Navigate the wave of social media that’s sweeping into your newsroom and sharpen your skills to make your stories stand out! Go beyond the basics and “how-to” instruction and concentrate on how journalists can use social media as tools to cultivate and find sources.

Join the Arizona Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association and Arizona Latino Media Association for a social media workshop lead by Robert Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism.  This seminar was a crowd-pleaser when Hernandez gave it at both the Asian and Hispanic Journalists Conventions this summer.

When: 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 23
Where: Arizona Republic building, 200 E. Van Buren, Pulliam Conference room
Cost: $15 for AAJAz members who pre-register and send in their registration fees by October 21; $10 for students; and $25 for non-members and on-site registration

RSVP to aajaaz@gmail.com OR call Jeffrey Ong at 602-650-5563. Send cash or checks made out to AAJAz to: Jeffrey Ong c/o CBS 5, 4016 N. Black Canyon Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85017

Your workshop fee covers all the materials you’ll need plus lunch!

For more information, including a workshop itinerary, visit AAJAz on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/29bozy8.