Media Heroes

Tim O'Reilly

Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.
1,560,575 followers |

Chris Brogan

President, Human Business Works. More? http://bit.ly/cbbio . contact: http://chrisbrogan.com/contact
209,627 followers |

Andrew Fitzgerald

At Twitter: telling stories, working with authors, nefarious experimentation. Also: Novelist, journalist, pro-cat-ist.
139,953 followers |

Brian Stelter

I report on TV & media for The New York Times. I'm working on a book about morning TV. For Q's and news tips: bstelter@gmail.com | 212-556-4668 | 240-793-2483
125,202 followers |

Jeff Jarvis

blogger and j-school prof
95,021 followers |

Jay Rosen

I teach journalism at NYU, direct the Studio 20 program there, critique the press and study new media. I don't do lifecasting but mindcasting on Twitter.
86,095 followers |

Andy Carvin

Senior strategist at NPR. Online community organizer since 1994. Former director of the Digital Divide Network. Writer. Photographer. Dad.
70,271 followers |

craignewmark

customer service rep & founder for craigslist & craigconnects. Media inquiries please email: press@craigconnects.org.
52,655 followers |

Jim Long

new media soul trapped in an old media body
46,507 followers |

Howard Rheingold

Independent thinker, online instigator, novice educator, expert learner, offline gardener.
29,247 followers |

shel israel

consultant. speaker coach. writer. nice guy
26,669 followers |

10,000 Words

Multimedia journalism blog -- where journalism and technology meet.
25,496 followers |

JOHNABYRNE

Founder of C-Change Media & former Executive Editor of BusinessWeek, Digital Journalism Advocate
22,047 followers |

Dan Gillmor

Bio and disclosures: http://dangillmor.com/about (Photo by Joi Ito)
20,119 followers |

Patrick LaForge

Editor, News Presentation, @nytimes. To e-mail the newsroom: nytnews at nytimes dot com.
19,753 followers |

Mark Glaser

Executive editor of PBS MediaShift and Idea Lab; writer, editor, dad, singer, ridiculous-maker.
17,367 followers |

dwight silverman

Techblogger/columnist, blog editor @ Houston Chronicle | chron.com. Co-host of Technology Bytes radio show. TWiT panelist. Computer book author. UH instructor.
17,020 followers |

Doc Searls

Author of The Intention Economy, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, Fellow of CITS at UCSB, alumnus Fellow of the Berkman Center at Harvard.
16,756 followers |

Stowe Boyd

A postfuturist at large in the present. Investigating the future of work.
16,707 followers |

Paul Bradshaw

Author @ojhandbook . Founder @ojblog, @helpmeinvestig8 & @hackshackersbhx. Visiting professor @cityjournalism, Leader, MA Online Journalism @bcumedia
15,705 followers |

Rosental

Knight Chair in Journalism & UNESCO Chair in Communication. Director of Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
12,185 followers |

Charlie Beckett

Journalist, Director of Polis, the media think-tank at the LSE & author of 'WikiLeaks: News In The Networked Era' & 'SuperMedia'
9,898 followers |

Micah Sifry

Editor, Writer, Strategist, Agitator. Co-founder Personal Democracy Forum; advisor to Sunlight Foundation
9,841 followers |

Jim Brady

Digital media guy. Editor-in-chief @ Digital First Media. President of @ONA. Ex-GM/TBD & ex-editor/washingtonpost.com. Psycho Jets fan. Married w/ 2 beagles.
7,549 followers |

Will Sullivan

Now: Director of Mobile News for Lee. Soon: Mobile Products Manager @BBGinnovate. Also: @ONA Board Secretary. @NPPAImmersion Co-Director. Ridin' nerdy.
6,406 followers |

Adam L. Penenberg

Journalist, author, professor; floccinaucinihilipilificator at heart.
6,149 followers |

Kathy E Gill

Digital media educator at UofWA, study social media space; write @ TheModerateVoice, newsvine; transplanted Southerner; teach newbies to ride motorcycles!
6,099 followers |

Mindy McAdams

Online journalism professor, University of Florida. Always doing some kind of journalism training (multimedia, social media, online), somewhere in the world.
6,094 followers |

Ryan Sholin

Director, UGC & Site Solutions at Gannett Digital. I make/do/talk about cool things for journalists. Also, a lot of parenting. No funny stuff.
5,655 followers |

Steve Yelvington

New media strategist, journalist, newsroom change trainer-coach, technology tinkerer, disruptive influence.
5,362 followers |

Steve Outing

Program director & founder, Digital News Test Kitchen @ CU-Boulder. Business: reinventing news. Pleasure: 2 wheels.
4,873 followers |

Lisa Williams

CEO & Founder of Placeblogger, MIT Media Lab fellow, into the future of news. My learning-to-code blog: http://lifeandcode.tumblr.com .
3,749 followers |

Matt Waite

Journalism Prof. @ U of Nebraska-Lincoln, founder of Drone Journalism Lab, co-founder of Hot Type Consulting LLC, developer of PolitiFact.
3,160 followers |

Erica Smith

Journalist, researcher, social media junkie, 'Twitter sweetheart.' I eat M&Ms in Roy G. Biv order. (Curator in chief at @Infuz, but these tweets are all mine.)
3,127 followers |

Alberto Ibarguen

Knight Foundation, promoting informed & engaged communities.
3,080 followers |

Scott Lewis

CEO @voiceofsandiego. Truth Pirate. Co-Host of TV's San Diego Explained, San Diego Fact Check and VOSD Radio. Father. Husband. Proud Obecian.
2,995 followers |

Mark_Hamilton

Journalism instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, BC, Canada
2,867 followers |

Howard Owens

Publisher, The Batavian, online-only news for Batavia, N.Y. Photoblog: vufindr.com. Personal blog: howardowens.com. Digital and film photographer.
2,761 followers |

Michele Mclellan

Journalist, Knight Circuit Rider, founder of Block by Block: Community News Summit, KDMC @USC blogger, traveler, Cambodia lover
2,506 followers |

Howard Weaver

Writing, editing, projects. Strategic advice for media enterprises. Ask about my Alaska memoir: Write Hard, Die Free http://goo.gl/YlcNa
2,492 followers |

Geneva Overholser

Old media bio, new media gusto!
2,069 followers |

David Westphal

Editor-in-chief, California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting at USC
1,538 followers |

Dan Pacheco

I'm the Founder of BookBrewer.com and CEO of FeedBrewer, Inc. I have a deep background in community products, social networking & hyperlocal media.
1,451 followers |

Steve Safran

Editor of Lost Remote, Social Media Consultant, Speaker, Writer, and Obvious Self-Promoter.
1,081 followers |

stevejfox

Multimedia Journalism Coordinator at UMass/Amherst. Journalist for 25 years.
1,033 followers |

Joaquin Alvarado

Dad-Husband-Friend
698 followers |

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