TNH by the numbers: Part 2

Now that we've got the numbers done in the big picture sense, it's time to recognize the writers who have done the most work for TNH since September 2008.

First a caveat, TNH does not believe that quantity necessarily means quality. However, we were blessed this year to have both dedicated and talented young journalists contribute to the paper throughout the year and they should all be commended for their hard work.

MOST BYLINES (FIRST SEMESTER)

1. Cameron Kittle 29

2. Joe O'Connell 28

3. Biz Jacobs 23

Meg Power 23

5. Shawn Cyr 17

6. Jake O'Donnell 16

7. Michaela Christensen 14

8. Laura Hedges 13

9. Alex Cornetta 12

Thomas Gounley 12

MOST BYLINES (SECOND SEMESTER)

1. Thomas Gounley 21

2. Biz Jacobs 20

Joe O'Connell 20

4. Brittney Murray 19

5. Cameron Kittle 17

Brandon Lawrence 17

7. Michaela Christensen 15

8. Shawn Cyr 13

9. Meg Power 12

10. Terri Ogan 11

Kerry Feltner 11

MOST BYLINES (YEAR)

1. Joe O'Connell 48

2. Cameron Kittle 46

3. Biz Jacobs 43

4. Meg Power 35

5. Thomas Gounley 33

6. Shawn Cyr 30

Brittney Murray 30

8. Michaela Christensen 29

9. Brandon Lawrence 21

10. Laura Hedges 18

Nate Batchelder 18

MOST BYLINES (W/O SPORTS)

1. Thomas Gounley 33

2. Brittney Murray 30

3. Michaela Christensen 29

4. Laura Hedges 18

Nate Batchelder 18

6. Kerry Feltner 16

7. John Wayne Ferguson 15

8. Tori Lewis 14

9. Dustin Luca 13

10. Keeley Smith 12

Two notes on these final counts.

First, when they were hired, staff writers were told they only had to write one article a week. Editors were not required to write anything.

Second, our sports staff is prolific and possibly did more work than the numbers indicate. But the reason that we discount them from the last byline count is because they got many bylines by virtue of writing a game story. Call it an asterisk, if you will.

Good job everybody and thanks for all the hard work.