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Jess Awtry

@awtry.bsky.social
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VP/digital strategy+comms at Pew Research Center. Formerly led audience efforts at Newsweek, The Hill, USA Today Network. Journalist, data devourer, friend of strong local journalism. Weird thing for karaoke.

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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What do you look like when you close your eyes? You likely have a mental image via a life of mirrors & photos. For me, that’s still evolving. I’ve been capturing my reflection in windows to see it from the world’s POV. There’s a normalcy here; that person could be anyone. There’s comfort in that.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I first saw DC’s Metro stations rendered in Fallout 3 years before I saw them in real life…. These days, I spend more than two hours a day on Metro; you’d think the architecture would become background noise at best, symbol of exhaustion of a commute at worst. But I look up and love it, every time.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I did the thing — #Firefly panel and cast photo at @awesomecon.bsky.social . Was it worth it? You can probably tell by the look on my face in the cast photo. Also, I could fall asleep to the sound of Gina Torres reading the ingredients on a shampoo bottle.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Don’t put this all on me, Badge. It’s a group project.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Maribel Perez Wadsworth with an inspiring call for support of the First Amendment opening the Knight Media Forum 2026 @maribel-wadsworth.bsky.social
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I posted this triple-meta nerd joke 6 years ago today and nobody got it and I'm clearly still salty about it.
A Cybertruck, the Blackbird from Battlestar Galactica and an Iron Man reference.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
So we're gonna just escalate right to "Not only are you somewhere you shouldn't be, but you're clearly not you — you're not even doing a good job of being a person pretending to be you."
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Breaking out a classic costume for trick or treaters. Happy Halloween! #ghostbusters
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Also at the end of the trail today: free bike tune-ups by Friends of the W&OD. Me, ashamed of riding this thing too hard without proper care: “I know it’s been too long since I’ve had a tune up. How bad am I?” Him, after 4 seconds of silence: “… beautiful day, isn’t it.”
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Word on the street is that you’re doing awesome. (Spotted at the end of the W&OD trail after a morning ride)
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Someone complimented the reference on my shirt with the subtlety of a drug deal at the grocery store. "Nice shirt," he said from behind his oncoming cart. "Yeah, a deep cut," I replied as we passed. "Hey, if you know, you know," he said, and we were gone. #neverfadeaway #cyberpunk2077
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Power is out, which means an excuse to dig in the Halloween storage bins. Pros: Can do dishes Cons: Think I summoned something
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
'Transfer to a toll booth?' C'mon, scammer — what does that even mean? Do *I* get transferred to a toll booth? Is it like a workplace relocation, or more of a quantum state phenomenon?
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I sure am glad Apple has kept the ability for me to add my friends' ICQ usernames in Contacts
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Convinced @newsweek.com has the greatest newsroom break room view in all of breakroomdom. As a native Nebraskan, this never gets old:
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
We are getting MOBBED with trick-or-treaters. It's Spielbergian out there. Ran out of candy long ago. We are down to protein bars, y'all. We're 11 trick-or-treaters away from giving out Taco Bell hot sauce packets.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Sure, it could have been the wind who knocked my skeletons over, but my money is on the guy on the left. Just looks way too guilty.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Missing the entertainingly dumb spambots of yesteryear. From my editor days and the shared 'Obituaries' inbox account:
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
Assembling my crow army, day 92: After a couple weeks away, they’ve come back and brought friends! At least 10 of them are patiently waiting for snacks.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
These guys have seen better days — their joints are falling apart and their eyes don’t light up anymore…. It’s OK, skeleton crew., we feel you.
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
“Live and Let Die” “Chicken Pot Pie” “Write Your Reply”
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Jess Awtry @awtry.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
Only fitting that my first Bluesky post be about one of my favorite times of the year. Working on my Halloween Class of 2023 props! A dozen down, ___ to go.
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