Something I have done because of the same problem was add a feed to follow the hashtags News, Journalism, Journalist, CNN, WSJ, etc., and I mute the people I don't care about and follow the people I notice are particularly worth following.
I'm getting much closer to a more curated news feed while also finding some people in those spheres worth putting on my home feed.
I'm going to do it for each of my interests in turn!
I enjoy @mcnees posts on astronomy/physics as my suggestion!