Drew HarwellJan 18, 2023

Washington Post journalists on Mastodon:

Tech
@aaronjschaffer
@cqz
@cristianolima
@geoffreyfowler
@heatherkelly
@hamzashaban
@JosephMenn
@jeremybmerrill
@jeremybowers
@markseibel
@nitashatiku
@NaomiNix
@rachellerman
@Shira
@tatumhunter
@taylorlorenz
@willoremus

Politics
@briannatucker
@pbump
@perrybacon
@tonyromm

Data
@alyssafowers
@andrewvandam

Engineering
@jeremybowers

Investigations
@databae
@samueloakford

Health
@Ddiamond
@teddyamen

History
@gbrockell

National
@bellwak

Show threadDrew Harwell

This is an updated and categorized version of my messy first attempt last month: https://mastodon.social/@drewharwell/109551525081139777.

I'll add as more journalists join, as is happening all the time. Please flag any I've missed.

(To make it easier to follow across instances, I use Mastodon Link, a free extension available for Chrome and Firefox: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mastodon-link/nlfdgcdfjnobjocicnddjghdbmgglame / https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-link/)

Mastodon Link

Extension to make it easy to visit mastodon profiles from your instance

Jan 18, 2023 at 5:01pmWeb
Show threadPelikansJan 18, 2023
@drewharwell Is the Washington Post working on creating its own instance? I thought I saw a post mentioning the possibility a couple weeks ago, but nothing since.
Show threadDrew HarwellJan 18, 2023
@pelikans The Post is working on a couple Mastodon pursuits. I've not heard that a full instance is one of them, but we're just in the early stages of experimentation and active work.
Show threadPelikansJan 18, 2023
@drewharwell I found the post:
Show threadPelikansJan 18, 2023
@drewharwell Then found this one I hadn’t seen.
Show threadAssiduous RabbitJan 18, 2023
@drewharwell @Euan_MacDonald from new ukraine news and Ian Forrester @cubicgarden
Show threadIt's Just Jenn 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 18, 2023

@drewharwell

Kinda looks like your company should set up a server. 😁

Show threadPseudo NymJan 18, 2023

@drewharwell It's already been mentioned down thread, but +1 to the idea of having WaPo run their own instance. Bump the char limit of posts up to what you need, to post your news, and off to the races.

You get verification, a wider audience, and pull more influence from the other platform. Win!

Audience vs effort will always be a chicken and egg problem. Please just pay IT to hire a full time head count to set up and manage an instance for you.

Thanks.

Show threadDidiQJan 18, 2023
@drewharwell Thank you for this!