Really Cool PR and Journalists You Should Follow
Our BlueSky Starter Pack is designed to help you turn your list of journalists and PR contacts into real results. Whether you’re launching a campaign or pitching your latest story, this pack gives you the tools to make every outreach count.
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@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@shayonislynn.bsky.social
CEO @ lynn.global #BehaviouralScience & fighting #Misinformation. Chair, Co-founder Asian Communications Network. PowerBook; Most Influential Women in UK PR; Top 10 Agency Leaders outside London; Mark Mellor; #innovator25 EMEA; Global 15; IoD #DOTYA
@amandacomms.bsky.social
Crisis communication consultant, business owner and author of three books on crisis, issues and reputation management. Find me at www.amandacolemancomms.co.uk
@pr.bobpickard.com
Public relations for leaders – PR counsel to names in the news. 30+ year communication career @ 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇯🇵🇨🇦🇰🇷🇸🇬 Served as CEO of Burson in Asia and North Asia of Edelman. Former MDB global comms chief. Publicized in PRC state media for “purely sensational hype.”
@jamesmchapman.bsky.social
Director of PR firm Soho Communications. Former director of comms at HM Treasury. Former political editor, occasional columnist for @cityam.bsky.social. Views my own. www.sohocommunications.co.uk
@davidyelland.bsky.social
Founded Kitchen Table Partners, edited newspapers in London and New York. Presenter ‘When it Hits the Fan’ @BBCRadio4, @BBCSounds. @ManCity Blue.
@emmamalcolmson.bsky.social
Digital PR Manager at Honcho ✨it's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world✨ (she/her) 🪩🦋
@brandonegley.bsky.social
Search Strategy, SEO & Digital PR School of Encarta 97 🏈 Raiders 🏀 Bulls ⚽️ Wednesday
@richleighpr.bsky.social
PR-y stuff. Founder weareradioactive.com. Wrote #1 best-seller 'Myths of PR'. Created #1 PR blog famouscampaigns.com Once legally changed my name to Mr PR after losing a bet. Host of The Starting Line Podcast.
@andismit.bsky.social
AI PR & comms technologist.Chair of CIPR AI in PR panel. CIPR & PRCA trainer. Co author of Share This & Share This Too: Social Media Handbooks.
@katehartley.bsky.social
Crisis communications, PR, co-founder, Polpeo. Author, Communicate in a Crisis. Co-host of ‘What Just Happened’ Polpeo podcast
@jamescrawford.bsky.social
PR God. Ha! Manchester | London | Worldwide www.PRAgencyOne.co.uk
@dwa.calacus.com
Founder of @CalacusPR consultancy & CIPR Chartered & Fellow. Former sports journalist. Proud father & husband. Avid fan of Arsenal (@ArsenalAddict) PSB & Italy
@ilikeyoumatt.bsky.social
Freelance Digital PR - https://www.digitalprtips.com/ 🌟 Here to help improve your Digital PR strategy 💡 Digital PR | Data | SEO 🤓 matt@digitalprtips.com 📧
@kirstyelise.com
Freelance Digital PR • ex Rise at Seven & Evolved Search • x3 dog mom • found at home reading a book • trying to share one happy news story a day (she/her)
@stuartbruce.biz
The PR Futurist | AI and technology for PR, comms, reputation, crisis and corporate affairs | Measurement and evaluation | Data and analytics
@lougibson.bsky.social
Public and private sector PR and Communications, CIPR chartered | LGcomms Exec Committee | Accessibility | Gardening | Deaf | Welsh - not in that order.
@louisevp.bsky.social
Head of digital PR at Propellernet, new mum, addicted to the M&S chocolate covered custard creams. Brighton
@padraigmckeon.bsky.social
40 yrs (so far) a comms practitioner. Chart PR, Fellow PRII. Strategy/Isuues management. Uni lecturer (DCU, Dublin, Irl). Co-founder Dublin Conversations. All sports. Country born city dweller living in the moment. Father of women. Here to learn and share
@lucyzilb.bsky.social
Freelance PR specialising in Documentary and Current Affairs lucy@zilberkweitpr.com Recent work: Spacey Unmasked, Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube, One Day in October, Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods, The Zelensky Story.
@laurapurkess.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance financial journalist, writer & editor. Likes politics, policy & personal finance 🌻 Ⓥ investinginsiders.co.uk/authors/laura https://muckrack.com/laurapurkess
@felicityhannah.bsky.social
Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
@charlottetobitt.bsky.social
News, features and analysis about the news media business. UK editor at @pressgazette.co.uk - get me on charlotte.tobitt@pressgazette.co.uk
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@hern.bsky.social
AI writer at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
@davehillonlondon.bsky.social
Publisher and editor of journalism website OnLondon.co.uk. Also does: https://davehillonlondon.substack.com/ Plus documentary podcasts for The London Society, fiction and sketches as John Vane. Busy.
@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
@stokel.bsky.social
Tech journalist and author, who increasingly also talks on TV and radio. Interested in the sparks that happen when the online and offline worlds collide @stokel on the other place. Buy my book: How AI Ate the World!
@katie0martin.ft.com
FT, E17, Unhedged podcast, gardening, making bread, climbing, cycling, 6 Music Mum. I don't deserve my bad Uber rating and I never give investment advice - if it looks like I am, it's a scam.
@bronmaher.bsky.social
media reporter @pressgazette.co.uk tips, chats and drinks proposals to bron.maher@pressgazette.co.uk
@josefox.bsky.social
Producer @Channel4News | Former Journalist @BBCNewsnight | jose.fox@itn.co.uk
@helenbarrett.bsky.social
Features journalist - Financial Times, NYTimes, Telegraph Arts, Guardian, The Critic and others. Arts and culture, mainly. https://www.helenbarrettjournalist.com/ https://open.substack.com/pub/helenbarrett
@adambienkov.bsky.social
Editor of BylineTimes.com Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️ https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
@jessicaelgot.bsky.social
I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
@allytibbitt.me
Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Co-founder of @theferret.scot | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. https://micro.blog/allytibbitt
@rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
Environmental journalist. Founder of investigative journalism non-profit https://watershedinvestigations.com/ Bylines: @guardian @thetimes @bbc @SkyNews @itv Ex: @TheENDSReport @PenguinUKBooks @independent Rachel.salvidge@watershedinvestigations.com
@hugorifkind.bsky.social
Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
@chriscook.news
ft senior reporter. articles with my byline get posted automagically on @bot.chriscook.news
@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/
@arusbridger.bsky.social
Editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk / Former EiC the Guardian/ @reutersinstitute ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: lewis.goodall@global.com Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@estheraddley.bsky.social
Guardian senior news writer, Derry Girl. Likes old stones and potatoes.
@severincarrell.bsky.social
Scotland editor for the Guardian. A personal account. Born 319.62ppm. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss) I’ll have you know I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
@synapsestories.bsky.social
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