Take Twitter to the next level with Journalism Institute class, Friday, Feb. 6 at 9:30 a.m.

The National Press Club Journalism Institute plans to hold an intermediate training on how journalists can take Twitter to the next level on Friday, Feb.6

Registration is $5 for Press Club members; $10 for the public. Click here to register. Members should login for the promo code.

Now that you have the hang of tweeting, learn the easy way to adopt strategies that can boost your followers and engagement.

Topics expected to be covered include:

• The optimum ways to tweet when news breaks


• Reaching the communities you're covering


• How to trend on Twitter

Mark Luckie, @marksluckie, creative content manager for journalism and news at Twitter, plans to teach the class.

Luckie is a multi-platform journalist and editor, founder of the digital journalism blog "10,000 Words," and author of The Digital Journalist's Handbook, a guide to the tools necessary to thrive in the digital newsroom. He has produced multimedia and interactive stories for the Center for Investigative Reporting, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Contra Costa Times, and is a former crime and justice reporter for the Daytona Beach News-Journal.