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September: Newspapers that use Twitter

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Forget the chit-chat, let’s get right to it:

Greatest increase in followers
The Charleston Gazette @gazette_opinion 875 percent
Chicago Sun-Times @suntimes 588.06 percent
Seattle Post-Intelligencer @bigblog 351.85 percent
Chicago Sun-Times @cst_couch 320 percent
St. Louis Post-Dispatch @gostl 300 percent
Atlanta Journal-Constitution @bestofthebiga 257.14 percent
New York Times @vindugoel 193.33 percent
Chicago Sun-Times @cst_marin 190 percent
Washington Post @thefix 183.81 percent
USA Today @usatodaylife 173.68 percent
10 accounts with the most followers
New York Times @nytimes 8,251 followers
USA Today @popcandy 2,665 followers
Wall Street Journal @wsj 2,544 followers
Washington Post @thefix 1,771 followers
Austin American-Statesman @statesman 1,559 followers
New York Times @nytimesbusiness 1,361 followers
New York Times @nytimesnational 1,353 followers
Chicago Tribune @coloneltribune 1,290 followers
New York Times @nytimesscience 1,279 followers
New York Times @nytimesstyle 1,242 followers
     
Greatest loss of followers
Chicago Tribune @gustavreporter -2.1 percent
The Rocky Mountain News @denverdnc -2.02 percent
     
  Note: All are public accounts that have followers, updated in September and have numbers reported for a full month.

Of the big gainers, @suntimes, @bigblog, @cst_marin, @thefix and usatodaylife have more than 100 followers. Other accounts lost followers, but they have not updated in the past month. This is the first time that the 10 biggest accounts have all had 1,000 or more followers.

Here’s a closer look at the 561 newspaper Twitter accounts (174 more than last month). On average, each account as 272.57 followers.

Newspaper Username Sept. 1 Oct. 1 % change
Akron Bugle @bugleeditor 21 32 52.38
Albuquerque Journal @abqjournal 79 95 20.25
Alton Telegraph @altontelegraph 37 50 35.14
Ann Arbor News @annarbornews 237 290 22.36
@mlive 591 651 10.15
@detroitlions 85 113 32.94
@detroit_pistons 68 81 19.12
@detroit_tigers 284 304 7.04
@greenmichigan 180 201 11.67
@michigansports; no updates 53 69 30.19
Anniston Star @annistonstar 53 74 39.62
Appeal-Democrat @appealdemocrat 9 (Sept. 18) 11
Arizona Daily Star @starnet 190 222 16.84
Asheville Citizen Times @asheville 191 231 20.94
@belechere 17 21 23.53
Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ajc 279 347 24.37
@ajcalerts 140 205 46.43
@ajcheadlines 61 102 67.21
@ajchelps 14 22 57.14
@bestofthebiga 7 25 257.14
Austin American-Statesman @statesman 1,141 1,559 36.63
@360acl Started Sept. 13 529
@aastop 34 57 67.65
@austin360 750 931 24.13
@austraffic 83 124 49.40
@bevobeat 75 176 134.67
@broylesa 237 344 45.15
@digitaljournals; was @trackinggustav last month 201 273 35.82
@dzehr 52 69 32.69
@helenhandbasket 7 (Sept. 25) 12
@isadoravail 127 (Sept. 16) 142
@joegross Started Sept. 17 69
@lorichawkins 17 (Sept. 3) 51
@lowendbuzz Started Sept. 17 20
@martytoohey; no updates since August 11 19 72.73
@mliscano; no updates since August 12 15 25.00
@omarg 678 756 11.50
@reneesroots Started Sept. 17 23
@roadrashwhaley; no updates Started Sept. 17 16
@robv 54 72 33.33
@taratrower 76 143 88.16
@tplohetski 38 50 31.58
@trackingike Started Sept. 10 1040
Baltimore Sun @baltimoresun 98 191 94.90
@baltsunlive 48 105 118.75
@bthesite 134 169 26.12
@patleader; no updates since April 10 (Sept. 23) 10
@stempleton Started Sept. 18 10  
Beaumont Enterprise @bmtenterprise 71 144 102.82
Belleville News-Democrat @bellevillenewsd 30 60 100.00
Birmingham News @birmingham_news 297 366 23.23
Birmingham News, Huntsville Times and Press-Register @aldotcom 213 247 15.96
Boston Globe @bostonupdate 198 295 48.99
@bostonsearch 31 48 54.84
@celticsupdates 8 11 37.50
@globesox 126 144 14.29
@trafficboston 58 70 20.69
@watha 265 350 32.08
Boston NOW @bostonNOWpaper; paper closed in April 184 203 10.33
Broomfield Enterprise @bfld_enterprise 37
Capital Times @captimes 136 (Sept. 5) 197  
@77square 1 (Sept. 5) 112  
Charleston Gazette @wvgazette 53 80 50.94
@gazette_opinion 4 39 875.00
@gazette_sports 28 33 17.86
@marykay7 12 (Sept. 5) 65
@thegazz 53 93 75.47
@wva 31 37 19.35
The Charlotte Observer @theobserver 276 340 23.19
@jeffelder 109 137 25.69
@thatsracin 44 55 25.00
@thatswassup 82 98 19.51
Chaska Herald @chaskaherald 54 70 29.63
Chicago Sun-Times @suntimes 134 922 588.06
@craignewman 98 (Sept. 23) 105
@cst_bears 344 430 25.00
@cst_conventions 9 (Sept. 23) 8
@cst_couch 5 21 320.00
@cst_cubs 295 386 30.85
@cst_ent; no updates since February 3 7 133.33
@cst_fashion; no updates since February 8 11 37.50
@cst_marin 40 116 190.00
@cst_mariotti 62 Deleted; he quit Aug. 26
@cst_pallasch; no updates 10 (Sept. 23) 13
@cst_people 16 41 156.25
@cst_roeper 524 687 31.11
@cst_sox 373 469 25.74
@cst_thomas 39 55 41.03
@cst_thefixer 221 289 30.77
@kevinallencst; no updates 24 (Sept. 23) 26
@kirstenmiller 11 (Sept. 23) 12
@lynnsweet 75 153 104.00
@markymark82 65 (Sept. 4) 83
@yourseason; no updates 2
Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune 525 703 33.90
@coloneltribune 991 1,290 30.17
@gustavreporter 571 559 -2.10
@moryan 212 (Sept. 30) 241
@theblotter 46 52 13.04
Clarion-Ledger @clarionledger 192 258 34.38
Colorado Daily @coloradodaily 125
@mattsebastian 73
Colorado Springs Gazette @csgazette 182 200 9.89
Columbia Daily Tribune @columbiatribune 153 225 47.06
The Columbus Dispatch @dispatchalerts 222 259 16.67
Contra Costa Times @cctimes 52 64 23.08
Corvallis Gazette Times @gtnews 12 (Sept. 5) 17
Daily Camera @dailycamera 151 202 33.77
@buffzone 43 67 55.81
Daily Press @daily_press 93 113 21.51
Daily Herald @dailyherald 24 33 37.50
The Daily Reflector @reflectorgnc; no updates since March 29 37 27.59
Dallas Morning News @dallas_news 221 354 60.18
@dallasnews_top 21 (Sept. 18) 149
Dayton Daily News @daytondailynews Started Sept. 2 70
@chickludwig Started Sept. 11 11
@food_markfisher Started Sept. 30 4
@halmccoy_reds Started Sept. 11 10
@ohio_politics Started Sept. 11 9
@wine_markfisher Started Sept. 30 2
Denver Post @denverpost 258 322 24.81
@denverbroncos 226 279 23.45
@denverpostpicks 47 63 34.04
@denverposttalk 45 61 35.56
@politicswest 250 299 19.60
@rocktober 69 78 13.04
@talkbacktoal; no updates since March when he left the paper 63 79 25.40
Des Moines Register @dmregister 494 610 23.48
@danielfinney 13 (Sept. 23) 12
@dmjuice 341 415 21.70
@dmr_morain 58 64 10.34
@dmrsports 47 55 17.02
@juice_brianne 264 326 23.48
@juice_joe 105 129 22.86
@juice_sophia 154 227 47.40
Deseret News @deseretnews 101 131 29.70
@desnewssports 31 40 29.03
@mormontimes 56 88 57.14
Detroit Free-Press @freep 174 268 54.02
@freepopinion 179
East Oahu Sun @eastoahusun 21 54 157.14
East Valley Tribune @evtrib 98 (Sept. 21) 105
@nerdvana 19 (Sept. 21) 23
Eden Prairie News @edenprairienews 98 109 11.22
The Everett Herald @everettherald 111 131 18.02
@ehelm 382
Farm and Dairy @farmanddairy 47 76 61.70
@scrowell 98
Flint Journal @flintjournal 72 98 36.11
Florida Times-Union @jaxdotcom 277 (Sept. 3) 380
Fort Wayne Daily News @fwdailynews; no updates since November 23 29 26.09
The Fresno Bee @fresnobee 126 143 13.49
@fresnobeehive 118 143 21.19
The Gazette @gazetteonline 99 (Sept. 5) 148
@briansig 20 (Sept. 5) 31
@eric_c 3 (Sept. 5) 16
@gazettemojo 50 (Sept. 5) 79
@hlas 56 (Sept. 16) 70
@raeriebe 23 (Sept. 16) 40
@raeriebe 45 (Sept. 17) 65
@matthacker 110 (Sept. 5) 129
@mikecondon 13 (Sept. 16) 23
@raeriebe 8 (Sept. 5) 27
@richpr 40 (Sept. 16) 50
@scottdochterman 19 (Sept. 5) 33
@stevebuttry 197 (Sept. 5) 267
Globe Gazette @globegazette 69 82 18.84
Gotham Gazette @gothamgazette 39 51 30.77
Grand Island Independent @theindependent 95 199 109.47
@barrettstinson; no updates 14 16 14.29
@bobhamar; no updates 14 18 28.57
@dalemiller 14 17 21.43
@dcushing 22 26 18.18
@georgeayoub 16 20 25.00
@hreutter; no updates 14 17 21.43
@jacksheard; no updates 14 19 35.71
@markcoddington; no updates 15 22 46.67
@robertpore; no updates 14 16 14.29
@sarahschulz; no updates 14 17 21.43
@skingsley 20 23 15.00
@toverstreet; no updates 14 18 28.57
Grand Rapids Press @grpress 186 275 47.85
Great Falls Tribune @gftrib 35 (Sept. 3) 41
The Hawk Eye @thehawkeye 35 52 48.57
Helena Independent Record @helenaironline 11 (Sept. 3) 11
Honolulu Advertiser @honadv 356 424 19.10
Honolulu Star Bulletin @starbulletin 194 242 24.74
@digitalslob 150 (Sept. 5) 153
@erikaengle 95 (Sept. 5) 172
@fashiontribe 490 585 19.39
@parkzplatz 10 (Sept. 5) 17
@sonecessary 209 (Sept. 5) 234
Houston Chronicle @houstonchron 278 396 42.45
@chronhurricane 381 (Sept. 13) 339
@chronsciguy 80 (Sept. 5) 158
@cmason 87 (Sept. 6) 114
@corilyns 86 (Sept. 5) 109
@davidherrold 430 (Sept. 6) 485
@dsilverman 2268 (Sept. 5) 2356
@elegantmachines 119 (Sept. 6) 180
@houstonbands 68 (Sept. 5) 74
@howarddecker 11 (Sept. 6) 17
@jenradcliffe 26
@joeyguerra 36 (Sept. 6) 58
@juliemason 404 (Sept. 6) 411
@lauraweisman 51 (Sept. 6) 54
@lsteffy 242 (Sept. 6) 246
@matt_stiles 80 (Sept 5) 120
@mcberkowitz 60 (Sept. 5) 63
@mrglenn 25 (Sept. 6) 35
@nick_anderson_ 20 (Sept. 6) 23
@rickdunham 87 (Sept. 6) 95
@sevatt 69 (Sept. 6) 74
@sydkearney 41 (Sept. 6) 42
@traffichouston 53 (Sept. 5) 59
@tubulartv 182 191 4.95
@wilradcliffe 15
@wiredrogue 46 (Sept. 6) 49
Idaho Statesman @idahostatesman 156 179 14.74
Indianapolis Star @indystar_news Started Sept. 20 8
@400; no updates since July 13
@indystar_biz Started Sept. 20 4
@indystar_opin Started Sept. 20 3  
@indystar_sports Started Sept. 20 5  
@indystar_top Started Sept. 20 9  
@newshawk 50
@the500; no updates since May 89 99 11.24
Journal & Courier @jconline 58 76 31.03
Journal Sentinel @js_newswatch 58 (Sept. 4) 75
@artcity 128 (Sept. 4) 147
@js_brewers 166 (Sept. 4) 190
@js_bucks 40 (Sept. 4) 45
@js_packers 178 (Sept. 4) 195
@js_politics 51 (Sept. 4) 62
@kathleengallghr; no updates 4 (Sept. 4) 6
@postcollegecook 68 (Sept. 4) 78
Kalamazoo Gazette @kzoo_gazette 98 121 23.47
@followthemoney 55 (Sept. 5) 73
Kansas City Star @kansascitystar 56 76 35.71
Kennebec Journal @kj_online 38 54 42.11
@matthew_stone 12 20 66.67
Knoxville News Sentinel @knoxnews 418 491 17.46
@bonnaroo 317 338 6.62
@govolsxtra 112 139 24.11
@knoxolympics; no updates since August 64 68 6.25
@michaelsilence 98 126 28.57
Lancaster News @lancasternews 78 111 42.31
Las Vegas Sun @lasvegassun; no updates since August 14 (Sept. 14) 17
@deryckh 72 (Sept. 17) 75
Lawrence Journal World @ljworld 199 236 18.59
@kusports 77 90 16.88
Ledger-Enquirer @ledgerenquirer 34 49 44.12
Los Angeles Daily News @ladailynews 189 228 20.63
Los Angeles Times @latimesbreaking 450 550 22.22
@lalandblog Started Sept. 17 51
@latimesbiz 239 284 18.83
@latimesent 123 146 18.70
@latimesfires; no updates for 1 year 201 199 -1.00
@latimeslocal 237 288 21.52
@latimesmost 100 121 21.00
@latimesnational 155 202 30.32
@latimessports 128 135 5.47
@latimestot 429 648 51.05
@latimestravel 573 938 63.70
@latimesworld 118 134 13.56
Macon Telegraph @macon_telegraph 40 45 12.50
Madison County Journals @madcojournals 24 33 37.50
Marin Independent Journal @marinij 207 241 16.43
@marinij_ent 81 95 17.28
@marinij_opin 33 50 51.52
@marinij_sports 59 72 22.03
Marshall News Messenger @marshallnews 17 29 70.59
Memphis Flyer @memphisflyer 277 325 17.33
Merced Sun-Star @mercedsunstar 52 60 15.38
Miami Herald @miamiherald 183 239 30.60
@mh_cuba 32 42 31.25
@mh_dolphins 57 72 26.32
@mh_hurricanes 33 47 42.42
MinnPost @minnpost 74 88 18.92
@dbrauer 83 (Sept. 3) 329  
@minnpostnow 244 364 49.18
The Modesto Bee @modbee 152 162 6.58
Morning Sentinel @onlinesentinel 26 38 46.15
Naples Daily News @ndn 74 92 24.32
Nashua Telegraph @nashuatelegraph 269 296 10.04
@telegraphpats 16 21 31.25
@telegraphsox 24 27 12.50
New York City News Service @nycitynews 37 70 89.19
New York Times @nytimes 6,600 8,251 25.02
@bitsblog 196 352 79.59
@brianstelter 547 815 48.99
@cityroom 243 336 38.27
@dotearth 234 351 50.00
@freakonomics 322 596 85.09
@nytimesarts 1,055 1,238 17.35
@nytimesbusiness 1,087 1,361 25.21
@nytimesbooks 973 1,191 22.40
@nytimesdining 832 973 16.95
@nytimeshealth 668 833 24.70
@nytimesmetro 375 439 17.07
@nytimesmovies 993 1,170 17.82
@nytimesnational 1,077 1,353 25.63
@nytimespolitics 893 1,171 31.13
@nytimesscience 1,121 1,279 14.09
@nytimesstyle 921 1,242 34.85
@nytimestravel 714 929 30.11
@nytimesweather; no updates since July 219 237 8.22
@nytimesworld 854 992 16.16
@thecaucus 557 888 59.43
@thelede 169 267 57.99
@themoment 396 499 26.01
@vindugoel 30 88 193.33
The News & Observer @newsobserver 286 340 18.88
@underthedome 30 41 36.67
News & Record @news_recordfeed 79 164 107.59
@binker 57 (Sept 18) 83
@johnnewsom 117 (Sept. 18) 127
@johnrobinson 162 (Sept 18) 172  
@nandrpolitics 78 98 25.64
News-Gazette @erinlippitz 8 (Sept. 5) 16  
@mthilmony 91 (Sept. 5) 106  
Newsday @newsday_com; was @newsday_li for on Oct. 1, but is now back. @newsday_li’s first post is Oct. 7. 91 207 127.47
@e2_newsday   45
@lientertainment Started Sept. 16 14  
@ndmusic   47  
@newsday_cartoon Started Sept. 16 16  
@newsday_giants Started Sept. 16 13  
@newsday_jets Started Sept. 16 16  
@newsday_mets Started Sept. 15 17  
@newsday_nassau Started Sept. 15 15  
@newsday_pet_roc Started Sept. 26 14  
@newsday_politic Started Sept. 26 15  
@newsday_sports Started Sept. 29 11  
@newsday_suffolk Started Sept. 15 14  
@newsday_yankees Started Sept. 16 14  
The News Journal @delawareonline 112 142 26.79
The News Tribune @thenewstribune 114 136 19.30
The News-Press @thenewspress 82 132 60.98
Northern Virginia Daily @nvdaily 14 16 14.29
Northwest Florida Daily News @nwfdailynews 40 53 32.50
Oak Leaves @cubreporter 54 (Sept. 4) 76
The Oklahoman @newsok 150 174 16.00
@newsok_bn 129 153 18.60
@oklahomansports 26 40 53.85
@wimgo 43 55 27.91
Orange County Register @ocbiz 70 82 17.14
@tustinnews 38 59 55.26
The Oregonian @oregonian 745 815 9.40
@oregonian2008 147 161 9.52
@oregonianbizg> 209 245 17.22
@oregonianent 56 74 32.14
@oregoniansports 130 146 12.31
@oregoniantraff 118 128 8.47
@playbookprofit 114 126 10.53
Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel 780 858 10.00
@ampalm 163 (Sept. 5) 222  
@animalcrazy 74 78 5.41
@dewayneb 44 (Sept. 5) 46  
@etanowitz 528 648 22.73
@ludilelis 13 (Sept. 5) 16
@markchediak 37 61 64.86
@momsatwork 634 912 43.85
@ndawynd 69 (Sept. 22) 81  
@osbreakingnews 160 185 15.63
@osphoto 85 98 15.29
@ostraffic; no updates since February 11 13 18.18
@osvideogames 24 (Sept. 29) 24  
@themeparks 283 300 6.01
@whattheblog 33 41 24.24
Palm Beach Post @palm_beach_post 88 152 72.73
Patriot-News @patriotnews 121 149 23.14
@pennlive 54 68 25.93
@pn_sports 37 50 35.14
Patriot Ledger @patriotledger 90 110 22.22
Philadelphia City Paper @citypaper 292 389 33.22
Philadelphia Daily News @phillydaily 132 192 45.45
Philadelphia Inquirer @phillyinquirer 566 735 29.86
Pinellas News @pinellas_news 16 24 50.00
Pioneer Press @pipress 289 (Sept. 5) 332
@jojeda 895 1008 12.63
Pocono Record @poconorecord 37 45 21.62
Post-Standard @poststandard 140 172 22.86
@bcubbison 106 124 16.98
@psbasketball 33 40 21.21
@psfootball 26 32 23.08
@psvideo 15 20 33.33
Press Herald @pressherald 129 166 28.68
@bump_draft 33 46 39.39
@dukeofurl 18 26 44.44
@justinnxt 153 179 16.99
@mainebusiness 104 141 35.58
Providence Journal @projo 110 124 12.73
Quad-City Times @qctimes 58 77 32.76
Record-Eagle @tcrecordeagle; no updates 19 25 31.58
Red Eye @redeyechicago Started Sept. 20 226  
@ivivanco 20 deleted  
@redgoingpublic 312 356 14.10
Reno Gazette-Journal @rgj 191 218 14.14
@forresthartman 42 (Sept. 5) 53
Roanoke Times @roanoketimes 84 107 27.38
Rocky Mountain News @therocky 242 284 17.36
@denverdnc 396 388 -2.02
@rmn_berny 14 (Sept. 11) 65  
@rmn_me 68 (Sept. 11) 85  
@rockysports 46 52 13.04
Rutland Herald @rutlandherald 30 40 33.33
Sacramento Bee @sacbee_news 119 169 42.02
@sacbee_video 45 58 28.89
The Saginaw News @saginawnews 77 92 19.48
Salisbury Post @salisburypost; no updates since August 13 19 46.15
San Antonio Express-News @mysa_breaking; no updates 49 90 83.67
@ebraun 156 (Sept. 17) 176  
@mysa_music Started Sept. 24 22  
The San Diego Union-Tribune @sdut 82 123 50.00
@utpadres 44 54 22.73
San Francisco Chronicle @sfchron_alert 294 355 20.75
@philbronstein 180 (Sept. 5) 237
@sfchron_sports 27 (Sept. 5) 31  
San Jose Mercury News @mercnews 146 176 20.55
@gmsv 13 16 23.08
@majorityofnone 6 7 16.67
@mercbiznews 46 61 32.61
@mercmostviewed 30 36 20.00
@mercurynewsolym; was @mercnewsolympics last month 42 41 -2.38
@mercolympics 30 33 10.00
@mercrethink; no updates since April 131 140 6.87
@sanjosenews 27 40 48.15
@sjcobrien 444 523 17.79
@svcrime 19 23 21.05
San Luis Obispo Tribune @slotribune 89 119 33.71
Santa Barbara Independent @sbinde 394 404 2.54
Santa Cruz Sentinel @scsentinel 65 129 98.46
Seattle Post-Intelligencer @seattlepi 220 286 30.00
@bigblog 81 366 351.85
@travhay   78  
Seattle Weekly @seattleweekly Started Sept. 18 64  
Sioux City Journal @scj 48 77 60.42
South Florida Sun-Sentinel @sunsentinel; no updates since February 44 56 27.27
@abtran 42 (Sept. 25) 42  
@watchthisnow Started Sept. 11 19  
Spokesman Review @spokesmanreview 194 220 13.40
St. Louis Beacon @stlbeacon 162 212 30.86
St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday 309 357 15.53
@ajadhav 71 98 38.03
@arobbins Started Sept. 5 18  
@blambrecht; no updates since August 4 15 275.00
@gostl 9 36 300.00
@hwy40 175 189 8.00
@jakewagman 24 (Sept. 23) 26  
@jmannies; no updates since August 10 35 250.00
@kevinmcdermott; no updates since August 1 10 900.00
@parkerson 15 (Sept. 23) 20  
@pdvoxpop 112 119 6.25
@sdurando Started Sept. 9 5  
@stlpolitics 36 78 116.67
@tonymess Started Sept. 5 2  
@washave2005 7 (Sept. 30) 8  
@weatherbird Started Sept. 19 6  
St. Petersburg Times @bizarreflorida 30 51 70.00
@bucsbeat 176 184 4.55
@frinightrewind 25 (Sept. 4) 31  
@gregauman 89 (Sept. 4) 108  
@politifact 157 369  
Stamford Times @stamford_times 68 85 25.00
The Star-Ledger @nj_news 252 276 9.52
@nj_business 57 65 14.04
@nj_fun; no updates 8 8 0.00
@nj_giants 130 134 3.08
@njdotcom 165 189 14.55
Star-News @starnewsonline 64 109 70.31
@jimware 55 98 78.18
@snohurricane Started Sept. 2 58  
Star-Gazette @stargazette; no updates since July   11  
@lowilson 7 (Sept. 5) 7  
@sgattheglen; no updates since August   5  
@sgsports Started Sept. 26 7  
Star-Telegram @dfw_ike 127 (Sept. 13) 118  
@andreajares 84 (Sept 13) 120  
@donnerb 36 (Sept. 13) 42  
@fwstayala 64 (Sept. 13) 79  
@leewatson; no updates since May 6 (Sept. 13) 8  
@stcrime 11 (Sept. 13) 12  
@stsports 13 (Sept. 13) 14  
@susanschrock 23 (Sept. 13) 25  
@treborban; no updates 9 (Sept. 13) 15  
Star Tribune @startribune 142 193 35.92
The State @thestate 124 173 39.52
@thestatesports 53 72 35.85
Sun Journal @sunjournal 50 65 30.00
@thisdog 26 29 11.54
Sun Herald @sunherald 113 135 19.47
Tampa Tribune @tbocom 232 271 16.81
@tbolive 98 121 23.47
@tbostorm 50 71 42.00
@twitstew 301 (Sept. 26) Renamed @thestew  
@weirdflorida 66 77 16.67
Telegram & Gazette @telegramwebteam 9 (Sept. 5) deleted  
@telegramdotcom Started Sept. 25 15  
The Times of Northwest Indiana @nwi 78 95 21.79
@nwiprepsports 58 72 24.14
The Times-Picayune @nolanews 578 697 20.59
@hurricane_ike Started Sept. 8 80  
The Times-Tribune @timestribune 121 140 15.70
Trentonian @trentonian 22 30 36.36
Tribune Star @tribstar 48 48 0.00
Tulsa World @tulsaworld 109 134 22.94
USA Today @usatoday 94 245 160.64
@bdure_usat 182 183 0.55
@lifelinelive 25 52 108.00
@ondeadline 524 605 15.46
@popcandy 2,365 2,665 12.68
@todayinthesky 115 166 44.35
@usatgameon 19 30 57.89
@usatgoing4gold; no updates since August 38 35 -7.89
@usatodaylife 38 104 173.68
@usatodaymoney 48 116 141.67
@usatodayoffbeat 38 93 144.74
@usatodaysports 49 100 104.08
@usatonpolitics 305 379 24.26
@usatweatherguys   121  
Ventura County Star @vcstar 59 (Sept. 15) 64  
The Virginian-Pilot @hampton_roads; no updates since August 23 33 43.48
@link757 83 102 22.89
@pilotnews   132  
The Vindicator @vindicator 65 81 24.62
Watauga Democrat @wataugademocrat 40 66 65.00
Wall Street Journal @wsj 1,650 2,544 54.18
Washington City Paper @wcp 32 55 71.88
Washington Post @washingtonpost; no updates 94 148 57.45
@capitolbriefing 98 146 48.98
@channel08 75 88 17.33
@geneweingarten; no updates since August 9 (Sept. 23) 9  
@politicspodcast 84 113 34.52
@politicspolls 115 187 62.61
@postpolitics 433 692 59.82
@postworldnews 65 86 32.31
@robpegoraro 337 403  
@thefactchecker 143 334 133.57
@thefix 624 1,771 183.81
@thesleuth 187 290 55.08
@thetrail 269 412 53.16
@travellog 28 39 39.29
@washbizblog 139 194 39.57
@whitehousewatch 91 171 87.91
Washington Times @washtimes 260 399 53.46
Wenatchee World @wenatcheeworld 21 28 33.33
@briannepruitt   114  
@hemphill 14 24
@rochellefeil Started Sept. 11 17  
@ww_blogs   9  
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune @wrtribune 22 24 9.09
Wichita Eagle @kansasdotcom 108 133 23.15
@lorilinenberger   75  
@mmcmillin Started Sept. 1 41
@rsylvester 230 302 31.30
York Daily Record @ydrcom 106 124 16.98



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  1. Pingback - Fashion News » Blog Archive » September: Newspapers that use Twitter   /   October 9, 2008    #

    [...] graphic designr created an interesting post today on September: Newspapers that use TwitterHere’s a short outline [...]

  2. John Haydon   /   October 10, 2008    #

    Wow - this took a lot of work. Thanks so much for posting it!

  3. Wenalway   /   October 10, 2008    #

    Some newspaper is going to suffer a major blow to its credibility by not verifying this stuff.

    It’ll happen soon, and it’ll be catastrophic.

  4. robquig   /   October 10, 2008    #

    Thanks again for doing this, Erica. Impressive work!

  5. robquig   /   October 10, 2008    #

    Wenalway: Not verifying what stuff? What catastrophe? I’m curious.

  6. Wenalway   /   October 10, 2008    #

    Let’s just say I did a little research on the subject, and I found it takes the people “running” Twitter quite a while to address fraudulent use. Quite a while, meaning months.

  7. robquig   /   October 11, 2008    #

    Wenalway - OK, not sure how that’s a problem for newspapers that use Twitter. ??

  8. Colonel Tribune   /   October 14, 2008    #

    What kind of fraudulent use?

  9. Kevin Sablan   /   October 15, 2008    #

    Just ran the most followed through twinfluence. Numbers show that an account with small number of followers can still reach a large number of people.

    http://almightylink.ksablan.com/2008/10/times-tribune-twitter-reach-followers/

  10. Wenalway   /   October 15, 2008    #

    I can kill two birds with one stone: The fraudulent use consists of someone saying: “I am __________.”

    If someone cannot figure out how that would pose a problem for newspapers, then that someone probably needs to find a new career.

  11. Pingback - september: newspapers that use twitter | Bookmarks URL   /   October 21, 2008    #

    [...] september: newspapers that use twitter philadelphia city paper, @citypaper, 292, 389, 33.22. philadelphia daily news, @phillydaily, 132, 192, 45.45. philadelphia inquirer, @phillyinquirer, 566, 735, 29.86. pinellas news, @pinellas_news, 16, 24, 50.00 … [...]

  12. Andrew   /   October 24, 2008    #

    Thanks for the post - quite a comprehensive list. Do you have plans to keep this up monthly?

  13. Erica Smith   /   October 24, 2008    #

    @Andrew: I update it the first of every month.

  14. Pingback - Newsrooms Can Grow Twitter Followers By Using Twitter For Link Journalism - Publishing 2.0   /   October 29, 2008    #

    [...] it any wonder why so many newsrooms have fewer Twitter followers than many individuals on Twitter — especially when these newsrooms have print and web [...]

  15. chris graves   /   October 31, 2008    #

    Great stuff here: We have been on Twitter for several months:
    cincienquirer
    cinweekly

    And likely will start other accounts.
    So stay tuned.

    Again, thanks for doing this … very helpful

  16. chris graves   /   October 31, 2008    #

    Ha in my rush .. forgot to add:

    We are Cincinnati Enquirer and CiNweekly.

    Find us in the Twitterverse: cincienquirer and cinweekly

  17. Erica Smith   /   October 31, 2008    #

    Thanks, Chris!

  18. Pingback - www.bastimmers.nl » Blog Archive » Diginews 50: Twitter voor newsrooms   /   November 1, 2008    #

    [...] kost en wellicht wel meer bezoek oplevert. Al valt zelfs dat te betwijfelen als je kijkt naar het aantal followers van nieuwssites in Amerika. Daar ligt dus een mooie taak voor de newsroom. Menselijke interactie, [...]

  19. Pingback - ThisGlobe.com Blogs » Newsrooms Can Grow Twitter Followers By Using Twitter For Link Journalism   /   January 18, 2009    #

    [...] it any wonder why so many newsrooms have fewer Twitter followers than many individuals on Twitter — especially when these newsrooms have print and web [...]

  20. Ajans   /   January 19, 2009    #

    A couple weeks ago, I used Twinfluence to compare newspapers with the most Twitter followers. My “Times and Tribune have biggest reach on Twitter” post compares the reach of the 10 newspaper Twitter accounts with the most followers.

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