- Friday: SPJ pro and student members mingled at a social and met this peacock.
One of the residents at the conference hotel. #spj8 pic.twitter.com/npmSaAev4Aev4A
@SAlbarado says SPJ is vital & lists the many ways SPJ has fought for press freedoms this year. @spj_tweets #SPJ8 pic.twitter.com/NI3QBUtMJwtMJw- Saturday's Top Tweet goes to...
Reporting tip from @John_Tedesco that also works for dating: Google someone's name with words like lien, grand jury, indicted. #SPJ8- San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro stopped by for lunch.
Mayor @JulianCastro says he & his bro once aspired to be journalists. He's opening our #spj8 luncheon. pic.twitter.com/VtSILyp9Y5p9Y5
MT @AlexaYoussef: "There can be no higher law in journalism than telling the truth and shaming the devil." #spj8 #OUSPJ - @JulianCastro
- Keynote speaker Paula Poindexter gave journalists advice on engaging millennials.
#SPJ8 "We're in danger of becoming a nation where news consumers have become extinct." - Paula Poindexter
Me too! RT @fvaraorta: #Spj8 keynote speaker Paula Poindexter expresses doubt millenials will be big news consumers. I still have hope.- One of the first sessions of the day was covering Eagle Ford Shale.
- You don't have to cross the border to cover the story.
- National Weather Service forecaster gives helpful weather reporting tips.
#SPJ8 don't think your Chevy is made "like a rock" when it comes 2 floods, @NWSSanAntonio Orlando Bermudez schooled them!Seek shelter peeps!
#spj8 attendees gettin' schooled on tornados by @NWSSanAntonio's Orlando Bermudez. "They're called mobile homes for a reason"- Social media wiz Jeff Cutler shows journalists new tech, not new techniques.
- @JeffCutler Social media allows you to be everywhere and do your job more efficiently. #spj8
as they say, "you heard it here accurately" RT @JenMcInnis: @JeffCutler on soc media: Speed is not the endgame. Verification is key! #spj8- The diversity panel talked about hiring moms and military for diverse newsroom perspectives.
- The truth hurts! RT @KianaFitz Calvert: lack of diversity in newsrooms stems from hiring habits of ownership & mgmt. #spj8 ding Nailed it.
As seen on
satxspj.blogspot.com
satxspj.blogspot.comSPJ Region 8 conference tweets
Texas and Oklahoma chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists met at the Marriott Plaza in downtown San Antonio this weekend for informative sessions and networking opportunities. Here's some of what you missed.
Embed
Show Templates
