News orgs on Mastodon/in the Fediverse (NOT bots).
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(Suggestions appreciated.)

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...

Newsie Social
@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).