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Full Name
Influence
Covering topics
Language
Location
1
Matt Bowen
Influence: 79 /100
79/100
Topics
Football
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
2
Adam Rittenberg
Influence: 76 /100
76/100
Topics
College Sports, Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
3
Emily Eddington
Influence: 74 /100
74/100
Topics
Beauty
Languages
English
Location
United States, Carterville
4
Jim Callis
Influence: 74 /100
74/100
Topics
Baseball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Winnetka
5
Kiley McDaniel
Influence: 74 /100
74/100
Topics
Baseball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Decatur
6
Maggie Vespa
Influence: 73 /100
73/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
7
Chris Jones
Influence: 73 /100
73/100
Topics
Entertainment
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
8
Janet Helm
Influence: 72 /100
72/100
Topics
Food, Nutrition
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
9
Michelle Booton
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Olympics, Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
10
Lenny Bernstein
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Health & Medicine
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
11
John Ferak
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English
Location
United States, New York
12
Phillip Marshall
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Decatur
13
Christine Benz
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
14
Tracey Myers
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Hockey
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
15
Christine Benz
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
16
Ben Johnson
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Non-Editorial
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
17
Brian Robb
Influence: 71 /100
71/100
Topics
Basketball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Springfield
18
Hemant Mehta
Influence: 69 /100
69/100
Topics
Religion
Languages
English
Location
United States
19
Julia Poe
Influence: 69 /100
69/100
Topics
Basketball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
20
Brian Hamilton
Influence: 68 /100
68/100
Topics
Basketball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
21
Virginia Kruta
Influence: 68 /100
68/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Collinsville
22
Alyse Stanley
Influence: 68 /100
68/100
Topics
Entertainment, Technology, Video Games
Languages
Location
United States, Rockford
23
Logan Jaffe
Influence: 68 /100
68/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
24
Karen Bennett
Influence: 68 /100
68/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
25
Dan Hayes
Influence: 67 /100
67/100
Topics
Baseball
Languages
English
Location
United States
26
Paul Tenorio
Influence: 67 /100
67/100
Topics
Soccer
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
27
James Boyd
Influence: 67 /100
67/100
Topics
Football
Languages
Location
United States, Romeoville
28
Shannon Ryan
Influence: 67 /100
67/100
Topics
Basketball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
29
Kevin Sweeney
Influence: 67 /100
67/100
Topics
Basketball, College Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
30
Monica Eng
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Local News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Arlington
31
Patrick Mooney
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Baseball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
32
Hayden Mears
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Entertainment, Media
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
33
Stephanie Whiteside
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Business, Health & Medicine
Languages
Location
United States
34
Kelley Greene
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
History, Politics
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
35
Sanjana Karanth
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
News, Politics
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
36
Neil A. Carousso
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
General Assignment News, International News
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
37
Benjamin Norbitz
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
38
Jordana Rosenfeld
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Entertainment, Features/Lifestyle, General Assignment News
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
39
Mark Kantrowitz
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services, Demographics
Languages
English
Location
United States, Skokie
40
Jacob Oller
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Entertainment
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
41
Bruce Naylor
Influence: 66 /100
66/100
Topics
Technology
Languages
English
Location
United States
42
Annlee Ellingson
Influence: 65 /100
65/100
Topics
Business, Technology, Economic Development
Languages
English
Location
United States, El Segundo
43
Tom Lauricella
Influence: 65 /100
65/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
44
Meredith Perri
Influence: 65 /100
65/100
Topics
High School Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Springfield
45
Brian Cohen
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
General Assignment News, National News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
46
Tom Bevan
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Non-Editorial
Languages
Location
United States, Evanston
47
A.D. Quig
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Politics
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
48
Brian Cassella
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Sports, City News, News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
49
Steve Millar
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
50
Justin Amador
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
51
Jesse Wright
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English, Spanish
Location
United States, Chicago
52
Tracy Grant
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Elementary Education, Primary and Pre-K Education, Secondary Education
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
53
Paul Eisenberg
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Community News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Tinley Park
54
David Giuliani
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Community News
Languages
English
Location
United States, New York
55
Tracey Ryniec
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
56
Darnell Mayberry
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Basketball
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
57
Dan Pompei
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Football
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
58
Karen Guregian
Influence: 64 /100
64/100
Topics
Football
Languages
Location
United States, Springfield
59
Doug Ross
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
General Assignment News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
60
Sarah Hansen
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
61
Erica Christoffer
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Real Estate
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
62
Kori Rumore
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
General Assignment News, History
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
63
Jason Kephart
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Marketing
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
64
Jennifer Smith Richards
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Non-Editorial
Languages
Location
United States, Chicago
65
Chris Sweda
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Non-Editorial
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
66
Patrick Andres
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
College Sports, Wrestling, News
Languages
English
Location
United States, Evanston
67
Ellen Warren
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Beauty, House, E-Commerce, Apparel, Commerce
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
68
Pamela Smith
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Agriculture
Languages
English
Location
United States, Decatur
69
Steve Krause
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Finance & Banking Services
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
70
Stacey Moncrieff
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Real Estate
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
71
Jeff Pfeiffer
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Entertainment
Languages
English
Location
United States, Brown Deer
72
Deborah Flapan
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Non-Editorial
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
73
Arden Fanning Andrews
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Beauty, Apparel
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
74
Stacey Moncrieff
Influence: 63 /100
63/100
Topics
Real Estate
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
75
Chris Cotillo
Influence: 62 /100
62/100
Topics
Baseball
Languages
Location
United States, Springfield
76
Maddie Hartley
Influence: 62 /100
62/100
Topics
Baseball, Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
77
Corey Brooks
Influence: 62 /100
62/100
Topics
Society, Crime, Entertainment, Demographics, Security
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
78
Lauren Comitor
Influence: 62 /100
62/100
Topics
Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
79
Trevor Squire
Influence: 62 /100
62/100
Topics
Basketball, Football, Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
80
Dan Wiederer
Influence: 62 /100
62/100
Topics
Football
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
81
Joel Lorenzi
Influence: 60 /100
60/100
Topics
Sports
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
82
Sean Hammond
Influence: 57 /100
57/100
Topics
Football
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
83
Nicole Slaughter Graham
Influence: 55 /100
55/100
Topics
Non-Editorial
Languages
English
Location
United States, Chicago
84
Kate Knibbs
Influence: 54 /100
54/100
Topics
House, Technology
Languages
English
Location
United States, San Francisco
85
David Partain
Influence: 19 /100
19/100
Topics
Business, Workplace
Languages
English
Location
United States, Irvine
