Robert Quigley

Robert Quigley is the social media editor for the Austin American-Statesman. He is the newspaper's chief community engagement strategist, and he has been the voice behind the @statesman Twitter account since June 2008. In 2010, the Statesman won a first-place Texas APME award for breaking news coverage of the Fort Hood shootings, and the judges singled out his use of social media to cover the story. Before becoming social media editor in the summer of 2009, Quigley has been the Internet editor, letters editor, assistant news editor, a page-one designer, a copy editor and a sports writer.