Best Bluesky starter packs for journalists and news

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.



I went through the 7,000+ packs in the News category on theblue.social and picked out the ones worth your time.



General journalism



The 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.



Photojournalism News (445+ members) is solid for visual journalism. Wire photographers, documentary shooters, photo editors.



News sources and independent media



News Sources by @jmsardo.bsky.social has 219+ accounts — mostly official outlet accounts rather than individual reporters. Good for building a headline feed.



Autonomous and Independent Media (167+ members, also by @awkword.bsky.social) focuses on non-corporate outlets. Useful if you want perspectives outside mainstream coverage.



Specialized beats



AI Research & News (662+ members) is one of the largest packs here — researchers, AI journalists, and industry watchers all in one place.



National Security by @paulszoldra.com (150+ members) covers defense reporters, intel community watchers, and foreign policy analysts.



Regional and language-specific



European Union on bsky by @jmsardo.bsky.social (535+ members) pulls together EU institutions, Brussels correspondents, and European policy accounts.



Svensk journalistik by @gillinger.se (233+ members) is a well-maintained pack for Swedish-language journalism.



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Browse 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.