Today was Wednesday which meant that I had Journalism for 5 hours straight. We started off the class with our interviews (couldn’t avoid hem any longer!) and they actually went well. I wasn’t too nervous and I didn’t stutter over my own friends so props to me:) Afterwards, Lynn announced that we would be writing a GSP newspaper that would be posted online and that’s when everyone got crazy excited. We divvied up the topics and we will have some re-occurring topics like an advice column, a review column, and other things but then we will also have editorials and feature stories that we will change every week. We start typing it up Friday and I can’t wait - my first assignment is reviews (books/music/movies) and roommate life.
Afterwards, it was time to leave for our field trip to, you guessed it, Morehead News. We walked 2.5 miles in the sweltering heat before we got there for a 20 minute tour. Not that it wasn’t interesting but there just wasn’t much to see. They had downsized from 52 to 18 workers - but that was partly because of the fact that they had consolidated their workforce by replacing it with more efficient technology and relocating their huge printing presses. Although, it was really interesting to see the transition the small local newspaper went through after adjusting to new technological advancements.
We also sat down and talked with the publisher of the paper and some of the other staff and got to ask questions and he got to tell us a bit more about working for the press. Sadly, that conversation dragged on for about 2 hours leaving us with now time to go to The Fuzzy Duck:( Hopefully Lynn will take us next week!
The majority of my day had been spent dominating at Apples to Apples so I can’t complain too much;) The roommates and I are about to head off the second installment of Between a Tweet and a Blog. I don’t have high expectations considering last weeks wasn’t all that it was hyped up to be but maybe it will be more interesting! Then, maybe we’ll socialize a but before curfew. Only 2 days left until I see the parents!
edit: The Between a Tweet and a Blog this time was MUCH better! Instead of teachers like last time, today it was RA’s who got up and spoke. They were all incredible but I think my favorite was this one RA, Faina, who pretended that she was going to sing “Let It Be” by The Beatles but then suddenly changed the entire plot of her speech and made it about how we have the power to make anything happen and we shouldn’t just sit around and “let it be” when we an make an impact. It was phenomenal.
On the way, I got caught in a thunderstorm with my jacket over my head until a kind soul from my seminar offered to share his umbrella and walk me to my dorm. It was nice to be able to have a conversation with him outside of class. Overall, a really nice day:)
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