March for Life story told on social media by DoT faithful
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
Jan. 22 marked what I consider my first large-scale social media success in the Diocese of Trenton.
Don’t get me wrong, there have been many small successes as we learn and grow together in communicating, interacting and evangelizing via social media outlets, but something bigger happened during the March for Life in Washington.
Many of you helped me tell the story of the day’s events even though I couldn’t be there with you.
The DoT Instagram feed filled up with dozens of photos tagged with #DoTMarch4Life, which we established ahead of time as a catchall for Diocese of Trenton-related media coming out of our nation’s capitol that day.
Our Facebook timeline started populating with March for Life content early Thursday – Deacon Jim Grogan of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold, posted first, with photos from a morning send-off Mass just after 8 a.m. – and didn’t end until people got caught up well into Friday afternoon.
I was impressed. What struck me most was that people of all ages were posting.
Among the #DoTMarch4Life photos were some from teens and young adults, which I expected, but the majority of them were from people who aren’t necessarily part of my plugged-in generation.
Donna Goodwin, of the Diocese’s Respect Life Ministry, received a crash course in Instagram in the week leading up to the March – she even came up with the hashtag we used throughout the day – and she took pictures and posted right from the field. That’s a first from the DoT at the March for Life.
There were so many photos that I was able to make a lengthy slideshow to capture all of your great work. You can watch that slideshow on the left side of our Facebook page.
And even after that was completed, more photos flowed in. So that nothing was left out, I also created a photo album of photos sent in by representatives of Diocese of Trenton parishes and schools. That, too, can be viewed on our Facebook page.
So kudos to everyone who did something different and tried something new on Jan. 22; you helped tell a story, engage and communicate with people who couldn’t be there with you – including me.
That’s no small feat.
Let’s keep up the great work during other events throughout the year.
Brittany Wilson is the Diocese of Trenton’s social media coordinator. She can be reached by emailing [email protected].
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Jan. 22 marked what I consider my first large-scale social media success in the Diocese of Trenton.
Don’t get me wrong, there have been many small successes as we learn and grow together in communicating, interacting and evangelizing via social media outlets, but something bigger happened during the March for Life in Washington.
Many of you helped me tell the story of the day’s events even though I couldn’t be there with you.
The DoT Instagram feed filled up with dozens of photos tagged with #DoTMarch4Life, which we established ahead of time as a catchall for Diocese of Trenton-related media coming out of our nation’s capitol that day.
Our Facebook timeline started populating with March for Life content early Thursday – Deacon Jim Grogan of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold, posted first, with photos from a morning send-off Mass just after 8 a.m. – and didn’t end until people got caught up well into Friday afternoon.
I was impressed. What struck me most was that people of all ages were posting.
Among the #DoTMarch4Life photos were some from teens and young adults, which I expected, but the majority of them were from people who aren’t necessarily part of my plugged-in generation.
Donna Goodwin, of the Diocese’s Respect Life Ministry, received a crash course in Instagram in the week leading up to the March – she even came up with the hashtag we used throughout the day – and she took pictures and posted right from the field. That’s a first from the DoT at the March for Life.
There were so many photos that I was able to make a lengthy slideshow to capture all of your great work. You can watch that slideshow on the left side of our Facebook page.
And even after that was completed, more photos flowed in. So that nothing was left out, I also created a photo album of photos sent in by representatives of Diocese of Trenton parishes and schools. That, too, can be viewed on our Facebook page.
So kudos to everyone who did something different and tried something new on Jan. 22; you helped tell a story, engage and communicate with people who couldn’t be there with you – including me.
That’s no small feat.
Let’s keep up the great work during other events throughout the year.
Brittany Wilson is the Diocese of Trenton’s social media coordinator. She can be reached by emailing [email protected].
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