10 most influential journalists on Twitter

Each week, we rank the top 10 most influential journalists on Twitter. This is not a list of the most active or the most followed journalists. This is a list of the most influential ones. While our rankings take into account a journalist's total number of followers (25 percent of ranking) and total number of tweets (25 percent of ranking), the most important factor is the daily average of the number of times a journalist's tweets have been re-tweeted by other Twitter users (50 percent of ranking).

Top 10 Most Influential Journalists on Twitter for the week of 9/18/09
Data Collected and Analyzed by Scooping the News 9/16/09 - 9/18/09

1. Ana Marie Cox (broadcast journalist with Air America radio)
Last Week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks on Chart: 6
re-tweet 24-hour average: 50

2. George Stephanopoulos (broadcast journalist with ABC)
Last Week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks on Chart: 6
re-tweet 24-hour average: 15

3. David Pogue (print journalist with The New York Times)
Last Week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks on Chart: 4
re-tweet 24-hour average: 133

4. Larry King (broadcast journalist with CNN)
Last Week: 5, Peak: 1, Weeks on Chart: 5
re-tweet 24-hour average: 31

5. John Dickerson (broadcast journalist with CBS)
Last Week: -, Peak: 5, Weeks on Chart: 5
re-tweet 24-hour average: 10

6. Terry Moran (broadcast journalist with ABC)
Last Week: -, Peak: 6, Weeks on Chart: 1
re-tweet 24-hour average: 5

7. Bill Simmons (electronic journalist with ESPN)
Last Week: 3, Peak: 2, Weeks on Chart: 5
re-tweet 24-hour average: 52

8. Michael Ausiello (print journalist with Entertainment Weekly)
Last Week: -, Peak: 8, Weeks on Chart: 1
re-tweet 24-hour average: 54

9. Nicholas Kristof (print journalist with The New York Times)
Last Week: 9, Peak: 8, Weeks on Chart: 4
re-tweet 24-hour average: 93

10. Jack Gray (broadcast journalist with CNN)
Last Week: 6, Peak: 6, Weeks on Chart: 6
re-tweet 24-hour average: 15

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