Your First Byline II Starter Pack
More journalists featured on the Your First Byline Substack newsletter.
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@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
@michellelprice.bsky.social
White House reporter for @AP. Previously covering UT/NV/AZ/NY/Room 9 & the presidential campaigns mprice@ap.org https://apnews.com/author/michelle-l-price
@bizwriterkristi.bsky.social
Award-winning journalist writing about America’s energy transformation Past: @eenewsupdates @ajc @pbpost https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristi-swartz-1799823 Marathoner; ATLien; Marylander🦀; Terp 🐢 Live 🎶 fan; 🏖️bum; 🐈⬛🐈⬛person RIP Dad 🚴🏽♂️ Mom 🌞
@jmendelsohn.bsky.social
The artist formerly known as @clevertitletk. Journalist turned genealogical sleuth. Created #resistancegenealogy; co-founded the Holocaust Reunion Project. Lover of receipts. Recovering Long Islander. "The genealogy burn is one of the rarest of them all."
@tchotchke.bsky.social
community editor @atlasobscura.com + fandom + media + tech + history + polar exploration + the libidinal pleasures of obsession newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com website: allegrarosenberg.com
@eplunk.bsky.social
Ur friendly neighborhood journalist water and environment reporter for @lailluminator.com and Mississippi River Basin Ag&Water Desk ✏️ Report for America corps member 🐊University of Florida CJC Alumnus
@daylinamiller.itch.io
Public Radio Journalist @WUSF.org | Nonbinary & Queer | Kidney Donor | Tabletop Gamer | Witch | Portfolio: www.daylinamiller.com Newsletter: https://daylinamiller.substack.com/ Zines: https://daylinamiller.itch.io/ Signal: DaylinaMiller.13
@mizzousundevil.bsky.social
Investigations editor at Spotlight PA |Former IRE Board member |AZR|AJC|HoustonChron|Pulitzer Finalist| Mizzou alum ❤️ my wife Rachael and our kid Will Profile pic courtesy @kenduque.bsky.social
@mirjamswanson.bsky.social
Sports columnist. 🗞️ Southern California News Group. Trying to kick something that means something. Please, do tell. 🐙🍷😭🙏🏽🔑 🔗 https://www.ocregister.com/author/mirjam-swanson/
@anntastic.bsky.social
Audio journalist, podcast person, editorial director at @indiejournalists.bsky.social I used to host a podcast about legal weed called On Something: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-something/id14659
@abbyaguirre.bsky.social
Writer & editor http://abbyaguirre.com/ https://pointswestnewsletter.substack.com/
@rachelsuzhunt.bsky.social
digital journalist • currently helping @ AP genztranslator.substack.com
@jillianberman.bsky.social
Deputy enterprise editor at MarketWatch, covering student loans, consumer debt and more. Get in touch! jberman@marketwatch.com.
@spitfirenews.com
A newsletter from @kattenbarge.bsky.social about internet culture, politics, and media. Subscribe today for free!
@jayasaxena.com
Correspondent at Eater.com // Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing // Vox Media Union committee // she/her
@kattenbarge.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering internet culture, politics, and media @spitfirenews.com.
@danvock.bsky.social
Helping you understand how government works—or doesn’t. Freelancing again. Illinoisan in D.C. Reach me at dcvock@gmail.com
@jennygzhang.bsky.social
writer, editor at [redacted], previously @gawker @eater. i am not jenny zhang jennygzhang.substack.com jennygzhang.com
@annemariechaker.bsky.social
Journalist, Author, OCB PRO Bodybuilder. Still looking for the Tupperware lids.
@shefalikulkarni.bsky.social
- Editor of Digital Storytelling and Training at NYT - Fluent in GIFs - Passionate about making our newsrooms look more like the real world
@hegemommy.bsky.social
SVP and Executive Editor at Rewire News Group. Co-host of the Boom! Lawyered podcast. SCOTUS whisperer. Dog lady. Soccer fan. Loud talker.
@talkingbiznews.bsky.social
Biz journalism news, information and job openings for pens in pursuit of the bottom line. Black Lives Matter. Founded by Chris Roush.
@hollykorbey.bsky.social
Education journalist @ The 74, The Hechinger Report, TES, more. Author of Building Better Citizens. Mom to three young men in Nashville, TN. Subscribe to The Bell Ringer, my Substack about the science of learning: https://hollykorbey.substack.com
@edeggans.bsky.social
NPR TV critic/analyst. This fall, I start teaching as Knight Professor of Media Ethics at Washington&Lee U. Blerd. Drummer. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. Media bloviator.
@c-cauterucci.bsky.social
Slate senior writer / host of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs / co-host of Outward, Slate's podcast about queer life
@hopeseck.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, full-time mom of 3, BQ marathoner. Formers: Managing editor @Militarydotcom, VP @MilReporters, @IrregWarfare Ed. Director.
@biettetimmons.bsky.social
contributing editor at Jezebel. editing + writing other places. New Yorker in Berlin.
@rtraister.bsky.social
Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack.
@lkrozen.bsky.social
Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
@wajali.bsky.social
Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver. Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of The Democracy-Ish Podcast; Author of a Memoir and a Play wajali.com wajahatmali@protonmail.com
@lby3.bsky.social
Southern California News Group watchdog reporter 🌴 Prior journalism in Virginia, Egypt & Bosnia 🌴 Ut Prosim 🌴 byarbrough@scng.com
@julito77.bsky.social
Sr. Director, Marketing and Comms, FreePress.net. Founder, TheLatinoNewsletter.org (2024), LatinoRebels.com (2011). MSNBC.com columnist. Opinions here are mine only and no one else's 🇵🇷
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com
@colleenhagerty.com
Disaster-focused independent journalist. Why yes I do have a newsletter: https://myworldsonfire.colleenhagerty.com/
@lolaannamendez.bsky.social
Queer Latina journalist covering travel, sustainability, social justice, veganism & more for USA Today, CNN, BBC, ArchDigest, Vogue, NatGeo & more 🇺🇾 she/her www.lolaannmendez.com
@annalecta.bsky.social
Editor in Chief, InfluenceBrief.com • Director of Investigations, Sunlight Research Center • Independent research analyst • Bibliophile • Nothing here is legal advice.
@evanurquhart.bsky.social
The personal account of Evan Urquhart of Assigned Media (assignedmedia.org), your trans news source. I'd still rather be playing pinball.
@jaredbkeller.bsky.social
Formerly @jaredbkeller on Twitter. Your school has no gymnastics team this is a last resort. Subscribe to LASER WARS https://laserwars.substack.com/
@catherinejsweeney.bsky.social
Okie in Nashville. Health reporter at WPLN. @cathjsweeney.38 on Signal
@kelciemmorris.bsky.social
National reproductive rights reporter at States Newsroom, based in Idaho. Email me at kmoseley@statesnewsroom.com
@solomonlexib.bsky.social
Emerging news reporter at The News & Observer. Virginia Tech alumna.🇨🇺🏳️🌈
@deminlawrence.bsky.social
journalist in portland, oregon covering sports biz. certified yapper. dlawrence@bizjournals.com 🌲 she/they hoosier
@rachelhopmayer.com
Lead sports anchor/reporter/glue gal on CBS Detroit — pro celly, born to yap, cat lady
@biketrouble.bsky.social
a guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it. co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com, em@racketmn.com. (she/they)
@bobhille.bsky.social
40+ yrs in sports journalism (COTXMOSCMO) • Now: 🎯 STL @SportingNews Sr Editorial Consultant • BBWAA gold card • lifelong Liz lover + @CSURams 🐏 fan.
@josephzeballos.bsky.social
Economic policy reporter in DC | Past: Semafor, Business Insider | Concert enthusiast | josephzeballos@gmail.com
@rmlenzi.bsky.social
Sports reporter, Annapolis native, Pittsburgh expat, Buffalo resident. Journalism, sports, music, mascots. Sometimes I run 5Ks. Is Sports Bluesky a thing yet? https://linktr.ee/rmlenzi
@jonkingnews.bsky.social
He/Him. (OMG - He’s got pronouns in his bio!) #transrightsarehumanrights Editor-in-Chief w/ @MichiganAdvance.com Adjunct Faculty - Cleary University
@josiahbates.bsky.social
Reporter at @thetrace.org | Author | Expect a lot of NBA posts 🇹🇹 🇯🇲 https://www.josiahbates.com/
@alexip718.com
I get my Korean food in Appalachia (Gwinnett County, Georgia!) I'm also the Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com. Signal: alexip.718 Email: alex@thexylom.com
@berkowitzbt.bsky.social
Journalist. Managing Editor on the biz desk at Axios. Ex-NBC, Reuters, AP, AOL, Fidelity, among various others.
@fernalfonso.bsky.social
Managing editor for news and content development for @houstonchronicle.com Fernandoalfonso.com
@brandontensley.bsky.social
Now: National Politics Reporter, Capital B, a Black-focused independent newsroom. Before: National Political Writer, CNN. Writing a book on Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight for 33 1/3. Email: brandon.tensley@capitalbnews.org | Signal: btensley.53
@shanpalus.bsky.social
Features editor at Slate with a special interest in science and health. Writer and runner.
@blackmuse.bsky.social
Reporter for The Assembly NC, covering criminal justice issues, movie enthusiast, music obsessor, pop culture consumer and poetry lover.
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@patrickcreis.bsky.social
Politics editor at Vox. Formerly Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Politico. That’s my dog in New Mexico.
@olgakhazan.bsky.social
Atlantic writer, ME, BUT BETTER available now: https://www.amazon.com/Me-But-Better-Science-Personality/dp/1668012545 Substack: https://olgakhazan.substack.com/
@leximcmenamin.com
permanent Philadelphian in NYC news + politics editor @teenvogue.com member @transjournalists.org @leximcmenamin on twit/insta/tumblr linktr.ee/leximcmenamin
@caryaspinwall.bsky.social
Investigative reporter for The Marshall Project. Prairie tumbleweed. Tips? caspinwall@themarshallproject.org
@milesklee.bsky.social
New Jersey ain’t the whole world https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/
@dawnbvaughan.bsky.social
State Capitol Bureau Chief and Under the Dome politics podcast host at The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. B. is for Baumgartner. Go Hokies.
@alivitali.bsky.social
☀️ Host @waytooearly.bsky.social 📕 Author “Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put A Woman In the White House…Yet.” Read: https://a.co/d/j1ojmjm | Watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDIVi-vBsOEwfv0LML1BGBlPxZsnoa0xM
@rjritzel.bsky.social
Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, Baltimore Sun and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. rjritzel@gmail.com https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/
@samiwest.bsky.social
Education reporter at KUOW, Seattle's NPR station. PNW transplant, forever a proud Midwesterner. 🌲 📧: swest@kuow.org
@alexjamesfitz.com
Data Editor, Axios. Dad, pilot, NY forever. AlexJamesFitz.58 on Signal. https://signal.me/#eu/t4ccI9CzvyKd5yZpRONAMatpxAyicsDpie57W7A1TpeYSuIRu6RHgKN5JrRsPwrs
@caseywooten.bsky.social
House of Representatives reporter for National Journal. @casey_j_wooten on the other app.
@medeajulianna.bsky.social
Commerce editor @ Better Report. Previously Wired and Wirecutter 💻 very good at pop culture trivia, always nostalgic 🔮 mom to 3 cats and newly to one human
@squintonstates.bsky.social
Staff Writer @pluribusnews, formerly Stateline and National Journal
@jonchristian.net
Assistant VHS tape haunter at Futurism, horror/pinball enthusiast, lover of weird stuff, as previously seen in the Boston Globe, Vice, Slate, Wired etc. Please DM with tips and/or memes
@doliver8.bsky.social
editor at @usatoday.com adjunct prof at university of maryland. he/him. gay, jewish. “the carousel never stops turning. you can't get off.” doliver@usatoday.com.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social
Author, Huddled Masses for The Bulwark. The guy who told you Latino voters mattered before it was cool. ✍🏽 in Vanity Fair, POLITICO Mag, Rolling Stone, The Guardian Subscribe ➡️ https://www.thebulwark.com/s/huddled-masses
@jhlad.bsky.social
Managing Editor of Defense One. Georgia Bulldawg. Lover of all things sparkly and pink.
@joshsternberg.com
Executive Editor at Morning Brew Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc Failed musician. YMMV. Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
@timcrino.bsky.social
The fall of society begins with the individual. Senior editor @inc covering problem-solving and innovation. DM me with pitches!
@amelianews.bsky.social
Reporter, West Virginia Watch | Proud WV native. Mom of 3 and baseball fan. News on TikTok: @amelianews
@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.” 🧙🏼♂️ Story tips? sparvini@ap.org or sarahparvini.01 on signal www.sarahparvini.com
@akankshamsingh.bsky.social
words: Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Dazed, Wired, more | editor: Lonely Planet
@thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social
High Country News correspondent, SFGATE contributing national parks editor, freelance journalist appearing in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Outside, The Guardian and more. Wildfire, wildlife + wild places. Based in Montana. www.kyliemohr.com
@meganululani.bsky.social
Denver Post Immigration Reporter | Kanaka ʻŌiwi | Former Bloomberg Government Hill Rat | Bylines at Nat Geo, Better Homes & Gardens, Business Insider, Eater, Delish, Smithsonian Magazine Send travel recs, recipes, hot gossip: mboyanton@denverpost.com
@laurathereporter.bsky.social
White House Correspondent for Newsday Proud Mama of 2 Mrs. Hernandez UF Gator Alum 🐊🧡💙
@johndevore.bsky.social
This is a Phantom of the Opera fan account My debut memoir, 'Theatre Kids,' is on sale now
@michellearuiz.bsky.social
@ktumulty.bsky.social
Trying to adapt. Also, columnist and associate editor at the Washington Post. You can follow what I write here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-karen-tumulty/
@sopandeb.bsky.social
NYT writer. Written some books (Missed Translations, Keya Das's Second Act). Written some plays too.
@umairfan.bsky.social
I'm a reporter at Vox. Created an account here just to stake mine. I don't expect to post here much even as the other site withers, but feel free to DM me.
@oliviamesser.bsky.social
texan. editor in chief, the barbed wire. words in rolling stone, marie claire, slate, the daily beast, texas monthly, texas observer etc for texas tips, email: olivia@thebarbedwire.com
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MSNBC. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)