Hogan's a Hero On Twitter
As I’d anticipated (and hoped), I got a bushel of responses from local television people about the station-people-Twittering story I did in the new issue. One person on our Top Ten list, WTNH New Haven’s Ann Nyberg, even went and dug up photos for the ten station Twitter-ers we’d listed on her blog.
As I’d also anticipated, most of the letter-writers offered up names of Twitter people (uh, Tweeps, in modern parlance) with giant followings that were not included in my story.
We had Amy Wood of WSPA Spartanburg at the top of the charts with her 13,000 followers, but Jenni Hogan of KIRO Seattle now wears the crown by virtue of her nearly 17,000 followers–and almost 11,000 tweets.
Jenni Hogan hulks over the Twitter competition.
So enmeshed in the Twitter world is Hogan that she’s even got a handle for her newborn, @lilpookette. (Recent tweet: Mummy keeps calling everything TT-time, I’m confused… tummy time, titty time, toilet time… too many T’s mum, switch it up please.)
Others who totally deserve a mention include Hogan’s KIRO mate Julie Francavilla (5,345 followers), the KTVK Phoenix duo Carey Pena (6,463 followers) and Beverly Kidd (6,052), and WCCO Minneapolis’ Jason DeRusha (5,314 followers).
Of course, simply having loads of followers and/or shooting out thousands of tweets doesn’t necessarily make one a Twitter star. Writes Ann Nyberg on her blog:
“I think the key is not having huge numbers but the kind of people we are following and those following us. When I follow someone it’s because they are smart and they are giving out information, whether it be in an emergency (earthquake, amber alert, those kinds of things) or whether they are giving me information that I think others would want to know about and are worthy of retweets.”
Well said.
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MissBeth commented:
In all things, Jenni is a force to be reckoned with! She's socially savvy, articulate, witty, and she turned a baby shower into a charity event that raised money for the Baby Corner at Northwest Harvest. I am VERY proud to call her one of my BTF's. BTF = Best Twitter Friend and I think she and another local news hottie @lilyjang, are credited with making that a popular phrase round these here parts!
You rock Jenni!!!! Wear your crown proudly! I'll be looking for it at Seafair :)
MissBeth commented:
In all things, Jenni is a force to be reckoned with! She's socially savvy, articulate, witty, and she turned a baby shower into a charity event that raised money for the Baby Corner at Northwest Harvest. I am VERY proud to call her one of my BTF's. BTF = Best Twitter Friend and I think she and another local news hottie @lilyjang, are credited with making that a popular phrase round these here parts!
You rock Jenni!!!! Wear your crown proudly! I'll be looking for it at Seafair :)
edwil commented:
I sure hope that @jennihogan can stay at KIRO CBS Ch 7 in Seattle. Her website, charity work, and fabulous Fashion Friday segments really set her station apart in the Seattle market. She is a treasure, and no other market has anyone that can match her Twitter star power. see jennihogan dot com.
Sheryl262 commented:
Jenni's always upbeat; a real tweetheart to start your day.
Sheryl262 commented:
Jenni's always upbeat; a real tweetheart to start your day.
Charlotte, NC Tweeps commented:
Check out 2 Charlotte, NC (& SC area too) Twitter stars @wxbrad and @kokomodianne. They don't have 10,000 followers... but should. Both are funny, smart and friendly tweetaholics.
Brad Panovich is meteorologist for WCNC - interactive and informative. He gives personal twitter forecasts! It's great. He has a good twitter posse of reporters, politicians, athletes and quality tweeps.
Dianne Gallagher is an anchor at CN2 News (I, like many of her followers, had never heard of tiny CN2 News until finding Dianne on twitter). She may have more followers than her station has viewers. Very interactive political and sports tweeter. Cool thing about her account-- she tweets in like 5 languages to people all over the world. Also- a key follow if you're into the SC political drama.
And, as you might would guess, Brad & Dianne often tweet at each other too. Follow either of those two tweeps and you won't be disappointed.
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