*sorry, technological issues delayed this one for a few days…
So I’m on the bus heading to the Newseum (I can’t get over just how witty that is ;D). So far today was great! A little exhausting-definitely not a good idea to try and run on 4 hours of sleep at the WJMC-but wonderful nonetheless. Breakfast was great, just like the tour guides told us it would be. I am also really enjoying our group work…we’re all very talkative and insightful when it comes to discussions (or dialogues!). It’s so interesting to meet so many different types of people…I wasn’t expecting it, to be honest. I was thinking it was going to be a group of 150 overachievers who knew exactly where they wanted to go and who they wanted to be, but we’re all so unique with different opinions and views. It’s actually quite refreshing to be in a forum in which people my age are encouraged to both formulate and share opinions and views on the world.
The speaker this morning was decent. I am sure it was a combination of sleep deprivation and excitement that rendered me unable to focus, but I did catch some interesting information. The concept of Mr. Pippert’s “constants” of journalism was refreshing, especially when we’re being told there is no predictability in the business. Quite simply, his constants boiled down to; 1.There will always be things we need to know and 2. There will always be things we want to know . The two sound very broad and obvious observations, but they are going to render journalism a nescesity in the future. We may not know where it’s going to go, but at least we know it has to go somewhere.
K that’s it for now! I’m going to power nap!