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 9/4/09
Data Collected and Analyzed 8/31/09 - 9/4/09

1. George Stephanopoulos (broadcast journalist with ABC)
Last Week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks on Chart: 4
re-tweet 24-hour average: 59, re-tweet 24-hour high: 94

2. Larry King (broadcast journalist with CNN)
Last Week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks on Chart: 3
re-tweet 24-hour average: 76, re-tweet 24-hour high: 93

3. Ana Marie Cox (broadcast journalist with Air America radio)
Last Week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks on Chart: 4
re-tweet 24-hour average: 56, re-tweet 24-hour high: 76

4. David Pogue (print journalist with The New York Times)
Last Week: 8, Peak: 4, Weeks on Chart: 2
re-tweet 24-hour average: 109, re-tweet 24-hour high: 206

5. John Dickerson (electronic journalist with Slate)
Last Week: 6, Peak: 5, Weeks on Chart: 4
re-tweet 24-hour average: 27, re-tweet 24-hour high: 35

6. Ann Curry (broadcast journalist with NBC)
Last Week: -, Peak: 1, Weeks on Chart: 2
re-tweet 24-hour average: 151, re-tweet 24-hour high: 265

7. Bill Simmons (electronic journalist with ESPN)
Last Week: 2, Peak: 2, Weeks on Chart: 3
re-tweet 24-hour average: 109, re-tweet 24-hour high: 204

8. Nicholas Kristof (print journalist with The New York Times)
Last Week: -, Peak: 8, Weeks on Chart: 2
re-tweet 24-hour average: 78, re-tweet 24-hour high: 123

9. Anderson Cooper (broadcast journalist with CNN)
Last Week: -, Peak: 7, Weeks on Chart: 3
re-tweet 24-hour average: 101, re-tweet 24-hour high: 152

10. Jack Gray (broadcast journalist with CNN)
Last Week: 9, Peak: 8, Weeks on Chart: 4
re-tweet 24-hour average: 17, re-tweet 24-hour high: 28

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