Top 10 Seattle Times Journalists on Twitter

Summer vacation means travel time! The Pacific Northwest is known for its beautiful mountains, music scene, food, weather, and thanks to Portlandia, the people that make up the communities of the region. Seattle is a particularly exciting place to visit with easily accessible hiking, culture, sports and more. This week, we’ve rounded up the top journalists at the Seattle Times on Twitter, ranked by the number of Twitter followers. Using Cision’s media database, we compiled the list based on Cision’s proprietary research. All numbers were pulled July 8, 2015.

1.  Bob Condotta – Sports Reporter – 34,719

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson gave one of his more revealing interviews over the weekend: http://t.co/LEvjpyxSzf

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) July 6, 2015

2.  Larry Stone – Sports Columnist – 23,953

So Guiape and Rollins, the 2 newest #Mariners relievers, worked combined 1 inning tonight, 9 hits, 1 BB, 7 earned runs. Welcome to MLB.

— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) July 7, 2015

3.  Geoff Baker – Sports Enterprise & Investigative Reporter – 21,388

Did ticket prices for Women's World Cup final keep soaring? Let's find out. http://t.co/cZCxFhKFD2 #FIFA #USA #soccer #Japan

— Geoff Baker (@GeoffBakerTIMES) July 4, 2015

4.  Tom Watson – Contributing Columnist – 6,485

Cool enviro poster that won an international competition, and King County teen who created it: http://t.co/QorClvHfM6 pic.twitter.com/S0CoSfVYKm

— Tom Watson (@ecoconsumer) July 6, 2015

5.  Brier Dudley – Editorial Writer & Opinion Page Columnist – 6,290

What's next for Seattle's fizzled city broadband effort http://t.co/DsNjDK0cbG pic.twitter.com/FNiEeXvJtU

— Brier Dudley (@BrierDudley) June 30, 2015

6. Jim Brunner – Politics Reporter – 5,282

State budget deal quietly included a $57M tax increase just for Microsoft, which didn't object http://t.co/DD2ijid5r9 #waleg

— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) July 2, 2015

7.  Sharon Chan – Director of Journalism Initiatives – 4,618

RT @SeaTimesOpinion: EDITORIAL: Support I-1401 to protect endangered exotic animals. http://t.co/ZGvVZad8b9 pic.twitter.com/Ig1SHZ5PKo

— Sharon Chan (@sharonpianchan) June 23, 2015

8.  Jay Greene – Business Reporter – 4,040

http://t.co/KRDwXOamyK reaches long-term deal with Penguin Random House http://t.co/68mffIprVI via @seattletimes

— Jay Greene (@greene) June 18, 2015

9.  Jon Talton – Economy Columnist – 3,885

Washington state’s most important economic relationship just got a lot more complicated: http://t.co/7xxyCw64cs My column @seattletimes

— jontalton (@jontalton) July 7, 2015

10.  Dominic Gates – Aviation & Aerospace Reporter – 3,869

Airbus: “The A380 was perhaps launched 10 years too early. We had a bad start … This aircraft works now wonderfully." http://t.co/xkUH1gJNsn

— Dominic Gates (@dominicgates) June 18, 2015

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