@DCJourno: Revealed?

Today we learned the identity of @MayorEmanuel. But perhaps there’s one more revelation concerning a fake Twitter account.

Enter Shani Hilton, a D.C. based journalist who is the associate editor of the Center for American Progress’s CampusProgress.org and the Washington correspondent for Colorlines magazine.

@DCJourno, the Twitter account that playfully teases Washington reporters everywhere has only used the bit.ly URL shortener on one occasion (excluding retweets of the shortened URLs of others).

“Hey @Awl, can I cite your use of ‘media elite’ in my official bio? Trying to get into Haddad’s garden party this year.

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