Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Rewriting Bad Twitter Bios

@BillKeller2014
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Editor-in-chief, The Marshall Project, a non-profit newsroom covering crime and punishment in America @marshallproj

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Editor-in-chief of @MarshallProj, a non-profit newsroom covering crime and punishment in America

@Chris_Lester
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Co-Founder CHIEF @mybigchief / Advancing Brands

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Co-founder of @MyBigChief. We advance brands

@JillAbramson
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Jill Abramson teaches creative writing @Harvard and is writing a book about the news

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I teach creative writing @Harvard and am writing a book about the news

@NickKristof
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NY Times columnist, co-author of Half the Sky & A Path Appears, http://www.facebook.com/kristof Newsletter: http://nyti.ms/1yDXS2u

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@NYTimes columnist ● Co-author of Half the Sky and A Path Appears ● Facebook: http://facebook.com/kristof ● Newsletter: http://nyti.ms/1yDXS2u

@FrankRichNY
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Writer-at-Large, NEW YORK / Executive Producer, VEEP (HBO)

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Writer-at-Large, @NYMag. Executive Producer, @VeepHBO

@AmandaCarpenter
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Conservative Review Contributing Editor and CNN Contributor. Former Cruz comms director and DeMint speechwriter. Mommy. Wifey. Instagram https://instagram.com/_amandacarpenter

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@CR Contributing Editor and @CNN Contributor. Former @TedCruz comms director and @JimDeMint speechwriter. Mommy. Wifey. https://instagram.com/_amandacarpenter

@DanRoth
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Daniel Roth is LinkedIn's executive editor. Former editor of Fortune.com, writer: Wired/Fortune/Portfolio. Brooklynianer. Bio: http://linkd.in/qECr5R

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@LinkedIn’s executive editor. Former editor of @FortuneMagazine. Writer: Wired/Fortune/Portfolio. Brooklynianer. Bio: http://linkd.in/qECr5R