GOOD day for following Twitter

It wasn’t good news. Farrah Fawcett had died. I first learned about it on Twitter. And that was a 1st for me.
I was checking my iphone Twitter account while I was out doing yard work.
I felt so sad. I remembered a cup I took to camp when I was in 3rd or 4th grade — with that famous photo of Farrah in her bathing suit. I know — on a cup. Weird. But she was my idol. I feathered my hair because of her.

And then later I learned about Michael Jackson’s death when I logged onto my computer.
I went back to Twitter to see when the 1st Tweets came out about it.
Ryan Seacrest was all over it.

The TV was the THIRD place I got news of the deaths.

Kind of scary considering I work for TV. But we talk about this all the time in our newsroom. The news business is changing and we have to adapt. We ARE adapting. Pete and I are “old folks” in the newsroom. But we are coming to terms with Facebook and Twitter and our mobile browsers. Slowly — but surely.

Don’t get me wrong — I got most of the news from TV. That’s where I found the best storytelling, best images, clearest picture. Farrah flashing her pearly whites — Michael Jackson skating backwards on stage.

We’ll try to keep up with all of you savvy communicators. So stay in touch. Follow us (Good Day) on Twitter. And stay tuned for our Facebook page. And as always, we can be reached the “old fashioned” way, by email. (goodday@wluk.com)

BTW. That 1st “tweet” I received about Farrah — was from FOX 11 NEWS.