The Arizona Association of Black Journalists in cooperation with the Society of Professional Journalists, will host a Facebook for Journalists training on Saturday, Feb. 29. The event is free and open to journalists, PR professionals and others in media – but requires a free registration.

Where: Arizona Charter Schools Association, 12439 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix

When: Saturday, Feb. 29, 11 a.m.

Register here: https://form.jotform.com/200246528525149

More info about the what is covered in the program: https://www.spj.org/facebook.asp The trainer will share products and tools – including Live, Groups and CrowdTangle – that help journalists leverage Facebook and Instagram for news gathering, storytelling and connecting with their followers.

The instructor will be Lynn Walsh (above), accomplished journalist and journalism leader. She is an Emmy award-winning freelance journalist who has worked in investigative, data and TV journalism at the national level as well as locally in California, Ohio, Texas and Florida. Based in San Diego, she is a past national president of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Project Manager at the Trusting News project, where she’s helping to rebuild trust between newsrooms and the public. #RealNews Here’s something Lynn has written about the topic: https://www.quillmag.com/2018/11/30/how-to-use-facebook-as-a-journalist/

Please share this event with your colleagues and other journalists/PR pros who might want to attend.