Fighting Tech Oligarchy. Building Media Democracy.
Democracy suffers when billionaires control the media. This occasionally updated starter pack includes leading writers, academics and advocates covering the movement to build a more democratic media system.
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@timkarr.bsky.social
@cendemtech.bsky.social
The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @CDTEU.bsky.social for our EU-based team. https://cdt.org
@candacejeanne.bsky.social
Music (All Feels), media, miscellany. Also Managing Director @freepress.bsky.social. All posts = IMHO and not my affiliation's.
@mattfieldwood.bsky.social
VP of Policy at @freepress.bsky.social. Opinions on the rest are mine, all mine!
@stevenrenderos.bsky.social
Salvadoreño 🇸🇻 ED at Media Justice. Co-host of Bring Receipts. Doyers fan.
@sdp.bsky.social
I work on public interest #journalism #funding & financing worldwide. -Work: https://macrosco.pe -Boards: @orwellprize.bsky.social, Indigo Trust, @serrapilheira.org -Connect: linkedin.com/in/sameerpadania #THFC #COYS #FRSA
@jgo4justice.bsky.social
Co-CEO of @FreePress.bsky.social. Board member @AmericasVoice.bsky.social & @LatinoMediaCollaborative. Los Angeles-based chingona.
@mollydea.bsky.social
President of Independence Public Media Foundation, supporting grassroots media and community internet in Philly. Please stop naming your dogs Molly.
@notaaroncraig.bsky.social
Co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action and guy with two first names freepress.net
@freepress.bsky.social
We’re a nonpartisan organization fighting for your rights to connect and communicate. Learn more: FreePress.net
@suewilson.bsky.social
#Emmy winning investigative journalist turned Media Democracy reformer. https://MediaActionCenter.net https://SueWilsonReports.com Docu Film: Broadcast Blues, https://youtu.be/peVN7_LZYPM Non-partisan.
@joanmccarter.com
Political writer, politician haranguer, senior pet caretaker, gardener
@bric.bsky.social
Inc. magazine tech journalist covering AI and social media. Occasional Clickhole contributor. Ask me about my 1996 magnum opus "Infinite Jest"
@davidrussellmoore.bsky.social
Money in politics: @Sludge.bsky.social // Get: @flaminghydra.com // https://www.davidrussellmoore.net // Signal: davidrussellmoore.52
@haroldfeld.bsky.social
@christopherterry.bsky.social
University of Minnesota/HSJMC Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach folks about the 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC& @FTC policy for a living. Otherwise talking Brewer Baseball and Fishing. And yes, the hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.
@moonalice.com
From 1982 to 2015, I invested in tech. Since 2016, I have been working for reform of the tech industry. Author of NYT bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Musician in Moonalice (https://www.moonalice.com/splash) Phillies fan.
@chrisjlewis.bsky.social
Tech policy advocate, President/CEO at @publicknowledge.bsky.social, Fmr Alexandria City School Board member, DC sports fanatic, & donut connoisseur.
@techoversight.bsky.social
The Tech Oversight Project is a nonprofit dedicated to holding Big Tech accountable by passing comprehensive antitrust, privacy protections, and children's safety legislation. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: www.techoversight.org
@dbrody.bsky.social
Privacy rights are civil rights. Founder & former director of the Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
@markjacob.bsky.social
Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Sun-Times. Co-author of 10 books, mostly on history. Writer of the free Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Intolerant of racism & small-mindedness.
@robpegoraro.com
D.C.-based freelance technology journalist covering, and often vexed by, computers, gadgets, and other things that beep. May or may not be notable. He/him. Read: PCMag, Fast Company, etc. Write: rob@robpegoraro.com
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social
Non-partisan, civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom mediaanddemocracyproject.org News: tiny.cc/MAD-newsletter Meet: mobilize.us/mediademocracyproject/ Blog: mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@sivav.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Supervises VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
@victorpickard.bsky.social
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
@mediagazer.com
Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web. This account shares top-level Mediagazer headlines. Visit https://mediagazer.com/ for full context.
@dankennedy.net
J-prof at Northeastern University. Author, most recently, of "What Works in Community News," with Ellen Clegg. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
@kcoxdc.bsky.social
Now: Running Decoder @ The Verge. Earlier: editor/reporter for Protocol, Ars Technica, CQ Roll Call, Consumerist, and Kotaku; decades of other writing strewn across the internet. Boston-born, now DC-dwelling. She/her.
@jeremylittau.com
I'm not like a regular media sociologist. I'm a cool media sociologist. • Associate Prof Journalism & Comm @LehighU • Near-term futurism scholarship on digital media, internet culture, and society • Exvie wanderer • M-I-Z • http://jeremylittau.substack.com
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@robyncaplan.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom. I make bad jokes sometimes.
@evelyndouek.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Stanford Law School. Aussie struggling with °F & online speech stuff.
@onthemedia.bsky.social
A weekly radio show and podcast on all things media produced and distributed by WNYC Studios — onthemedia.org Hosted by @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social
@goangelo.bsky.social
Chair & President, Media Matters. An all around good guy fueled by caffeine, candy and comeuppance. Posts are mine alone.
@datasociety.bsky.social
Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
@knightcolumbia.org
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education. https://knightcolumbia.org/
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
Burned out political writer and podcast/radio talker. I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others. Scuba diver and dog guy. https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/
@inafried.bsky.social
Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios. Huge fan of the sportsball. Also Lego. She/her Aiplus.Axios.com
@kint.bsky.social
#HoldTheLine. Ask, think, translate tech/media strategy (subs, ads, video, monopolies, privacy, press freedom, trust) for @dcnorg.bsky.social to advance future of trusted news and entertainment. @jason_kint on X, 20yrs leading major sports sites
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
@naominix.bsky.social
I cover Meta and other social media companies for The Washington Post.
@yaeleisenstat.bsky.social
Been called alarmist, a Cassandra & “someone with the resume of a 70 yr old man”. Pro-dog & pro-democracy. Working on tech accountability to safeguard democracy in the digital age at Cybersecurity for Democracy. Personal website: www.yaeleisenstat.com
@viacristiano.bsky.social
Associate editor, Tech Policy Press. Washington Post, Politico alum. Tips: cristiano@techpolicy.press, Signal: Cristiano.01 🇧🇷🇺🇸
@bostonjoan.bsky.social
I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org
@ibogost.bsky.social
Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Writer at The Atlantic. https://linktr.ee/ibogost
@jamisonfoser.bsky.social
Political consultant, media critic, and longtime Cassandra. www.findinggravity.net
@knibbs.bsky.social
Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude Email me tips: kate_knibbs@wired.com / Signal: kateknibbs.09
@ethanz.bsky.social
UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.
@jillian.bsky.social
Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021). Views are mine alone. Work @EFF, teach at College of Europe Natolin, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about #freealaa
@makenakelly.bsky.social
reporter @ WIRED covering the politics and power influencing the internet DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32 FAQ, Instagram, TikTok, & everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
@justinelliott.bsky.social
ProPublica reporter. Email tips/comments/complaints: justin@propublica.org Signal: https://www.propublica.org/people/justin-elliott/ More: justinelliott.co
@melissaryan.bsky.social
I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: hello@inviolablegroup.com
@owillis.bsky.social
Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@scripting.com
Bluesky: Add two-way RSS, so we can re-establish contact and flow if they go down or sell out. This is "just enough decentralization" for users, could be done in a few weeks. I would help. Then Masto can support it too and we'd be living in the future.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
@kevincollier.bsky.social
I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
@sheeraf.bsky.social
NYTimes reporter and co-author of NYT bestseller “An Ugly Truth” with Cecilia Kang. Tell me a story. (Ideally through a non-work device using Signal. Find me via my username sheera.11)
@bobbyallyn.bsky.social
NPR Correspondent on the Power & Influence team Signal: ballyn.77 https://www.npr.org/people/638550790/bobby-allyn
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@sambiddle.com
Senior Technology Reporter at The Intercept Got a tip? Signal: sambiddle.11 (Make sure you don’t contact me via a work-provided device) https://sambiddle.com
@eschatonblog.com
I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog. https://eschatonblog.com Currently near Toon
@klonick.bsky.social
Law professor & journalist researching internet law, online speech governance, AI. Dallying in consumer protection. For sporadic writings on these things see: https://klonick.substack.com/ For more info and full bio see: www.kateklonick.com
@emilybell.bsky.social
Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
@joshuatopolsky.com
A man in trouble. Founded The Verge, The Outline, & Input. Rebooted Gawker. Co-created Vox Media. Runs Sherwood. Makes rave music. Likes beautiful things. Hates schedules.
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@davidcorn.bsky.social
Washington bureau chief, Mother Jones. MSNBC commentator. Author of AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS and other NYT bestsellers. On Signal: DavidCorn.99
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: This Week in Google, AI Inside. Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, The Web We Weave, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
@alexisohanian.bsky.social
Founder @SevenSevenSix ♻️ @776Foundation Prev. founded @Initialized @Reddit 💪 #BusinessDad #PaidFamilyLeave Owner ⚽️ @weareangelcity 🎮 @cloud9 🦄 x 40
@evangreer.bsky.social
Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. Last album "Spotify is Surveillance" out now on Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records. she/her/they/them
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@brianfung.me
Tech policy reporter. Previously CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖 Streaming Mon-Wed-Fri mornings US Eastern time on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brainfungi
@jaypeters.net
News Editor at @theverge.com. Email tips to jay.peters@theverge.com. Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
@adamweinstein.bsky.social
MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes. Ex-Floridian. Catskill climber. Philly fan. Your affable newsroom curmudgeon. Go Navy. Beat Army.
@mmfa.bsky.social
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@zittrain.bsky.social
A small creature who likes to run around in universities. Prof. Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard Kennedy School. EFF Board. Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the HLS Library.
@sulliview.bsky.social
Columnist at GuardianUS. Thinking/teaching at Columbia J School. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack)
@brianstelter.bsky.social
Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.