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  "description": "A curated list of Bluesky starter packs for journalists, newsrooms, and news junkies. Bluesky has become a real hub for journalists. The migration from X",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Bluesky has become a real hub for journalists. The migration from X brought a lot of newsroom accounts and independent reporters, and the starter packs reflect that.\n\nI went through the 7,000+ packs in the News category on theblue.social and picked out the ones worth your time.\n\n General journalism \n\nThe Journalists pack by @awkword.bsky.social is the big one — 350+ members covering reporters across beats. If you only follow one pack in this category, make it this one.\n\n Photojournalism News (445+ members) is solid for visual journalism. Wire photographers, documentary shooters, photo editors.\n\n News sources and independent media \n\n News Sources by @jmsardo.bsky.social has 219+ accounts — mostly official outlet accounts rather than individual reporters. Good for building a headline feed.\n\n Autonomous and Independent Media (167+ members, also by @awkword.bsky.social) focuses on non-corporate outlets. Useful if you want perspectives outside mainstream coverage.\n\n Specialized beats \n\n AI Research & News (662+ members) is one of the largest packs here — researchers, AI journalists, and industry watchers all in one place.\n\n National Security by @paulszoldra.com (150+ members) covers defense reporters, intel community watchers, and foreign policy analysts.\n\n Regional and language-specific \n\n European Union on bsky by @jmsardo.bsky.social (535+ members) pulls together EU institutions, Brussels correspondents, and European policy accounts.\n\n Svensk journalistik by @gillinger.se (233+ members) is a well-maintained pack for Swedish-language journalism.\n\n Find more \n\nBrowse all News starter packs or use the starter pack directory to search by topic. I also wrote about how to find starter packs and why custom feeds are Bluesky's best feature .",
  "title": "Best Bluesky starter packs for journalists and news | TheBlue.social",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z"
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