So there I was Tuesday night (8/14) honored to speak at the Sacramento Social Media Club panel discussion on social media and news. The TV reporter was saying she prefers Facebook over Twitter for news because "Everyone in the world is on Facebook!" I probably should have kept my mouth shut but said, "I'm not." There was an audible gasp of disbelief from the audience.

The panel moderator pressed me. I told her I had a very good reason I wasn't on Facebook. She didn't let it go. She wanted me to explain why, OMG! I wasn't on Facebook! I said in my position of head of a news station, (KFBK) I have to deal with 300-700 emails a day. There was another gasp from audience. Heck, that count is on a good day.

So hello! I guess it's about time. I have to admit I kind of liked my unique status of not being on Facebook. I was a conundrum. Someone who has been noted publicly for leading the charge in social media and news on Twitter in Sacramento but is not on Facebook.Years after its peak and weeks after its IPO took a huge plunge, I decide now I should finally join the party? Great timing, Judy.

I'll be honest. I really don't want to. I'm a private person for oh so many good reasons.

1 - Time. Running Sacramento's No. 1 radio newsroom is a 12-hour day for me. Let alone those 700+ emails that take up 2-3 hours of my time daily.

2 - Not into posting pics of family, friends, babies and pets. However, do like to post pics of what I eat and drink. :)

3 - Seriously, I took care of a family member for nearly three years. Not just a family member but a baby/toddler. Anyone who's a new parent knows the demand that takes. I knew I had to limit my schedule to keep my head above water. Run a newsroom and take care of a baby boy by myself? I had to sleep when he slept. Good luck new pregnant Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.

4 - Serious again. This may be the main reason. I've had at least two or more stalkers in my life who have monitored my moves. Why would I want to spoon feed them information about what I'm doing on Facebook?

But I realize there are so many wonderful people out there I am not connecting with. My family and lifelong friends I grew up with in New Jersey and the Northeast . My friends and work colleagues from ten years of living in Los Angeles. All the wonderful journalists I met on my two international journalism Fellowships to Asia and Europe. I have friends in Indonesia, India, Tokyo, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Berlin, etc.

I fear Facebook will turn out to be both a time suck and a stalker thing where people will look me up and demand even more of my time for their own personal reasons. I know my current co-workers are constantly being hit up by people to promote their causes; advertise their products; give them money for their charities. But what I fear the most is my lifelong girlfriends -- I am very blessed my two best friends are from kindergarten -- will post big hair, bikini shots from the 70s. (Please don't!!) That's why I prefer Twitter. I get to control my posts.

Facebook friends, prove my fears wrong. This will mostly be a page of what I'm doing professionally and some personal. I'm linking my blog page. I blog for both The Huffington Post and KFBK. I think you'll enjoy some of my posts -- from your business social style to whether you smooch or hug to whether you have a work husband/wife to whether it's okay to look at other men/women. On the serious side, there's a lot about politics -- including how Arnold Schwarzenegger gave me personal advice on my workouts and how I was supposed to be in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Really. Seriously. I missed it by minutes.

So welcome! Let's start to catch up!