Alex Seitz-Wald ✓

@aseitzwald · Lincolnville, Maine · joined 13 Oct 2009

Small-town newspaper editor in Maine for the Midcoast Villager, former senior national political reporter for NBC News. Dad. Hobby collector.

60 380Followers

3 430Following

23 666Posts total

133.5KViews on collected posts

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Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald3 Sep

We love to see it 4.6K views · 23 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald3 Sep

Wow cool, the New York Times did a 36 Hours about Midcoast Maine! Wonder who they wrote it. Computer, enhance. Oh my goodness that’s @lucia_graves! https://t.co/Luv6UJt7yp https://t.co/x66A0MUL4S 4.6K views · 40 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald2 Sep

Bingo. Why I thought Platner’s fancy family, time at boarding school and GW, experience tending bar on Capitol Hill, was as much a feature as a bug. Allowed him to speak New York Times in the morning and working waterfront in the even earlier morning. 20.2K views · 110 likes · 14 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald2 Sep

I'm sitting at the counter of the @MaineVillager cafe in Camden as I type this and a big local Platner donor+booster who is co-hosting a fundraiser for Jackson this week just walked up to me, completely unprompted to say paraphrasing), 'I know Jackson is the real deal, but 28.4K views · 60 likes · 5 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald2 Sep

Hey @kylegordon101, I think I found Mr. Jambo in Maine, which I hear the ancient scrolls refer to as the Africa of New England. https://t.co/B7OKM2rdtw 1.5K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald2 Sep

Talked about this with @aseitzwald before the candidate swap — Platner, just in his life pitching oysters, was good at selling an *idea* of rural Maine to upscale tourists because he had a lot in common with them. Jackson is too real! https://t.co/l5rCLJuyty 70.8K views · 210 likes · 14 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

Alex Seitz-Wald ✓@aseitzwald27 Aug

Great first meeting of the Midcoast Villager book club, with special guest @IsaacFitzgerald. This is a way local newspapers can help build community, add value to a subscription and — thanks to sponsorship from Barnswallow Books! – even generate revenue. https://t.co/Vx6q6nBVst

3.4K views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views4 614this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %7.64%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.52%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 614	924	4.99×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	7.64%	3.62%	2.11×
Engagement rate	0.52%	1.52%	0.34×

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