Today we recognize Washington journalists who just don't get Twitter. And never really tried.

Voters earlier selected Washington's best journalists using Twitter to cover local news (Scott Brodbeck, @ARLnowDOTcom), local politics (Freeman Klopott, @FKlopott), entertainment (Katy Adams, @katyadams) and sports (Ben Goessling, @masnBen).

Today, we'll make the call: Of many journalists who are absent on Twitter, we'll recognize Mark Plotkin, WTOP political analyst, for being AWOL and Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post arts writer, as a Twitter quitter. And we'll give special recognition to former Post icons Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon.

And we dish out some recognition as the best non-journalist Twitter news feed in town to @dcfireems.

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Update: Responses from Katy Adams and Ben Goessling to TBD questions about their Twitter use have been added at the end.

We have three more winners in the #DCjournotweeps voting:

Freeman Klopott, City Hall reporter for the Washington Examiner, @FKlopott, was voted the best journalist using Twitter to cover local politics. 

Katy Adams of the Washington Examiner, @katyadams, was chosen as the best journalist covering local entertainment using Twitter.

Ben Goessling of MASNSports.com, @masnBen, was voted the best Washington sports journalist using Twitter.

Tomorrow we'll recognize the best non-journalism news feed in the area. We'll also recognize some non-players: Key journalism figures in Washington who are notably absent from Twitter and some quitters who started Twitter accounts and bailed after a few lame tweets.

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The steady news reported on @ARLnowDOTcom earned Scott Brodbeck recognition as the best journalist using Twitter to cover local news.

In voting that started last week on TBD, Brodbeck won 23 percent of the votes from TBD readers, barely edging @NealAugenstein of WTOP, who got 21 percent. Sarah Krouse of the Washington Business Journal, @wbjsarah, was third with 15 percent. No one else topped 10 percent of the 764 votes cast.

Winners in other #DCjournotweeps categories will be announced later in the week.

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