Mediaite, a new website that features an "influence index" of major reporters and media figures, has a surprising figure ranked at #20 in their "Print / Online Reporters" list: Brian Ashcraft, Senior Contributing Editor at Kotaku. We decided to take a look this week at a legend of reporting, a favorite film critic, and Ashcraft, to see how they stacked up.
Ranking of Bob Woodward, legendary Washinton Post reporter: #4
Ranking of Manohla Dargis, film critic for the New York Times: #17
Ranking of Brian Ashcraft, editor for Kotaku: #20
"Blog Buzz" ranking for Woodward: #7
"Blog Buzz" ranking for Dargis: #54
"Blog Buzz" ranking for Ashcraft: #12
#1 ranked for "Blog Buzz": Ezra Klein, Washington Post blogger
Number of words in Woodward's bio: 125
Number of words in Dargis's bio: 57
Number of words in Ashcraft's bio: 0
Number of Google hits for Woodward: 812,00
Number of Google hits for Dargis: 146,000
Number of Google hits for Ashcraft: 352,000
Number of people who follow Woodward on Twitter: n/a
Number of people who follow Dargis on Twitter: n/a
Number of people who follow Ashcraft on Twitter: 1,585
Number of articles written by Woodward since July 1: 1
Number of articles written by Dargis since July 1: 2
Number of articles written by Ashcraft since July 1: 95
Number of books published by Woodward: 15
Number of books published by Dargis: 0
Number of books published by Ashcraft: 1
Number of hamburgers being eaten in Bob Woodward's press photo: 0
Number of hamburgers being eaten in Manohla Dargis's press photo: 0
Number of hamburgers being eaten in Brian Ashcraft's press photo: 1
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