{"id":15039,"date":"2018-11-30T16:57:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T21:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=15039"},"modified":"2020-08-21T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:19:06","slug":"mdc-alum-joel-franco-taking-twitter-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-alum-joel-franco-taking-twitter-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Alum Taking Twitter By Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re from South Florida and have an active Twitter account, chances are you&#8217;ve heard of Joel Franco. With nearly 36,000 followers, this Miami Dade College alum has taken the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/explore\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a> world by storm. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco, 23, started the handle @OfficialJoelF in July of 2012 as a way to keep young people updated on the latest headlines as a news aggregator. His Twitter account quickly mushroomed in popularity with a generation that is always on the move with their cell phones in tow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether its national news, local news, breaking news or traffic alerts, he rarely misses a story and vows to keep his followers updated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco\u2019s initial venture into the social media realm was in 2008 on MySpace. At the time, he was your typical middle schooler, posting random things he found entertaining. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn&#8217;t until early 2010 that he started getting publicity. After posting a video on Facebook involving an altercation at Dolphin Mall, it went viral. Franco took advantage of his newfound popularity and started creating funny videos, skits and pranks to further his reach. Around 2011, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/local-civil-disobedience-in-support-of-occupy-movement\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Occupy Wall Street<\/span><\/a> movement, Franco decided it was time to start posting more serious pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco attended American Senior High School through 2013 before leaving and obtaining his GED. He then enrolled \u00a0at MDC\u2019s Hialeah and North Campuses following a journalism track before dropping out after a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He eventually created the YouTube channel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Must Wake Up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, posting mostly about activism and conspiracy theories, stuff which he says he doesn&#8217;t believe in anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As his following has continued to grow on Twitter, Franco has remained loyal to two things that he was intrigued by as a kid: news and meteorology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think many of my followers can tell that I&#8217;m interested in meteorology, especially when I do those hurricane and cold front updates,\u201d Franco said. \u201cI&#8217;m fascinated by all of that and learn as I go. Hurricane Irma taught me so much about weather graphics, radars, and it has improved my researching skills.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco\u2019s Twitter fame has opened doors for him professionally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This past May he landed a job as a digital writer at WSVN 7, the local Fox affiliate. After breaking the news through\u2014where else\u2014Twitter, Franco received almost 9,000 likes on his announcement post. At WSVN 7 he writes stories and co-operates their social media. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI found him on Twitter,\u201d said Franco\u2019s boss Steven Cejas, an executive producer at WSVN 7. \u201cHe\u2019s retweeted some our stuff, and I would see a lot of his stuff on social media, and I figured why not give him a chance.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco receives a lot of love from his followers. Many tweet news events at him as they encounter them in their daily lives. But he also deals with the occasional critical Twitter user, some who point out that he is reposting other news organizations work and not his own original content. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Usually they want attention and feeding into that allows them to win,\u201d Franco said. \u201cI&#8217;m open to constructive criticism, but if it&#8217;s in a disrespectful manner, then I&#8217;m not going to care much of what they&#8217;re saying.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite an established fan base and a stable job, Franco strives for more. 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