Jen's George Mason Trip!

July 15, 2009

Gunshots, statues, and clementines another busy day at the Washington Journalism and Media conference. It all started off at five thirty, actually five fourty-five, in my small but “cozy” dorm room. I had awaken to the sound of a shower and was groggily rubbing my eyes until suddenly I felt myself sliding off my plastic wrapped bed. I slowly got ready for the day, thinking of all the things we were going to do. My feet were already beginning to hurt. After a quick breakfast we set off for the day, stepping on to the bus with a purpose, pulling our cameras out of our bags, and sipping the last dregs of our coffee, ready to get onto the road and then to head to the capital. The bus was silent, mouths hung open, hands remained motionless, the entire bus slept until we finally arrived at the art gallery where we listened to Chuck Todd discussed the most important parts of journalism and the importance of attending as many events as possible when your first starting out in the journalism world. We then listened to Andrew Flagel give a speech about college applications which was suprisingly funny! Lunch and shopping were definetly a better part of the day (although I think the sushi was funny), however the hour break we had was definetly good too! Although I would have liked to see more of the capital it was really cool to actually go inside of it! The statues were pretty cool too! The rest of the evening was fun and my group spent it eating clementines and cookies and discussing what questions we would ask at the press confrence tomorrow.