo @ledevoir & others
@alexmahadevan.com
Director of MediaWise and faculty doing AI, media literacy and OSINT stuff @poynterinstitute.bsky.social | alexmahadevan.com
@orourke.social
Newsroom Innovation + AI Strategy, Hearst DevHub | Previous: SFChronicle managing editor | Previous previous: pizza delivery 🍕 📰 🧰 Support local journalism 🧰 📰 SFChronicle.com/projects/about-the-devhub-hearst-newspapers
@anthonydb.bsky.social
Data journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of the book "Practical SQL" from No Starch Press. https://nostarch.com/practical-sql-2nd-edition/
@aimeetwoee.bsky.social
AI solutions for news. Free speech and underdog enthusiast. Help me build out the Journalists of Bluesky starter pack https://go.bsky.app/GE35h1
@cephillips.bsky.social
Data/investigative journalism @Stanford, Founder @biglocalnews, sharing data & tools, building an infrastructure of support for local news.
@mattwaite.bsky.social
Professor of Journalism, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I teach people who can't spell code to find stories and visuals in data with #rstats. Publish all my course books and tutorials at https://github.com/mattwaite
@ginaskchua.bsky.social
Executive Editor at global news startup Semafor; formerly Reuters, SCMP and WSJ. TJA member. Exploring new forms of journalism and where the profession is heading.
@charliebeckett.bsky.social
LSE journalism professor I run the LSE Polis Journalism and AI project Hammer
@andrewdeck.bsky.social
Reporting on AI and journalism for @NiemanLab.org at Harvard. Signal: andrewdeck.01
@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/
@ndiakopoulos.bsky.social
Northwestern University Professor. Computational Journalism; AI & Society. https://www.nickdiakopoulos.com
@chrisbail.bsky.social
Duke Professor directing https://scai.duke.edu, https://sicss.io & https://polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.
@jonkeegan.com
Data journalist / tech reporter ➡️ @sherwood.news I report on AI, privacy and Big Tech. ⏪️ The Markup, Tow Center, WSJ. Aspiring 46er. ⛰️ Newsletter: https://beautifulpublicdata.com https://jonkeegan.com 📝 Send tips: Signal: jonkeegan.73
@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
@kleinmatic.bsky.social
Already living in the future of news at Newspack. Board at @muckrock. Former @propublica. Hoping for the best.
@sayash.bsky.social
CS PhD candidate at Princeton. I study the societal impact of AI. Website: cs.princeton.edu/~sayashk Book/Substack: aisnakeoil.com
@jeremybowers.com
Global CTO, POLITICO. Ex Washington Post, New York Times, NPR. Fond of #TheSqueezle, #TheGiblette, Becky Bowers too. There will be food, cocktail and wine pictures here.
@rubinafillion.nytimes.com
Working on A.I. Initiatives @nytimes; formerly @WSJ, @theintercept, @columbiajournalism; avid consumer of coffee and novels
@dwillis.bsky.social
I teach data journalism at the University of Maryland, run OpenElections. Fan of WBB & test cricket. Posting obscure things about campaign finance, Congress & elections. https://github.com/dwillis https://thescoop.org
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
Personal Account Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social. Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria
@benjedwards.com
Senior AI Reporter, Ars Technica. Tech Historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
@jeremybmerrill.com
dad, a reporter, data reporter (writing about tech at The Washington Post) I don't have digital; I don't have diddly squat. Linguistics, NLP, news, Jews, Atlanta, crypto regs/politics, ads, fraud, etc.
@wattenberg.bsky.social
Human/AI interaction. ML interpretability. Visualization as design, science, art. Professor at Harvard, and part-time at Google DeepMind.
@merbroussard.bsky.social
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. NYU professor. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
@inafried.bsky.social
Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her Aiplus.Axios.com
@dylanfreedman.nytimes.com
A.I. @nytimes.com My work: https://www.nytimes.com/by/dylan-freedman Contact: dylan.freedman@nytimes.com, dylanfreedman.39 (Signal) 🏃🏻 🎹
@emollick.bsky.social
Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
@werd.io
I lead technology at ProPublica, write speculative fiction, and blog every day at https://werd.io.
@chrisalbon.com
Director of Machine Learning at the Wikimedia Foundation. We host Wikipedia.
@parkerortolani.com
assoc. director, product development @ Penske Media | prev @theverge.com & @polygon.com, @9to5mac.com, and @buzzfeed.com | opinions are my own 🔗 https://www.parkerortolani.com ✍🏻 https://www.postsbyparker.com 🎨 https://www.behance.net/parkerortolani
@alondra.bsky.social
Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
@simonwillison.net
Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
@kashhill.bsky.social
Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology & people done wrong by A.I. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
@juliaangwin.com
Investigative journalist. New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer. Founder, Proof News, The Markup. Priors: ProPublica, WSJ. Fellow at Harvard Shorenstein Center. Signal: Julia.368 Sign up for my newsletter: https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Email salesman at Platformer.news and podcast co-host at Hard Fork.
@mtdukes.bsky.social
Lead editor, AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy. Former News & Observer I-team. Duke University adjunct. 2017 Nieman Fellow. Powered by gas station coffee and eastern NC barbecue.