JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<span id="mySpan"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/jxGars.jpg" alt="Some nice alt text" /><br/>
 Link text</span>

JavaScript

spanVar = document.getElementById("mySpan");
spanVar.addEventListener("click", myEvent, false);

function myEvent(e){
        alert(this);
}