Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @lourdesgnavarro
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
365
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
Twitter users are expressing their sadness and admiration for NPR journalists, including Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Deborah Amos, and Sylvia Poggioli, who are leaving the network or retiring. Garcia-Navarro's recent podcast with her former Iraqi translator is being praised for its raw and honest discussion about the impact of covering the war in Iraq. Many commenters note the toll that covering war takes on journalists and their subjects.
Topic Modeling
- Journalism and reporters losing their jobs
- Missing former colleagues and their distinctive reporting styles/sign-offs
- Reflections on the impact of war reporting on journalists and their subjects
- Praise for @lourdesgnavarro's podcast and interview skills
- Personal experiences and reflections on covering the Iraq war
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a mix of sadness, admiration, and reflection towards journalist Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and her work covering the Iraq war. Many express a sense of loss as iconic reporters leave NPR, while others praise Garcia-Navarro's ability to tell emotive stories and bring attention to the human cost of war. The conversation with her Iraqi translator is described as raw, honest, and moving, prompting reflection on the impact of war on journalists and those they work with.
Trend Analysis
- Reflection on the retirement or departure of iconic NPR correspondents
- Discussion of war reporting and its impact on journalists and local colleagues
- Appreciation and admiration for @lourdesgnavarro's work and storytelling abilities
- Importance of international news coverage and diverse perspectives in journalism
- Evaluation of personal motivations for covering or participating in the Iraq war
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
80
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of Original tweets
35
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
365
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
241
Percentage of total tweets
66%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
28
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
18
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 188 |
Twitter Web App | 96 |
Twitter for Android | 51 |
Twitter for iPad | 23 |
TweetDeck | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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nytopinion | New York Times Opinion | We amplify voices on the issues that matter to you. | Tell us what you think: letters@nytimes.com | 809,375 |
rcallimachi | Rukmini Callimachi | New York Times journalist currently on book leave. NBC analyst. Previously, 7 years covering ISIS & al-Qaeda, 7 years in Africa. Ex-AP bureau chief. Ex-refugee. | 349,031 |
ddiamond | Dan Diamond | @WashingtonPost reporter who investigates health policy, politics and the pandemic. I always have time for daylight saving stories. | 157,543 |
lindaholmes | Linda Holmes thisislindaholmes.com | Host, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Author, FLYING SOLO (out now!) and NYT Bestseller EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER (now in paperback). IG: lindaholmes97 | 143,037 |
ewong | Edward Wong | Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Fellow @ Harvard Nieman, Belfer Center & Wilson Center. Visiting professor @ Princeton & Berkeley. 13 years in China & Iraq. | 137,772 |
picardonhealth | André Picard | André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism. | 137,168 |
lourdesgnavarro | Lulu | Now @nytopinion host of "First Person” Before @npr host also: Former foreign correspondent in the Middle East y América Latina. Both a dog and a cat person. | 129,127 |
rachelnpr | Rachel Martin | Listening and asking questions on @upfirst and still sometimes on @morningedition. | 120,761 |
lpolgreen | Lydia Polgreen | @nytimes opinion columnist. Wife of @candyfight. Human of two dogs. She/her. | 111,693 |
leloveluck | Louisa Loveluck | 🌴 @WashingtonPost Baghdad Bureau Chief covering Iraq, Syria, sometimes Ukraine. Previously in: Cairo, Beirut. Email me: louisa.loveluck@washpost.com. 📲 | 99,087 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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h0d3r | Hossein Derakhshan (h0d3r@mastadon.social) | PhDing on mass personalization @MediaLSE. Ex @MediaLab @Shorensteinctr+ Iran Evin prison (6yrs). Wrote 'Web We Have to Save', co-wrote ‘Information Disorder’. | 15,233 |
BasuAshis | Ashis Basu | Knowledge is Power. Share It. | 14,009 |
ClancyReports | Jim Clancy | International Journalist | 13,026 |
JuanSaaa | Juan Escalante | Former Undocumented Immigrant. Politics/National Parks/Photography. 🇻🇪 born 🇺🇸 raised — opinions are my own | 11,291 |
DrRayMD | Dr. “Dad” MD, FAAP, FASN | Nephrologist @nationwidekids & @ohiostatemed. @HowardU & @MeharryMedical alum. Advocate. Private Pilot. Dad. Husband. Believer. My views only. He/him. 🇺🇸🇯🇲 | 6,712 |
maggiesmithpoet | Maggie Smith | Not the dame, the other one. I write & help others write. New📗: YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL. Rep: @blueflowerarts. Substack: FOR DEAR LIFE. Contact👇 | 6,366 |
keithmartinmd | Keith Martin MD | Exec.Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Fmr Canadian MP, physician, Global Health, Foreign Affairs, Conservation, Environment, Tweets mine. | 6,121 |
shillito_ray | Ray Shillito | Expert (@BASFAg), doing #biotechnology for ever, #Golf, Proud #Parent and #Grandparent, #Gardener, #Toastmaster , #AgVocate and views +opinions are my own | 5,961 |
rcallimachi | Rukmini Callimachi | New York Times journalist currently on book leave. NBC analyst. Previously, 7 years covering ISIS & al-Qaeda, 7 years in Africa. Ex-AP bureau chief. Ex-refugee. | 5,755 |
leloveluck | Louisa Loveluck | 🌴 @WashingtonPost Baghdad Bureau Chief covering Iraq, Syria, sometimes Ukraine. Previously in: Cairo, Beirut. Email me: louisa.loveluck@washpost.com. 📲 | 5,723 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
lourdesgnavarro | Now @nytopinion host of "First Person” Before @npr host also: Former foreign correspondent in the Middle East y América Latina. Both a dog and a cat person. | 8 |
AlbanaKasapi | Journalist Co-editor #Weekend programme @bbcworldservice 📻 Burek & baklava lover Made in the Balkans | 6 |
BasuAshis | Knowledge is Power. Share It. | 5 |
Alpine_Joy | Love comedy, thinking, music, math & Diana Damrau. Also original Mini, Navel & Naval power & submarines. Views MAY be mine. I like to be amiable & friendly! | 5 |
withsomerespect | - | 5 |
SarahFuelleman | Word nerd, climate-change activist, music lover, Toastmaster, honorary Badger, and grateful UNCG Spartan. Let's build a better, safer, more honest world. | 5 |
AmyWP | - | 3 |
fstepfer | @fstepfer@climatejustice.social Persistent Gadfly and Community Activist. Native Plant Gardener. | 3 |
chaucersbud | ✍️#HandMarkedPaperBallots✍️ chaucersbud@toad.social | 3 |
NameWithheld6 | Observer of National Let's go Brandon Day on September 9th and thrower of Sand. Not yet computationally irrelevant. | 3 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1638969084191838208 | This is a must-listen podcast talk between @lourdesgnavarro & her Iraqi colleague Ali Hamdani. This brought up so many emotions for me, including grief over the 2 @nytimes Iraqi colleagues who were killed and many who suffered. A gift listen on the war: https://t.co/P0lwKz3PC4 | 12 |
1639259507149750273 | This conversation between @lourdesgnavarro and her Iraqi colleague Ali Hamdani about the Iraq war is so raw, beautiful and devastating. A must listen for anyone who has covered war. https://t.co/SEmdMi5guC | 10 |
1639608700066471940 | This is the best thing I’ve listened to about the 20 year anniversary of the Iraq war: @lourdesgnavarro wrestles out loud with the thing we’ve all thought about - how did our reporting affect our Iraqi colleagues? Very human + touching. https://t.co/7w2NlN0XdQ | 9 |
1639258229954707457 | What a raw, frank, and brave conversation between @lourdesgnavarro and Ali Hamdani. For journalists like myself, there is a lot to reflect on here. https://t.co/zclpyCBx7A | 7 |
1639613739577102338 | What I like about @lourdesgnavarro episode with her former Iraqi translator is she acknowledges a universal truth. As reporters covering war, we get to go home while our subjects and translators cannot. They mostly can’t leave the country & their homes have been forever changed https://t.co/mirevw82Ns | 7 |
1639983968526139392 | Deeply moving and honest conversation between @lourdesgnavarro and her friend, Iraqi journalist Ali Hamedani, on the cost of the US’ invasion of Iraq. https://t.co/PKOT3v7Vnn | 6 |
1639901416348065795 | The cost of covering the war in #Iraq @lourdesgnavarro and Ali Hamedani, her Iraqi translator and friend, discuss the profound impact the invasion of Iraq had on them. #Weekend @bbcworldservice 📻 https://t.co/mY1HPYg6In | 6 |
1638951131056599041 | This is so powerful and so sad and so important @lourdesgnavarro speaks with her Iraqi colleague Ali Hamdani about their years covering Iraq together and what was lost. Listen to this. It matters https://t.co/dFSLcewcyG | 5 |
1639704621974188035 | Tune in to #Weekend @bbcworldservice w/Julian Worricker @mariamargaronis @bulamabukarti 🏴 independence after Sturgeon @naughtiej @GillianMSP @lourdesgnavarro on the ‘shameful’ secret at the heart of her reporting from 🇮🇶 🇲🇩language debate @paulaerizanu & Cary Grant’s suit https://t.co/jbalX9cIbH | 5 |
1639268024636125188 | “Thirty years of my life, wiped away, only to come here to realize that it is no longer than 30 seconds’ conversation.” This @lourdesgnavarro podcast with her former translator in Iraq — on moments that haunt them — is gripping, poignant and essential. https://t.co/j3UjaGKNQb | 5 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
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1639750286523740161 | @lourdesgnavarro @NPR @spoggioli1 @deborahamos No! @deborahamos, too???? I hadn't heard. Hall of Famers walking out the door! 😔 | 81 |
1639778070725816321 | @lourdesgnavarro You are very missed, Lulu. | 80 |
1639767834388570112 | @lourdesgnavarro @NPR @spoggioli1 @deborahamos So many iconic sign-offs ... especially the sing-song and syncopated, "Sylvia Poggioli, @NPR News, Rome." God help us if we lose the delightfully nasal and lovingly flat, "@ElBeardsley ... Paris." | 76 |
1639713594106433536 | @lourdesgnavarro @cmclymer @NPR @spoggioli1 @deborahamos I just don’t know how to imagine not hearing @spoggioli1’s stories and distinctive sign off. Everyone deserves a good retirement but we’ll be poorer without her voice and without Deborah Amos’. | 71 |
1639608700066471940 | This is the best thing I’ve listened to about the 20 year anniversary of the Iraq war: @lourdesgnavarro wrestles out loud with the thing we’ve all thought about - how did our reporting affect our Iraqi colleagues? Very human + touching. https://t.co/7w2NlN0XdQ | 52 |
1638969084191838208 | This is a must-listen podcast talk between @lourdesgnavarro & her Iraqi colleague Ali Hamdani. This brought up so many emotions for me, including grief over the 2 @nytimes Iraqi colleagues who were killed and many who suffered. A gift listen on the war: https://t.co/P0lwKz3PC4 | 45 |
1640001607927582723 | For our pilot season, I called up @lourdesgnavarro who was finishing her term as NPR’s Brazil correspondent. “What was the thing that in years of trying you’ve never felt like you’ve been able to able to explain to US listeners?” Her answer led to https://t.co/9n4ZlWb231 2/ | 43 |
1639587452795928576 | I remember talking to you right after Karbala. Whispering our fears in the halls of CPIC in Baghdad. Your storytelling superpower is turning such pain into a thing of strange beauty, accessible to those who lived it & those who luckily didn't. So proud of you, @lourdesgnavarro🙏 https://t.co/bbzQHW3Oi6 | 39 |
1639613739577102338 | What I like about @lourdesgnavarro episode with her former Iraqi translator is she acknowledges a universal truth. As reporters covering war, we get to go home while our subjects and translators cannot. They mostly can’t leave the country & their homes have been forever changed https://t.co/mirevw82Ns | 38 |
1639025557814800385 | Thank you @lourdesgnavarro ! When I tuned in today's First Person I was like 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️ thank you for airing our shameful secrets. what a perfect thoughtful true frame for talking about 20 years of war. International news + great audio. https://t.co/4mMfRKPAsf | 37 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
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#weekend | 6 |
#iraq | 4 |
#defundnpr | 3 |
#firstperson | 3 |
#journalism | 2 |
#natbookfest | 1 |
#iraqwar | 1 |
#iraq20yearson | 1 |
#war | 1 |
#migration | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@lourdesgnavarro | 369 |
@npr | 101 |
@deborahamos | 64 |
@spoggioli1 | 58 |
@nytimes | 28 |
@nytopinion | 16 |
@bbcworldservice | 15 |
@arvanitidiscnn | 13 |
@mariamargaronis | 11 |
@bulamabukarti | 11 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
18
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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👏 | 9 | clapping_hands |
❤️ | 6 | red_heart |
🙏 | 5 | folded_hands |
😭 | 4 | loudly_crying_face |
📻 | 4 | radio |
‼️ | 4 | double_exclamation_mark |
✅ | 3 | check_mark_button |
🎊 | 3 | confetti_ball |
😔 | 2 | pensive_face |
🥺 | 2 | pleading_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 24 |
People & Body | 18 |
Symbols | 9 |
Flags | 6 |
Activities | 6 |
Objects | 4 |
Animals & Nature | 2 |