If Henninger can do it, so can Montini

By on July 7th, 2009 In Media, Social Media

I love Don Henninger‘s column in the Phoenix Business Journal. He comes across as the neighbor you always bump into when you mow your lawn –and happily gets in the way of that awful chore.

A few weeks back, when he wrote about ‘Seeing a Tweetie bird‘ I knew this was the moment I was expecting. “I’m a Twit” he opened with, admitting he was late in arriving, but inviting us to interact –minus the what-we-have-for-breakfast stuff. (Find him here on Twitter.)

E.J. Montini, another wonderful writer here in the Valley is right now going through a similar process. Not yet on Twitter, but (in today’s Republic) he’s all Facebooky. He’s admittedly not all atwitter, he says, but it won’t be long before he’s carving out 140-character column-like posts. Any bets?

I’ve seen newspeople I would least expect take on parts of social networking and blogging that must have gone against the grain of what they were taught at J-school.

You can do it Montini!

Comments

Pat Elliott Says:
July 7th, 2009 at 9:18 am

Montini’s in good company. Facebook demographics are shifting rapidly. The overall number of users 18-24 years of age grew 4.8% between 01/04/09 to 07/04/09. Users aged 25 – 34 grew 60.8%; users aged 35 -54 grew 190.2%, but the largest growth was in users 55+ – grew 513.7%.
http://tinyurl.com/n7dsj7

Dan Wool Says:
July 7th, 2009 at 9:49 am

Quotes of the day:

“I could post this column, for example. Facebook then allows ‘friends’ and readers to give it an immediate thumbs up or a thumbs down.

Sort of like the ancient Roman coliseum. Only less merciful.”

“From what I’ve seen, many Facebook members post a constant unedited stream of their observations, rants, jokes, mumblings, joys, random thoughts, fears and outrages.

Sort of like kindergarten. Only less discreet.”

Classic!

Dave Says:
July 7th, 2009 at 10:23 am

All E. J.’s gotta do is take a quick glance at his competition out here and realize he’s gotta step up to Twitter.
http://www.valleyprblog.com/resources/phoenix-media-on-twitter/

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