Last Night
So tonight we had our gala. AND IT WAS A BLAST!!! It was such a perfect way to end this fantastic week.
Now, for what happened during the day:
In the beginning of the day, we all heard two speakers talk about our individual rights as students and how important it is to get an internship and how to act accordingly at that internship. The first speech, the one about our rights as journalists, I felt didn’t have as much as an impact on me as it may have for some others because I am very privileged when it comes to having an enormous freedom with printing what I want in our school newspaper. My advisor, Mr. Kevin Keegan, has very a hands-off attitude towards us and lets us choose the things we want to write about with very little or no say from him. However, I would say that this speech made me appreciate him and his position a lot more. The second speech had an impact on me as well as it just showed how evidently important it is to find an internship in order to make connections and have relationships with people in the business field that will help you get farther.
In the second half of the day, Sam and I travelled around the Capitol and met a budget assistant for his Senator of Pennsylvania and also met a family friend of his that works under a representative of Texas. This whole experience was a great way to practice networking being able to talk to interns themselves and getting business cards from different media experts in the office was an absolutely beneficial experience.
As this conference is coming to a close, I can’t help but realize all of the lessons I have learned over this week and the friendships I have made that I pray to God continue on. Thank you Washington Journalism and Media Conference of 2011 for providing one of the best weeks of my life.
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