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Name: Janis Krums (IMAGE: http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1145596615/P1190085_2_2.JPG)
Twitter Handle: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jkrums>@jkrums</a>
Sites: <a href="http://www.about.me/JanisKrums">http://www.about.me/JanisKrums</a>
Twitter bio: Entrepreneur, Athlete, The Miracle on the Hudson Photo Guy, Latvian, Co-Founder of Elementz Nutrition and InboxAlarm, Investor in AIT Bridges
Nominated by: Ellyn Angelotti
Text of Nomination: "The <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jkrums/status/1121915133">photo</a> Janis took of the plane that landed in the Hudson River was not only a powerful image, but it also represents the changing nature of news as a result of social media." -- <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=122407694453913&notes_tab=app_2347471856#!/note.php?note_id=422518584332&comments">Ellyn Angelotti</a>

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Name: Monica Guzman (IMAGE: http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/934435989/twittermonica.jpg)
Twitter Handle: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/moniguzman>@moniguzman</a>
Sites: <a href="http://moniguzman.com">http://moniguzman.com</a>
Twitter bio: A storyteller with a passion, working at a Seattle startup called @Intersect.
Nominated by: Ellyn Angelotti (@ellynangelotti)
Text of Nomination: "Monica has a distinct voice that really comes out when she tweets. Her tweets are both engaging and instructive, and they make me want to check out whatever she's linking to or tweeting about. We need more energetic people like her in the business."
-- Mallary Tenore

(Friday) Name: Matt Thompson (IMAGE: http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/52375832/anniv-matt.jpg)
Twitter Handle: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mthomps>@mthomps</a>
Sites: <a href="http://snarkmarket.com/">http://snarkmarket.com/</a>
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Nominated by: Bill Mitchell
Text of Nomination: "Matt has prompted me to think of social media not as a separate dimension of journalism but as a way of thinking about journalism itself. Leading a discussion about niche journalism at ONA on Saturday, for example, he encouraged journalists to think differently about content. Rather than producing content that we think people in the niche need or want, why not go to those people and create content based, at least initially, on what they're already saying and doing." -- Bill Mitchell