diff --git a/examples/bin/examples/twitter/twitter_realtime.spec b/examples/bin/examples/twitter/twitter_realtime.spec
index 0006c88d72d..ed9039b0f0c 100644
--- a/examples/bin/examples/twitter/twitter_realtime.spec
+++ b/examples/bin/examples/twitter/twitter_realtime.spec
@@ -16,13 +16,22 @@
               "contributors",
               "lat",
               "lon",
+              "source",
+              "retweet",
               "retweet_count",
+              "originator_screen_name",
+              "originator_follower_count",
+              "originator_friends_count",
+              "originator_verified",
               "follower_count",
-              "friendscount",
+              "friends_count",
               "lang",
               "utc_offset",
               "statuses_count",
               "user_id",
+              "screen_name",
+              "location",
+              "verified",
               "ts"
             ],
             "dimensionExclusions": [
@@ -65,6 +74,16 @@
           "name": "total_statuses_count",
           "type": "doubleSum"
         },
+        {
+          "fieldName": "originator_follower_count",
+          "name": "total_originator_follower_count",
+          "type": "doubleSum"
+        },
+        {
+          "fieldName": "originator_friends_count",
+          "name": "total_originator_friends_count",
+          "type": "doubleSum"
+        },
         {
           "fieldName": "text",
           "name": "text_hll",
@@ -124,6 +143,26 @@
           "fieldName": "retweet_count",
           "name": "max_retweet_count",
           "type": "max"
+        },
+        {
+          "fieldName": "originator_follower_count",
+          "name": "min_originator_follower_count",
+          "type": "min"
+        },
+        {
+          "fieldName": "originator_follower_count",
+          "name": "max_originator_follower_count",
+          "type": "max"
+        },
+        {
+          "fieldName": "originator_friends_count",
+          "name": "min_originator_friends_count",
+          "type": "min"
+        },
+        {
+          "fieldName": "originator_friends_count",
+          "name": "max_originator_friends_count",
+          "type": "max"
         }
       ],
       "granularitySpec": {
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/druid/examples/twitter/TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/druid/examples/twitter/TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory.java
index 79c4a6dd6aa..598e82c8676 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/io/druid/examples/twitter/TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/druid/examples/twitter/TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
 
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
 public class TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory<InputRowParser>
 {
   private static final Logger log = new Logger(TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory.class);
+  private static final Pattern sourcePattern = Pattern.compile("<a[^>]*>(.*?)</a>", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+
   /**
    * max events to receive, -1 is infinite, 0 means nothing is delivered; use this to prevent
    * infinite space consumption or to prevent getting throttled at an inconvenient time
@@ -278,6 +282,8 @@ public class TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory<InputRowP
           throw new RuntimeException("InterruptedException", e);
         }
 
+        theMap.clear();
+
         HashtagEntity[] hts = status.getHashtagEntities();
         String text = status.getText();
         theMap.put("text", (null == text) ? "" : text);
@@ -313,8 +319,24 @@ public class TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory<InputRowP
           theMap.put("lon", null);
         }
 
-        long retweetCount = status.getRetweetCount();
-        theMap.put("retweet_count", retweetCount);
+        if (status.getSource() != null) {
+          Matcher m = sourcePattern.matcher(status.getSource());
+          theMap.put("source", m.find() ? m.group(1) : status.getSource());
+        }
+
+        theMap.put("retweet", status.isRetweet());
+
+        if (status.isRetweet()) {
+          Status original = status.getRetweetedStatus();
+          theMap.put("retweet_count", original.getRetweetCount());
+
+          User originator = original.getUser();
+          theMap.put("originator_screen_name", originator != null ? originator.getScreenName() : "");
+          theMap.put("originator_follower_count", originator != null ? originator.getFollowersCount() : "");
+          theMap.put("originator_friends_count", originator != null ? originator.getFriendsCount() : "");
+          theMap.put("originator_verified", originator != null ? originator.isVerified() : "");
+        }
+
         User user = status.getUser();
         final boolean hasUser = (null != user);
         theMap.put("follower_count", hasUser ? user.getFollowersCount() : 0);
@@ -323,6 +345,9 @@ public class TwitterSpritzerFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory<InputRowP
         theMap.put("utc_offset", hasUser ? user.getUtcOffset() : -1);  // resolution in seconds, -1 if not available?
         theMap.put("statuses_count", hasUser ? user.getStatusesCount() : 0);
         theMap.put("user_id", hasUser ? String.format("%d", user.getId()) : "");
+        theMap.put("screen_name", hasUser ? user.getScreenName() : "");
+        theMap.put("location", hasUser ? user.getLocation() : "");
+        theMap.put("verified", hasUser ? user.isVerified() : "");
 
         theMap.put("ts",status.getCreatedAt().getTime());