Australian journalists on Twitter

2009 March 23
by Tim Hanlon

I spent some time this afternoon messing around with the Twitter API to create this list of Australian journalists on Twitter. I just did a quick scan of the people I follow, so it’s mostly tech people. If you want to be added to the list, send an @reply to @imtimhanlon or leave a comment.

Name Bio Followers URL
Alex Kidman Tech journalist. Retro games fan. May or may not be Gonzo in a sophisticated robot costume. 727 Site
Andrew Davies Producer (Radio National) Australian Broadcasting Corp. These are my views and not those of the ABC. 1363 Site
Andrew Landeryou Journalist 4187 Site
Andrew Ramadge Andy writes stuff about technology and pop music. 1144 Site
Angus Kidman IT journalist who breaks all he touches, traveller, pop culture tragic 1020 Site
anne_bain Love travel, self learning, affiliate marketing,IM,social media & blogging. My new product www.pumpuptraffic.com/TrafficPump 5941 Site
Anthony Caruana Tech journo for The Age, Macworld, APC, PC Update and others 687 Site
Arjun Ramachandran 270 n/a
Asher Moses Technology Editor, smh.com.au, theage.com.au, brisbanetimes.com.au, watoday.com.au 1746 Site
barry Australia-Pacific editor @engagemedia 1831 Site
Bec Madden Deputy editor of magazines, pop culture junky, digital media enthusiast + professional house-sitter. This shiz is crazy! www.isithousesit.com 1094 Site
Ben Grubb Tech reporter. 2226 n/a
Brad Howarth Writer and speaker on technology, entrepreneurship and communication, and co-author of the forthcoming book www.afasterfuture.com. 1368 Site
Bronwen Clune Ex-control media journalist interested in a better media. Wryter, podcaster and new-word inventor. CEO Norg Media, Director @strategeist and life adventurist. 3460 Site
Caroline Overington Caroline lives in Bondi; has twins; digs Bob Dylan and has a novel, Ghost Child, on the shelves. Published by Random House. 2773 Site
charispalmer Editor, Online Banking Review. I’m a cow ‘cos the SandP ratings people reckon they’d rate a deal structured by a cow 1195 Site
Chris Berg Research Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs; Editor, IPA Review; Sunday Age columnist; probably other things as well 722 Site
Chris Griffith Journalist, The Australian 213 Site
danwalsh Kwoff – Crowdsourced Coverage 293 Site
danwarne Online editor at APCmag.com, freelance journo for Sydney Morning Herald & Qantas Mag. In newly married bliss. 768 Site
Dave Earley Online News Editor, Seven News Qld. Multimedia journalist – one digital convert at a time. Views expressed here are my own,not my employer.etc etc & all that 3796 Site
David Higgins Editor, NEWS.com.au 1167 Site
David Jackmanson Arkady Renko fan, Advanced call centre skills. I like to chat, +promote creative commons, adventurous and artistic people in Brisbane, Australia 1922 Site
Duncan Riley Editor, The Inquisitr, CEO Nichenet. Defender of the (New Media) Faith, Emperor of my own lunch box, conquerer of luddites. 8283 Site
Ed Charles Freelance business and food journalist. Food blogger. Drinks Chablis, rides Xtracycle. Pats small dogs and trills at cats 2980 Site
Elissa Baxter journalist, photographer, mother, crafter, ex-lawyer and art history student 374 Site
engochick Suzanne Tindal/Wohlthat, journalist at ZDNet.com.au and sci fi fantasy lover 503 n/a
Entrepreneur Dad I am a Sydney based SEO consultant & a Dad,I’ll Tweet about Blogs, Twitter, Tech News & Sites. Entrepreneurship & being a startup.I also update @groceryguynews 252 n/a
Genevieve Robey The Editor @ Wotnews.com.au partnered with WeAreHunted.com. My art – http://redbubble.com/people/genrobey 1330 Site
Graham Young Founder, Chief Editor On Line Opinion. Online pollster, political commentator and occasional strategist, new media enthusiast. Surfer, father and musician. 3176 Site
Harley Dennett Australian journalist in Washington DC, covering politics. Air Force husband. 953 Site
Jason Cartwright Multimedia dev, tech journalist, gamer. 1687 Site
Jason Whittaker Journalist (Deputy Editor at @crikey_news); media junkie; culture vulture (theatre pest/critic); political wonk. Hopeless idealist. New in town… 2093 Site
Jen Dudley-Nicholson News Ltd technology editor, gadget lover, martial arts novice, cat slave. 1980 Site
Jeremy Cabral Web Entrepreneur, Online Strategist, SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing, Analytics, Personal Finance. Music: Ska, Punk 593 Site
Jessica Crouch Editor, lover of @synmedia, interested in what you have to say 507 n/a
jezford Wanders a world of music, audio, AV and tech… 191 Site
John Grey online editor, the courier-mail. More on http://www.google.com/profiles/john.grey 1822 Site
John Lacey Everything you’ve heard about me is pure hearsay… 1529 Site
Jonathan Green editor of ABC’s The Drum, nemesis of pirates 2198 Site
Josh Mehlman Freelance journo and editor with expertise in SMEs, IT, online tech, social media, telecoms, financial services. Very few strange habits. No hideous scars. 675 Site
Joshua Gliddon journalist, surfer, father of two 898 n/a
julieposetti Journalist and J-academic interested in people, politics and the future. Researching social media; public broadcasting; reporting race & culture; talk radio etc 3002 Site
Linda Bennett Architectural student and blogger interested in Music (Ska, Skacore, Punk), Art, Architecture, Muscle Cars..Oh and world domination! 840 Site
Lynchy Ad commentator, news hound, bon vivant. Publisher + Editor of Campaign Brief and bestadsontv.com 6964 Site
MargaretSimons Freelance journalist and writer 1259 Site
Mark Jones journalist, speaker, digital content producer 1554 Site
Mark Pesce Inventor, writer, theorist, panelist on #newinventors, obsessed with language, communication, social networks and politics… ENFJ. 6073 Site
Michael Eury Learning designer, consultant and pretty decent cook! 585 Site
Natasha Lee English lit nerd and journalist. 305 n/a
Nate Cochrane Editor in chief CRN, iTnews, SC Magazine AU; AU’s 1st online journo; Deal or no Deal’s biggest prize winner; AU’s biggest cash prize game show winner 1464 Site
Nic Healey Managing Editor at Future Publishing AU. This is my personal Twitter and the opinions don’t reflect those of the company. I like drinking and cowboy hats. 786 Site
Nick Broughall World’s luckiest gadget nut 825 Site
Paul Colgan Online journalist. Managing editor of thepunch.com.au. I tweet about news, music, sport and other regular fun stuff. 2375 Site
Paul Wiggins Print and online (sub)editor, designer, news writer Australia lat. and long. above 1531 Site
Peace Mitchell Australian publisher + editor of online magazine Connect2mums.com.au + Author of ‘What I wish I knew before I became a mother.’ + Board member Playgroup Qld 4171 Site
Possum Comitatus The snarky polling marsupial and Crikey blogger 2439 Site
Renai LeMay Australian technology journalist, publisher of Delimiter.com.au. I also run sci-fi/fantasy book site KeepingTheDoor.com. And I’m a Zen Buddhist. 3409 Site
Rod McGuinness Managing Editor of newmatilda.com plus two kids, cats and chooks 1622 Site
Rosanna Ryan online journo, new media tutor, internet addict. 720 Site
Ross Monaghan An academic, and former journalist and CEO, from Melbourne, Victoria. Social Media rules! 1544 Site
Ruth Brown Journalist, geek, Thai boxer, bass player. 911 n/a
Samela Harris Newspaper journalist. Critic. Blogger. Early adopter – whatever it is. Lover of pelicans, dogs, spiders and truth. 1111 Site
Sarah Blinco I’m a magazine editor, journalist with PR skills on the side; and I love the internet… 139 Site
Seamus Byrne Writer for Atomic, Nett#, news.com.au, Asylum and MactheMag. Host of Midnight Update. Guy who thought up Byteside. 1326 Site
Simon Sharwood Parent, husband, writer, cyclist 1315 Site
smallkathryn Super-intelligent hero 199 Site
Stilgherrian Opinionated writer, broadcaster, consultant about digitalness for Crikey, ZDNet, others. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! 4064 Site
Tim Hanlon I work/write for Gizmag, make music, and drink tea. 353 Site
Tony Bain Tony Bain is an expat Kiwi, Father, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Blogger, and occasional Writer 480 Site
Trevor Young THE PR WARRIOR – battle-hardened public relations and marketing communications consultant, blogger, speaker and trainer. My day gig is at www.parkyoung.com.au 5265 Site
valeriekhoo I’m a journalist and entrepreneur. I run the Sydney Writers Centre – online and face-to-face writing courses. Enterprise blogger for smh.com.au. 2034 Site
Warlach Level 80 Cultural Investigator, dual classing in community management and social media. Currently the Social Media Manager at @EarthHour Global. 3536 Site

I last updated the list on the 14th March, fixing the broken images. If you’re after something more complete, Dave Earley has put together a much larger (and much uglier) list.

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