News orgs on Mastodon/in the Fediverse (NOT bots).
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS (English)
@ArcticToday
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@globalvoices
@mondoweiss (Palestine & world)
@newlinesmag
@openDemocracy
@rferl (Radio Free Europe)
@thecontinent (African continent)
@TheConversationAfrica (Africa)
@thenation (US & world)
@VOANews (Voice of America)

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#MastodonHelp
#MastodonTips
#FediHelp
#FediTips

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[I don't know why some of these links don't work. Sorry.]

NATIONAL NEWS

AUSTRALIA & NZ
@[email protected]

CANADA
@livewirecalgary
@pressprogress
@[email protected]
@thetyee
@Windspeaker
@winnipegfreepress

EU
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@euronews

NEW ZEALAND
@thespinoff

NORTH KOREA
@nknews

PALESTINE
@[email protected] (Palestine & world)

RUSSIA
@meduza_en

SOUTH AFRICA
@[email protected]

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MASSACHUSETTS
@gbhnews (Boston)
@leominsterchamp
@SomervilleWire
@universalhub (Boston)

MINNESOTA
@mnreformer

MISSISSIPPI
@msfreepress

MISSOURI
@KCStar
@MissouriIndependent

NEBRASKA
@flatwaterfreepress

NEW YORK
@THECITY (NYC)

OREGON
@theoregonian

TEXAS
@Chron (Houston)
@dallasnews
@TexasObserver
@texastribune

UTAH
@sltrib (Salt Lake)

WISCONSIN
@wausaupilot
@WIExaminer

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PORTUGESE
@Publico
@SetentaeQuatro

SPANISH
@ctxt
@eldiarioes
@ElSaltoDiario
@_infoLibre
@theconversationes

SWEDISH
@dagensarbete
@dagensnyheter

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SUBJECT SPECIFIC NEWS

@arstechnica (technology)
@bolts (politics, elections)
@crooksandliars (progressive news, media criticism)
@democracydocket (voting rights, elections)
@emergencemagazine (ecology, culture)
@euractiv_green (energy, environment)
@futurism (technology)
@heiseonline (tech)
@hyperallergic (art)
@igd_news (protest movements)
@insideclimatenews (climate)
@lucire (fashion)
@macstories (Apple products)
@mongabay (nature, conservation)

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@OCCRP (organized crime & corruption)
@overkillwtf (video games)
@PCMag (technology)
@restofworld (technology, non-Western)
@STAT (health news)
@TheConversationClimate (climate)
@themarkup (big tech)
@thenarwhal (nature, Canada)
@theprospect (US politics)
@therealnews (activism/socialism)
@thexylom (student-led, science)
@TruthOrFiction (fact-checking)
@Windspeaker (Indigenous news)

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NEWS ORGS THAT HOST THEIR OWN INSTANCE
@[email protected]
@heiseonline
@TexasObserver
@TucsonSentinel
@restofworld
@ZDF

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NEWS ORGS WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS

BBC:
@BBC_News_Labs
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@BBCRD
@BBCTaster

Bylines:
@[email protected]
@[email protected] (East Anglia)
@[email protected] (Central England)
@[email protected] (Kent)
@[email protected] (NorthEast England)
@[email protected] (NorthWest England)
@[email protected] (Sussex)
@[email protected] (West England)
@[email protected] (Yorkshire)
@[email protected] (Scotland)
@[email protected] (Wales)
or
https://bylines.social/explore

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Heise Online:
@heiseautos
@heisedeveloper
@heiseonline_TopNews
@heisenetze
@heisec

TheConversation:
@TheConversationAfrica
@theconversationau
@theconversationes (Spanish)
@TheConversationUK
@TheConversationUS
@TheConversationClimate

Curated news feed accounts:
@Factal
@longreads (promotes long-form journalism)
@Mediagazer (media news)
@NewsDesk
@optoutnews (promotes independent journalism)
@TheEuropeanNetwork

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I will try to keep this list updated. Feel free to let me know about accounts you think belong on this list.

Thank you to everyone who suggested accounts!
(Esp @zacrellin who had another long list.)

Someone asked, "How do I verify the news organization accounts?"

Here's the link to my answer:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109538823569652441

tldr: I look at all the available data, and then I use my best judgement. It's not a perfect system, but I do the best I can.

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

@[email protected] How do I verify news org accounts on Maston? It's not a cut & dried process. First I look to see if there is a link to an actual website, if there is no website linked, I don't look further. Not a news org. If there is a website, I look at the website to see if it looks like a professional website and not a personal blog. If it looks pro, I look at the "about" section, the staff, the articles, etc... cont...

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@ZhiZhu "best judgement" hits the nail on the head. until they all start verifying using their homepages, we're having to rely on publications that promote their mastodon account on other platforms, or whose journalist confirm their legitimacy here, or just trust that "official" bios are indeed official

@zacrellin

Yeah.
Nice to meet someone else working on this. Though I don't know how long I can keep it up. Updating the list and keeping everything in order is ... not the easiest thing. I may have to try and find a way to host the list on a website (I don't want to use Google docs).

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@ZhiZhu Please add @mongabay to this list. Global environmental news service.

@MikeDiGirolamo @mongabay

Thanks! Added to the list under Subject Specific news

See at link:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109536025446633452

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

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@ZhiZhu @losangelestimes is out here now!

@suhauna @losangelestimes

Thank you! Added to the list under US News -- California.

See at link:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109535941944643291

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

Continued from previous post. USA @damemagazine (women-led) @ProPublica @[email protected] @TheConversationUS LOCAL US NEWS ARIZONA @[email protected] CALIFORNIA @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] COLORADO @TheAuroraSentinel @COTimesRecorder FLORIDA @kbindependent (Key Biscayne) MARYLAND @[email protected] (Baltimore) MASSACHUSETTS @[email protected] (Boston) @[email protected] @[email protected] (Boston) MISSISSIPPI @[email protected] MISSOURI @[email protected] Cont...

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@jlori

Thanks!

I've added @ctxt and @ElSaltoDiario and @_infoLibre to the list under Non-English News -- Spanish.

@eldiarioes and @theconversationes were already on the list.

See link at:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109535962640999042

With no link to a website and no posts, @diariosur is not an active account.

Though I don't speak Spanish, what I can tell from the translations of the account posts, it seems like @elmundotoday is a parody news org, not a real news org.

Thanks again!

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

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@ZhiZhu thank you so much for compiling this list!
For France (in French) there are also two other independent general news orgs : @lesjoursfr and @politis
ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

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@ZhiZhu for Minnesota local please add @RacketMN

@mike_minnesota @RacketMN

It doesn't seem very active yet, but it does seem legit, so it's been added to the list.

Thanks!

@ZhiZhu thanks for sharing!

@JDignum

Thanks, but @pressprogress does not seem to be an active account. I'll add it to my list of accounts to keep an eye on, but not to the published list.

@BylinesNetwork has already been added to the list under UK news.

and @BylineTimes does not appear to be an active account, but I'll add it to the list of accounts to keep an eye on.

@ZhiZhu fab thank you 🙏🏻
@ZhiZhu you’re a legend for this

@ZhiZhu
Thank you for collating and posting them.

🌞🌞🌞 😃👊🖖

@ZhiZhu
Thank you. Really helpful.🙏🏾
@ZhiZhu South Africa's longest-running investigative journalism show (over 35 years!), @carteblanchetv, just joined the #fediverse. Give them a warm welcome 🤗 #CarteBlanche

@LeYayJay @carteblanchetv

Thanks! Added to the list under South Africa news.

See at link:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109535932966653344

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

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@ZhiZhu The @bulwarkonline is missing. It’s independent center r/l US politics and culture coverage.

@GoldenRuleLover @bulwarkonline

Thanks! Added to the list under USA news.

@ZhiZhu

Thank YOU. The thing I miss most from Twitter is that up-to-the-second news feed, and this goes a long way in getting me back to that.

I mean, the January 6th committee meeting today, I only found out that was happening today, today. Back on Twitter we would have been making banquet plans for weeks prior.

@DavidMHarlan

You're welcome! I miss the news feed on Twitter as well. Doing what I can to help make Mastodon more newsy.

@ZhiZhu Thank you so much for all of this!

@ZhiZhu

This is a great list, I know several of these & had hoped they'd make a stand here...

Thank you!

@ZhiZhu
This is a legit local outlet in my city, Somerville MA

@SomervilleWire

@mem_somerville @SomervilleWire

Thanks! It's been added under Local US News -- Massachusetts.

@ZhiZhu
since you got none, maybe you can add @passapalavra a brazilian radical news about movements and strugles