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Brandon Wall

@walldo.bsky.social

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Now: on the market | Previous: CBS News (Social Media director), BuzzFeed News (Director of Newsroom Strategy and Experiments), Chicago Sun-Times (Digital Editor) | Once described as 'a beautiful creature of the Internet'

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Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Sep 4

A quick update: A few weeks ago, I left my role as Social Media Director at CBS News after a great run navigating 2024 and first chunk of 2025. I learned a lot and am very thankful for the opportunity to work with an incredible social team, but it was time for something different 🧵

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · 3d

Can't be mad at the Cubs. They came back from 2-0 to force Game 5 against the team with the best record. Cubs looked good, but those stranded runners were brutal. Milwaukee was relentless. Still! This season was a blast.

Hope springs eternal. 166 days until Opening Day

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · 3d

...and that is why we call them the Cardiac Cubs

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · 5d

"The temporary ruling comes after four Block Club journalists were indiscriminately hit by pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed by federal agents; an independent journalist was arrested; and a TV reporter’s vehicle was hit with a pepper ball" blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/09/j...

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

blockclubchicago.org

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · 11d

You can't convince me Chicago isn't the most beautiful city in the world

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · Sep 12

internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Sep 12

National political reporters: consult your gaming desk. You likely have a massively blind spot — this isn’t a dig at anyone, because I have this blind spot too b/c I’m not a gamer and am trying to adjust for it in real time — covering this very important moment if u don’t game & don’t know the memes

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Sep 4

♥️✨♥️✨ thank you buddy I appreciate that!

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you my friend ♥️ I hope you have been as well as can be

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Sep 4

I have journalism experience including, but not limited to:

• Shaping audience vision and strategy across text and video platforms
• Working with editors to promote award-winning journalism
• Leading teams through breaking news cycles
• Liaising at the intersection of editorial, product, and design

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Sep 4

I took a few weeks off, and now I'm on the hunt for what's next. I'm hoping for a role focused on my passions: finding audiences where they are and connecting them to important journalism, developing newsroom strategy, and building up the next generation of audience specialists.

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Sep 4

A quick update: A few weeks ago, I left my role as Social Media Director at CBS News after a great run navigating 2024 and first chunk of 2025. I learned a lot and am very thankful for the opportunity to work with an incredible social team, but it was time for something different 🧵

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Scotty Ray @theterminizer.bsky.social · Aug 30

replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names

Batman punching Cesar Romero Joker with the word "Schlitz!" in pink at a jaunty angle

Batman punching the Penguin with the word "Pabst!" in light blue at a jaunty angle

Robin punching some henchman in a red and grey striped shirt with the word "Stroh!!!" in orange/red at a jaunty angle

Batman punching some henchman in a blue and grey striped shirt in front of a shelf of books about the Incas with the word "Blatz!" in bright green at a jaunty angle

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Aug 12

Always gotta find the local angle

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Aug 12

Is Taylor wearing Sony MDR7506s? Great headphone choice, they have been my gotos for six or seven years ever since Sennheiser retired the HD202s

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · Aug 12

🚨Taylor Swift announces new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl.’

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Chicago Cubs @cubsbot.bsky.social · Jul 29

With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today.

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Jul 6

wow: "67,000 fewer vehicles are entering Lower Manhattan each day" gothamist.com/news/numbers...

Numbers are in and NYC congestion pricing is a big 'success,’ Hochul says

The controversial program has trimmed traffic volume in the congestion zone by 11% daily, according to new data.

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Status @status.news · Jun 29

CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab explained how his team gained access to Iran in the days after U.S. strikes—and what it was like reporting amid government surveillance and uncertainty.

Details in Status: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-i...

The Tehran Dispatch

CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab explained how his team gained access to Iran in the days after U.S. strikes—and what it was like reporting amid government surveillance and uncertainty.

www.status.news

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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social · Jun 26

For the first time in this war, I wrote in the first person.

Here is what it's like to experience an air raid in Kyiv, to negotiate between bombs and normality, and to come out of shelter into the smoky aftermath.

Free to read: www.wsj.com/world/gaming...

Gaming the Air Raids in Kyiv: A Night in a Capital at War

People in the Ukrainian capital spend their evenings clinging to the normal things of life—for as long as the air-raid sirens allow.

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CBS News @cbsnews.com · Jun 16

BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the man who authorities believe shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, is now in custody, multiple sources have confirmed to @WCCO. https://cbsn.ws/3HF5q1X

Vance Boelter taken into custody in lawmaker shootings in Minnesota, sources say

A man who authorities believe shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in politically motivated shootings early Saturday morning is now in custody.

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · Jun 3

god I love these Mets so much, doing everything I can to not scream and wake up my significant other (or neighbors)

New York Mets @mets.com · Jun 3

Alvy gives us the lead!

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · May 29

Recently, a seasonal edition went out to Sun-Times newspaper subscribers. It was intended to be a supplemental value to our readers alongside our own journalism. Instead, it detracted and distracted from our work, Chicago Public Media CEO explains:

Lessons (and an apology) from the Sun-Times CEO on that AI-generated book list

The summer section was intended to be a supplemental value to our subscribers alongside our own journalism. Instead, it detracted and distracted from our work.

chicago.suntimes.com

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · May 25

Very good condition 1992 Sears Christmas catalog discovered at Grandma's house... untold Reddit karma and social media engagement in the palm of my hands...

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · May 21

Froze my butt off at Sox Park with a 90 minute rain delay tonight but I got to see the Pope Leo 2005 World Series tribute wall AND a White Sox winner

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · May 13

Andor has been an incredible romp and a brilliant look into what Star Wars could be in the right hands, I am not ready for it to end tomorrow

It defied all expectations for the kind of mature storytelling you can do with a 50-year-old fantasy series for kids while still staying true to its roots ✨

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · May 11

It was a beautiful early afternoon for some Mets/Cubs baseball

Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · May 10

These two pope posts are basically the same thing if you are familiar with Chicago Southland