This list is designed to point people to media outlets on the fediverse so they can either follow or avoid them. Suggestions for additions and corrections are welcome; hit me up at @epistemophagy@mastodon.lol.
See also the Mastodon Infobot List, which catalogues unofficial crossposting and feed-reading bots for news outlets and information sources of every kind.
- Special thanks
- Listing format
- The list
- Footnotes
- Production notes
Special thanks
I am very grateful to the following people for suggesting additions to this list:
- @bee@cultofshiv.wtf
- @bogiperson@wandering.shop
- @brynawel@mastodon.social
- @deafferret@octodon.social
- @dheadshot@mastodon.social
- @gunchleoc@mastodon.scot
- @jennie_kermode@toot.community
- @lorry@mstdn.social
- @peterbutler@mas.to
- @visualstuart@pdx.social
- @wahni@wahni.at
Listing format
Title (Controller): @username@host.tld (source)
In this case, Controller
means the entity with most or all editorial control of the publication. Usually that will be its owner (e.g., News Corp), but occasionally it will be a coordinating umbrella organisation of some other kind (e.g., PBS, States Newsroom).
source
will be an inline link to documentary evidence that the account belongs to and is operated by the publication, as opposed to being, e.g., a feed-reader bot or a manually curated timeline controlled by an unconnected individual. However, in a world where media presence in the fediverse remains sparse, bots do have their uses; for a listing of bots, see the separate Media Bot List.
To improve at-a-glance transparency and clarity, the link text in source
will be an abbreviation indicating the nature of the source. For an index of these abbreviations, see Source tags, below.
Locations given are either the area the publication serves, or, if it has no defined service area, where it’s legally based.
international
popular
- Autostraddle (Excitant Group): @autostraddle@mastodon.lol (OS)
- Climate and Capital Media: @climateandcapmedia@universeodon.com (OA)
- The Conversation:
- Africa: @theconversationafrica@newsie.social (SF)
- Australia + New Zealand: @theconversationau@mastodon.social (OS)
- Climate News: @theconversationclimate@newsie.social (SF)
- United Kingdom: @theconversationuk@newsie.social (SF)
- United States: @theconversationus@newsie.social (OS)
- Spanish-language: @theconversationes@newsie.social (OS)
- CrimethInc.: @crimethinc@todon.eu (OA)
- Eye For Film: @eyeforfilm@bbq.snoot.com (CS)
- Everything Hertz: @hertzpodcast@mas.to (OA)
- Health Liberation Now!: @healthliberationnow@kolektiva.social (OS)
- It’s Going Down: @igd_news@kolektiva.social (OS)
- The Oatmeal: @oatmeal@mastodon.social (OA)
- OptOut News: @optoutnews@journa.host (OS)
- Protean: @proteanmag@mastodon.social (OA)
- Trans Safety Network: @tsn@social.transsafety.network (SD)
- Unicorn Riot: @unicornriot@mastodon.social (OS)
academic
- Active Motif, Inc.:
- Epigenetics Podcast: @epigenetics_pod@podcasts.social (MV)
- Annual Reviews: @annualreviews@mstdn.science (OA)
- Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry:
- Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology: @philpsychpsy@zirk.us (OA)
- bioRxiv: @biorxivpreprint@qoto.org (OA)
- bioRxiv
- Cell Press: @cellpress@mstdn.science (SF)
- Cell Genomics: @cellgenomics@genomic.social (SF)
- Cell Reports: @cellreports@mstdn.science (SF)
- Cell Stem Cell: @cellstemcell@mstdn.science (OA)
- Current Biology: @currentbiology@mstdn.science (SF)
- Immunity: @immunitycp@mstdn.science (SF)
- iScience: @iscience@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Biochemical Science: @trendsbiochem@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Biotechnology: @trendsinbiotechnology@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Cell Biology: @trendscellbio@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution: @trendsecolevo@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Microbiology: @trendsmicrobiol@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Neurosciences: @trendsneuro@mstdn.science (SF)
- Trends in Parasitology: @trendsparasitol@mstdn.science (OA)
- Company of Biologists: @co_biologists@mstdn.science (MV)
- Biology Open: @biologyopen@mstdn.science (OS)
- Development: @dev_journal@mstdn.science (OS)
- Disease Models & Mechanisms: @dmm_journal@mstdn.science (OS)
- Journal of Cell Science: @j_cell_sci@mstdn.science (OS)
- Journal of Experimental Biology: @j_exp_biol@mstdn.science (OS)
- preLights: @prelights@mstdn.science (MV, SF)
- Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (OA): @crispp_polphil@home.social (OA)
- eLife: @elife@fediscience.org (OA)
- EMBO Press: @embopress@sciencemastodon.com (OA)
- The EMBO Journal: @embojournal@sciencemastodon.com (OA)
- EMBO Molecular Medicine: @embomolmed@sciencemastodon.com (OA)
- Molecular Systems Biology: @molsystbiol@sciencemastodon.com (OA)
- EMBO Reports: @emboreports@sciencemastodon.com (SF)
- Epoché magazine: @epochemagazine@fediphilosophy.org (OA)
- Evolution Letters: @evolletters@ecoevo.social (OA)
- Findings Press: @findingspress@fediscience.org (OA)
- Gene Ontology: @go@genomic.social (OA)
- Genome Research: @genomereseach@genomic.social (OA)
- medRxiv: @medrxivpreprints@qoto.org (OA)
- New Ground: @newground@fediscience.org (OA)
- Open Journal of Astrophysics (Maynooth): @oj_astro@astrodon.social (OA)
- Peer Community In: @peercommunityin@ecoevo.social (OA)
- Peer Community Journal: @peercommunityjournal@ecoevo.social (SF)
- Public Library of Science (PLOS): @PLOS@mstdn.science (OA)
- PLOS Biology: @plosbiology@fediscience.org (OA)
- PLOS Climate: @plosclimate@mstdn.science (SF)
- Public Philosophy Journal: @publicphilosophyjournal@hcommons.social (OA)
- Radical Philosophy: @radicalphilosophy@kolektiva.social (OA)
- Research Whisperer: @researchwhisperer@mastodon.social (OA)
- Rockefeller University Press:
- Journal of Cell Biology: @jcellbiol@mstdn.science (OA)
- Journal of Experimental Medicine: @jexpmed@mstdn.science (OA)
- Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution:
- Genome Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press): @genomebiolevol@ecoevo.social (OA)
- Society for Mucosal Immunology:
- Mucosal Immunology: @mucosalimmunol@fediscience.org (OA)
- Springer Nature Group:
- Nature Astronomy: @natureastronomy@astrodon.social (OA)
- Nature Ecology & Evolution: @natureecoevo@mstdn.social (OA)
- Taylor & Francis:
- Philosophical Psychology: @philosophicalpsychology@fediscience.org (OA)
Regional
Australasia
- Australasian Association of Philosophy:
- Australasian Journal of Philosophy: @australasianjournalphilosophy@fediphilosophy.org (OA)
- Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia:
- Higher Education Research & Development Journal: @herdjournal@aus.social (OA)
Europe
- EURACTIV: @euractiv@masto.ai (OA)
- EURACTIV Agrifood: @euractiv_agri@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Economy: @euractiv_economy@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Energy & Environment: @euractiv_green@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Global Europe: @euractiv_global@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Health: @euractiv_health@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Politics: @euractiv_politics@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Technology: @euractiv_tech@eupolicy.social (SF)
- EURACTIV Transport: @euractiv_transport@eupolicy.social (SF)
- Der (europäische) Föderalist: @foederalist@eupolicy.social (OA)
- European Association of Personality Psychology:
- European Journal of Personality: @ejp@mastodon.world (OA)
- European Society for Evolutionary Biology: @eseb@ecoevo.social (OA)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology: @jeb@ecoevo.social (OA)
North America
- North Central Sociological Association (NCSA):
- Sociological Focus: @socfocus@fediscience.org (OA)
Australia
nationwide
- Avid Research: @avidresearch@aus.social (OA)
- The Brilliant (STEM Matters): @thebrilliant@mastodon.social (OA)
- The Chaser* (Chaser Digital): @chaser@mastodon.au (OS)
- Croakey Health Media: @croakeynews@newsie.social (OS)
- The Juice Media: @thejuicemedia@mastodon.social (OA)
- The Shot (Chaser Digital): @shot@mastodon.au (OS)
Queensland
- Brisbane Times (Nine Entertainment): @brisbanetimes@bne.social (OA)
Austria
- Der Standard: @derstandard@mastodon.derstandard.at (OS, SD)
- WebStandard: @web@mastodon.derstandard.at (OS, SD)
Canada
nationwide
- Hakai magazine: @hakaimagazine@sciencemastodon.com (OA)
Manitoba
- Winnipeg Free Press: @winnipegfreepress@journa.host (OA)
Ontario
- The Leveller: @leveller_ottawa@mastodon.online (OS)
France
- EURACTIV FR: @euractiv@pewtix.com (SF)
Germany
nationwide
popular
- analyse & kritik: @analysekritik@chaos.social (OA)
- Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik: @blaetter@mastodon.social (OA)
- Clean Energy Wire: @clew@dju.social (OA)
- Colibri Comics: @colibricomics@troet.cafe (MV)
- CORRECTIV: @correctiv_org@correctiv.social (OA)
- energiezukunft: @energiezukunft@mstdn.social (OA)
- EURACTIV DE: @euractivde@mastodon.online (SF)
- Future Histories: @futurehistories@mstdn.social (OA)
- Der Gazetteur*: @dergazetteur@mastodon.social (OA)
- heise online: @heiseonline@mastodon.social (MV)
- klimareporter: @klimareporter@mstdn.social (OA)
- Krautreporter: @krautreporter@norden.social (OA)
- Die Kulturpessimist*innen: @kultpess@podcasts.social (OA)
- Lateinamerika Nachrichten: @lateinamerika_nachrichten@chaos.social (OA)
- Lower Class Magazine: @lowerclassmag@mastodon.social (OA)
- netzpolitik.org: @netzpolitik_feed@chaos.social (MV)
- Pandemia (Viertausendhertz): @pandemia@podcasts.social (OA)
- Perspective Daily: @perspectivedaily@social.perspective-daily.de (SD)
- Der Postillon* (Steckenpferd Enterprises): @derpostillon@mastodon.social (OA)
- Prothese: @prothesemagazin@mastodon.social (OA)
- die tageszeitung: @tazgetroete@mastodon.social (MV)
- Titanic*: @titanic@die-partei.social (OA)
- Übermedien: @uebermedien@mastodon.social (MV)
- Verfassungsblog: @verfassungsblog@legal.social (OA)
- Völkerrechtsblog: @voelkerrechtsblog@legal.social (OA)
- Volksverpetzer: @volksverpetzer@digitalcourage.social (MV)
academic
- German Human Genome–Phenome Archive:
- Der Code das Lebens: @dercodedaslebens@podcasts.social (OA)
- Laborjournal: @laborjournal@mstdn.science (OA)
Die ARD
Accounts in this list belong to entities affiliated with the Working Group of Public Broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany (the ARD), the association of Germany’s regional public-service broadcasters, who work together to provide public broadcasting at the federal level.
- Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and related accounts:
- SWR2-related accounts:
- SWR2 Archivradio: @swr2archivradio@social.tchncs.de (OA)
- SWR2 Wissen: @swr2wissen@social.tchncs.de (OA)
- SWR3: @swr3@mastodon.social (MV)
- SWR2-related accounts:
Baden-Württemberg
- Radio Dreyeckland: @rdl@freiburg.social (OA)
Bayern
- Infoticker Passau: @infoticker_pa@octodon.social (OA)
Berlin
- Antifascistische Infoblatt: @aib@systemli.social (OA)
- nd: @ndaktuell@troet.cafe (OA)
- ZECKO: @zeckomag@zecko.social (OA)
Bremen
- RiffReporter: @riffreporter@mastodon.social (OA)
- AstroGeo Podcast: @astro_geo@chaos.social (OA)
- Flugbegleiter: Natur&Vogelwelt: @flugbegleiter@reporter.social (OA)
- Klima Wandeln: @klimawandeln@reporter.social (OA)
- Die Weltraumreporter: @weltraum@reporter.social (SF)
Hessen
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: @faz@hessen.social (OA)
- Frankfurter Rundschau: @fr@frankfurt.social (OA)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- KATAPULT: @katapultmagazin@katapult.social (OA)
Nordrhein-Westfalen
- infozentrale: @infozentrale@mastodon.social (OA)
- Never Too Late Night Show (WandelWerk Köln): @nevertoolatenightshow@mstdn.social (OA)
Sachsen
- Leipziger Zeitung: @lz@social.anoxinon.de (OA)
Greece
- Dromográfos: @dromografos@kolektiva.social (OA)
Hong Kong
- Lausan: @lausanhk@mastodon.online (OS)
Italy
- EURACTIV Italia: @euractiv@sociale.network (SF)
Qaṭar
- Al Jazeera Media Network and related accounts:
- The Listening Post: @ajlisteningpost@ohai.social (OS)
South Africa
- GroundUp: @groundup@newsie.social (OS)
Spain
nationwide
- CTXT (Contexto y Acción): @ctxt@mastodon.world (OA)
- elDiario.es (Diario de Prensa Digital): @eldiarioes@mastodon.world (OS)
- Vertele!: @vertele@mastodon.world (SF)
- El Mundo Today*: @elmundotoday@mastodon.social (OS)
- Newtral: @newtral@newsie.social (OA)
- El Salto —
- El Salto Diario: @elsaltodiario@mastodon.social (OS)
- El Rumor de las Multitudes: @elrumordelasmultitudes@kolektiva.social (SF)
- El Salto Radio: @elsaltoradio@masthead.social (OS)
- El Salto Diario: @elsaltodiario@mastodon.social (OS)
Andalucía
- Diario Sur (Vocento): @diariosur@mastodon.social (OA)
Sweden
- Dagens ETC: @dagensetc@mastodon.se (OS)
- Dagens Nyheter (Bonnier): @dagensnyheter@mastodon.se (OA)
Switzerland
- WOZ — die Wochenzeitung (infolink): @woz@troet.cafe (OA)
Taiwan
- New Bloom: @newbloommag@mastodon.online (OS)
United Kingdom
nationwide
popular
- NationalWorld News (NationalWorld): @nationalworld@mastodon.world (OS)
- The New Statesman: @newstatesman@mastodonapp.uk (OA)
- NewsThump*: @newsthump@mastodon.online (OS)
- openDemocracy: @opendemocracy@newsie.social (OA)
- PinkNews: @pinknews@mastodon.lol (OA)
academic
- British Society for the Philosophy of Science:
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: @thebjps@mastodon.online (OA)
- NHS England:
- Stem Cell Evidence: @stemcellevidence@fediscience.org (OA)
England
- Byline Times: @bylinetimes@mas.to (OA)
- Central Bylines (Bylines Network): @centralbylines@mas.to (OA)
- The London Economic (Linton Capital): @thelondoneconomic@universeodon.com (OA)
- North East Bylines (Bylines Network): @northeastbylines@mas.to (OA)
- North West Bylines (Bylines Network): @northwestbylines@mas.to (OA)
- Sussex Bylines (Bylines Network): @sussexbylines@mastodon.world (OA)
- West England Bylines (Bylines Network): @webylines@mas.to (OA)
- Yorkshire Bylines (Bylines Network): @yorkshirebylines@mas.to (OA)
- Yorkshire Evening Post (NationalWorld): @yorkshireeveningpost@newsie.social (OS)
Scotland
- Bella Caledonia: @bellacaledonia@mastodon.scot (OA)
- Broadcasting Scotland:1 @broadcastscot@mastodon.scot (OA)
- Bylines Scotland (Bylines Network): @bylinesscotland@mastodon.scot (OA)
- Greenock Telegraph (Gannett): @greenocktele@mastodon.scot (OS)
- Holyrood: @holyrood@mastodon.scot (OA)
- The National (Gannett): @thenational@mastodon.scot (OA)
- The Press & Journal (D.C. Thomson & Co): @pressandjournal@mastodon.scot (OA)
Wales
- Bylines Cymru (Bylines Network): @bylinescymru@toot.wales (OA)
- Nation.Cymru: @nationcymru@toot.wales (OS)
- Parallel.cymru: @parallel_cymru@toot.wales (OA)
United States
nationwide
popular
- Chalkbeat: @chalkbeat@newsie.social (OA)
- Foreign Policy (Graham Holdings): @foreignpolicy@mastodon.world (OS)
- Futurism (Camden Media): @futurism@techhub.social (OS)
- Grist: @grist@journa.host (OA)
- HuffPost (BuzzFeed): @huffpost@newsie.social (OA)
- Institute for Nonprofit News: @inn@journa.host (OA)
- ITWorld (Blackstone, Inc.): @itworld@mstdn.social (OA)
- Lawfare (w/ Brookings Institution): @lawfare@mastodon.social (OS)
- The Markup: @themarkup@newsie.social (MV)
- MeidasTouch: @meidastouch@mstdn.social (OA)
- MSNBC (NBCUniversal): @msnbc@mastodon.online (OA)
- Mueller, She Wrote: @muellershewrote@mastodon.online (OS)
- The Nation: @thenation@newsie.social (OS)
- The New York Review of Books: @nybooks@newsie.social (OA)
- Popular Science (North Equity): @popsci@universeodon.com (OS)
- ProPublica: @propublica@newsie.social (OS)
- Raw Story: @rawstory@mastodon.social (OA)
- Rolling Stone (Penske Media): @rollingstone@mstdn.social (CS: 1, 2)
- Skipped History: @skippedhistory@historians.social (OA)
- Sludge (Participatory Politics Foundation): @sludge@journa.host (OA)
- Stat (Boston Globe Media): @stat@newsie.social (MV)
- World Politics Review: @wpr@mastodon.social (OS)
academic
- American Society for Microbiology:
- Small Things Considered: @stcmicrobeblog@mstdn.science (OA)
- American Society of Naturalists:
- The American Naturalist: @asnamnat@ecoevo.social (OA)
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS):
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS): @pnasnews@fediscience.org (OA)
- PNAS Nexus: @pnasnexus@mstdn.science (OA)
- Society for American Archaeology:
- Advances in Archaeological Practice (Cambridge): @aap_saaorg@fediscience.org (OA)
Arizona
Statewide
- Arizona Mirror (States Newsroom): @arizonamirror@mastodon.online (OS)
Tucson
- Tucson Sentinel: @tucsonsentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com (OS)
California
- Indybay: @indybay@kolektiva.social (MV)
- San Francisco Chronicle (Hearst): @sfchronicle@sfba.social (OA)
- The San Francisco Standard: @sfstandard@sfba.social (OS)
- News Desk: @newsdesk@mastodon.sfstandard.com (SD)
- SFGate (Hearst): @sfgate@sfba.social (OS)
Colorado
- Colorado Times-Recorder: @cotimesrecorder@newsie.social (OA)
- Sentinel Colorado: @theaurorasentinel@newsie.social (OA)
Florida
- Miami Anti-Fascist Newsletter: @miaantifanews@kolektiva.social (OA)
Indiana
- Limestone Post: @limestonepost@newsie.social (OA)
Kansas
- The Lawrence Times: @lawrencekstimes@newsie.social (OA)
Kentucky
- Forward Kentucky (Maples Media): @forwardky@newsie.social (OA)
Maryland
- The Real News Network (Independent World Television): @therealnews@mastodon.social (OA)
Massachusetts
- CRB Classical (GBH): @crbclassical@mstdn.social (OA)
- GBH News (GBH; PBS, NPR): @gbhnews@mastodon.social (OA)
Minnesota
- Star Tribune: @startribune@newsie.social (OA)
Mississippi
- Mississippi Free Press: @msfreepress@journa.host (OS)
Nebraska
- Flatwater Free Press: @flatwaterfreepress@mastodon.social (OS)
Oregon
- The Oregonian (Advance Publications): @theoregonian@verified.mastodonmedia.xyz (IV)
Texas
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram (McClatchy): @startelegram@mstdn,party (OS)
- San Antonio Express-News (Hearst): @mysanantonio@newsie.social (OS)
- Texas Observer (Texas Democracy Foundation): @texasobserver@texasobserver.social (OS)
- Texas Tribune: @texastribune@newsie.social (OS)
Washington
- KCTS-TV (Cascade Public Media/PBS): @kcts9@social.seattle.wa.us (OS)
(* — Satirical. We all need a little fun in our lives.)
Footnotes
1 — Despite the name, Broadcasting Scotland doesn’t appear to be affiliated with the Scottish Government.
Production notes
Source tags
These are short text strings indicating the nature of the authority asserting the account is associated with the publication. The ones currently in use are as follows, in roughly descending order of precedence:
OS — Official statement. The publication or an individual explicitly identified as actively speaking for it has confirmed that it owns the account. This might include:
- a post on another platform from the publication’s known main account, linking to the Mastodon profile;
- a link to the Mastodon profile on the publication’s official website.
SD — Shared domain. The account is on an instance with closed registrations which is on a domain known to be owned by the publication.
MV — Metadata verification. The account’s profile metadata links to a page on a domain known to be owned by the publication, and that page contains a correctly formatted link back, generating the visible “green check” verification indicator in the profile’s metadata section.
IV — Instance verification. The account is on an instance which has an administrative policy of verifying that accounts belong to their purported owners.
CS — Credible source. An entity or individual in a strong position to know has stated that the publication owns the account.
SF — Self follow. The account is followed by another division, edition, etc., of the same publication, which itself is authenticated in a way which ranks higher in this list.
OA — Own authority. The account asserts that it belongs to the publication, plausibly but without substantiating evidence.
Other notes
To enable smooth and internally consistent extension in future, HTML anchors for country and province headings are based on ISO 3166, with the following exception:
- “int” for “International,” which does not appear in ISO 3166, but is the top-level domain (TLD) for “international”; TLDs are broadly ISO-3166-based.
For ease of use and respect, for administrative subdivisions below the national level in non-Anglophone countries, the name is given in the first instance preferably in the country’s official language, but otherwise in its most spoken language, and then English.