Photo courtesy of Tom Williams 1. You just left the Washington Post for Morning Consult. Tell us why. The media industry is going through a revolution. We’re all trying to figure out a sustainable business model that works, before the old one completely collapses. The folks at Morning Consult are …

Pack up their tents, buy a bar of soap, and head home, who is the “very clean-cut young fellow” in the opening of the video?, Paul Lindsay & Michael Ricci celebrated birthdays, Cam Newton is back on Earth, Tom Williams visited New Jersey, BlairDC is kicking it mid-week, have fun …

Meet David Drucker. Rock star reporter with CQ-Roll Call. He was nice enough to spend a few minutes with FamousDC for one of our Famous 5 interviews.

We uncovered DC’s most influential tweeters a couple years ago, but it’s time to freshen up the list. From Mike’s Playbook: Who are the most influential tweeters in D.C.? Who would be your desert-island feeds, if you could only have a couple to keep you in touch with what was …

I can’t believe August starts this weekend! Didn’t we just leave behind #snowpocalypse? It seems a distant memory as we have now entered the #heatpocalypse phase.  When’s its this hot out, eating anything other then ice cream is a challenge. Part of a exercising and working out is eating right. …

The GOP New Media Challenge is heating up and so is the language on the House Floor. Congresswoman [Lynn] Jenkins speaks in favor of a motion that would dismiss government employees who look at, download, or spread pornography on government computers. Matter of fact, some of the Congresswoman’s constituents have …

The Battle of the Facial Hair is on. A couple of days ago, ABC provocateur Jake Tapper challenged NBC political savant Chuck Todd to a facial-hair-based baseball wager: If the Los Angeles Dodgers win in their series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Tapper will grow a goatee. But if the Dodgers …

From New Media Strategies to Air America After six years in Washington, D.C., Jen Nedeau is heading to New York City to become Director of Digital Strategy at Air America Media, where she will be reporting to the former DC-ite, Michael Bassik, who is the current Chief Digital Officer. Nedeau …

What started as one rocket scientist’s craving for delicious, healthy, tart frozen yogurt when he moved to D.C., has become an amazing labor of love.  And lucky for us, the man behind the most popular frozen yogurt shop in DC just so happens to be participating in the FamousDC Twitter …

Final Four Matches begin now and last until 3pm .  The Championship game will be Monday. How points are awarded for the Final Four matches: 1. Celebrity endorsements.  Yes, Dorris from the Longworth cafeteria is considered a celebrity. 2. Endorsements from politicians not yet in jail.  [*You automatically advance if …

The matches today did not disappoint.  Congrats to all the players. Remember, we’re playing for charity people . @matthewgagnon vs. @patrickruffini OVERTIME This news will likely send Ruffini into a tailspin, but the endorsements from planet NMS were enough to keep this one very close.  Oh, and this , this …

The e-Tweet 8 begins now.  These match ups should prove to be some of the best yet. @matthewgagnon vs. @patrickruffini @robertjameson vs. @levydr @mkhammer vs. @albrightDC @seanhackbarth vs. @michaelturk And don’t forget about the sweet reward! The Prize: Mr. Yogato, himself, has agreed to name a customer combo after our …

Tomorrow’s Sweet 16 Twitter Challenge match ups should be good.  Remember twits, the matches start at 10am end at 3pm.  Good luck! @almacy vs. @matthewgagnon @ontheredline vs. @patrickruffini @erickaandersen vs. @robertjameson @leslieann44 vs. @levydr @sorendayton vs.@mkhammer @KatieFavazza vs. @AlbrightDC @seanhackbarth vs. @ryangrim @davidall vs. @michaelturk UPDATED brackets here .

This round had some highlights, low-lights, no-lights and the first ever overtime match. @almacy vs. @briandevine WINNER: @almacy @almacy got off to a rolling start by showing everyone his bald eagles , and kept it going with a strong endorsement by @levydr . @briandevine’s use of another Brian was simply …

The final results are in for the Twitter Challenge SW quadrant.  Remember, please send all hate mail to [email protected] @erickaandersen vs. @robklause WINNER: @erickaandersen A smart move by @erickaandersen to leave a little gas in the tank.  She didn’t blaze any Twitter trails, but she did rack up some quality …