1. Faith Tarantino, ‘20, said of the new Lion statue, “When I pass the lion statue, I’m always proud of how much we are growing as a school and community since I’ve gotten here. I’ve seen the way this school has grown and progressed and it makes me hopeful for what’s to come.” pic.twitter.com/DTunDqOFzx

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

2. Of working at Frutta Bowls in Campustown, Victoria Newcombe ‘20, says, “It’s very flexible with being a student. Everyone who works here basically goes to TCNJ.” pic.twitter.com/jvxtn0OtqZ

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

Manager Brian from PostNet in Campustown says of Ewing location, “Its good to interact with the student base, the community. We have a really rich community here.” pic.twitter.com/GWjZ1ggs4J

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

Jenna, ‘20, says she wants to try Yummy Sushi in Campustown. pic.twitter.com/d3BKAhkD4z

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

5. The new STEM building at the College is a $75 million dollar project that includes robotics labs and design studios for integrated research. pic.twitter.com/APbv0n5afC

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

6. A beautiful scenic spot of historic Green Hall in the snow. pic.twitter.com/7JRkJmu7F3

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

7. A little known fact about TCNJ is that there are 400+ employers recruiting right on campus- just like the access services desk at the Library. pic.twitter.com/u4UQPQbiUs

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

8. An attraction on the TCNJ campus for the Ewing community is the Sarnoff Collection, which has over 6,000 artifacts that document influential developments in radio and communication. pic.twitter.com/D6rgeQYM7e

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

9. And finally, here’s a picturesque view from Roscoe West. The TCNJ and Ewing communities are collaborative and support one another. #JPW250s19 pic.twitter.com/8L1s1RvDmc

— lara (@larebearr2) March 7, 2019

After this experience, we have learned how to use Twitter to connect to the community around us in an effective way. Specific features of Twitter helped us to connect with peers and members of the community. For example, tagging our location on each post in our thread grounded the tweets to a certain area. Then, viewers of the tweet can also view other tweets in the area that are related. This is similar with the hashtag, which we used as well to see other related tweets from peers. – Lara Becker
Throughout this project, we not only learned how to cultivate my journalism and interviewing skills for social media but also how to bring a sense of community to those not necessarily in it. Social media is a powerful tool for those in the the news and journalism industries and it can be used to reach a range of people all over the world, niches, and communities of people is well. This project combined these two aspects as we created a sense of our community with the tweets for people who don’t necessarily live in it or even near it. – Natalie Matos