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Behold: News outlets’ first skeets

“We might have lost our blue checkmark on Twitter, but we’re already verified on Bluesky!”

By Laura Hazard Owen May 2, 2023, 12:06 p.m.

Several news organizations are on Bluesky, the app where “the people on it won’t shut up about it.” Here are their inaugural skeets. More to come, surely. (Follow Nieman Lab on Bluesky here.)

The Baffler

Bellingcat

Bloomberg

Dame Magazine

Detroit Metro Times

Discourse Blog

Hell Gate

The Intercept

Media Matters

Nieman Lab

The Onion

Sahan Journal

Semafor

Laura Hazard Owen is the editor of Nieman Lab. You can reach her via email (laura@niemanlab.org) or Bluesky DM.

POSTED May 2, 2023, 12:06 p.m.

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