bradley rayford from the st. louis area, ferguson, if particular, what have you been seeing out there? >> i seen people being more organized and looking more calmer, however the city is using a swat team. >> reporter: you were there at the university when there were arrests. protesters say it was a sit-in. police say they were tryinging as to storm this convenience store what is happening there? >> i think it's a sit-n. i think they want the people to see how the cops react to them sitting down. no rocks were returned from our perspective t. cops came in with the swat team and started arresting people. >> if you look over here at what is going on over here, there is a huge crowd. they're not going anywhere. there are probably several hundred people who are there. they were trying to make a point. you were saying this is beyond michael brown trayvon martin, so many others, people are trying to say this is a place where they want to see a change in how police act in neighborhoods, minority neighborhoods, in particu

bradley rayford. [applause] some of you all may know britney noble jones, kmov 4. was one of the first reporters. she drove the media coverage not just locally but nationally. how many followers did you have on twitter at that time? >> yes. first i started with 1500. then -- >> how many do you have? >> 13,000. >> 13,000. twitter does work. i've known britney since a student member of nabj. a student reporter in our convention in 2010 in san diego. i must point out she covered verge son while planning her wedding which took place how many weeks ago? >> like two. 30th. >> two weeks ago. the wedding, by the way i was not invited to? >> you didn't get one? >> i did not get an invitation. anyways this was your panel. we want to talk about the media coverage. we've had a lot of town hall meetings here talking about the police. talking about the city leaders. talking about voting, not voting. what about the media. how did the media cover this? let me ask you each, from your perspective, did the media get it right? mariah, i will start with you. >> i feel like the media di

bradley rayford. [applause] >> and finally, some of you may all know brittany noble-jones was one of the first reporters in ferguson on august 9th. here social media reports really drove the media coverage not just locally, but nationally. in fact, how many followers did you have on twitter at that time? >> yeah. at first i started with 1500 and -- >> now how many do you have? >> and ,000. >> 13,000. twitter does work. aye known brittany since she was a student reporter at our convention in 2010 in san diego, and i must point out she covered ferguson while planning her wedding which took place how many weeks ago? >> like two or three? [laughter] >> two or three weeks ago. the wedding, by the way, i was not invited to. >> you could have come. >> i didn't get an invitation. [laughter] anyways, this is your panel. we want to talk about the media coverage. we've had a lot of town hall meetings here talking about the police, talking about the city leaders, talking about voting, not voting. but what about t

bradley rayford. and some of you may have already known our last panelist, her social media reports really drove the media coverage, not just locally, but nationally. how many followers did you have on twitter at that time? >> first i started with 1500. and now i have 13 -- 30,000. >> twitter really does work. before theney situation, and she covered ferguson wallcovering -- while planning for her wedding. , by the way, i was not invited to. >> you could have come. [laughter] >> well, ok. [laughter] of town hall lot meetings here, talking about police, talking about city leaders, talking about voting, talking about not voting, to let me ask you each, your perspective. maria, i will start with you. media did dothe the best we could, well, i know i did, and i know a lot of the people appear did. >> you were out there. you have probably seen some of the coverage of ferguson, did you see any of the coverage, you were out there a long time. yes, i did to the coverage. the only thing i would have to -- say

bradley rayford. and some of you may have already known our last panelist, her social media reports really drove the media coverage, not just locally, but nationally. how many followers did you have on twitter at that time? >> first i started with 1500. and now i have 13 -- 30,000. -- 13,000. >> twitter really does work. i knew britney before the situation, and she covered ferguson wallcovering -- while planning for her wedding. the wedding, by the way, i was not invited to. >> you could have come. [laughter] >> well, ok. we have had a lot of town hall meetings here, talking about police, talking about city leaders, talking about voting, talking about not voting, to let me ask you each, your perspective. maria, i will start with you. >> i suspect the media did do the best we could, well, i know i did, and i know a lot of the people appear did. >> you were out there. you have probably seen some of the coverage of ferguson, did you see any of the coverage, you were out there a long time. >> yes, i did t