It has trully been wonderul.

THANK YOU!

I have started packing. This week has gone by faster than most expected. I’ve met new friends, seen new places, and even tasted turtle chowder (I will never get over that chowder!). The best part of this expereince was learning abot journalism and media from some of the greatest in the field. I don’t want to comment on every speaker, but they were knowledgealbe and kind enough to take time out of their already hectic schedules to educate us.

However, I didn’t enjoy how we went to some places that I felt were a waste of time. It’s great to “sight see”, but I came here to learn. I wish we could have learned a lot more this week. The speakers, although gracious, were repetitive from one to the other.  More integration into this conference was needed, but I greatly enjoyed it overall. The staff and my adviser, Ms. Amy Poe (Po Po) have been wonderful. Thank you!

My video wouldn’t upload.

I may edit this later, but I really would like to convey the message to the world that this technology is horrid.

The cafes at these museums were more enjoyable than space monkeys. I tried free samples at the National Museum of the American Indian (don’t be confused with those individuals who  migrated from India to the states) today, and it was wonderful!

Turtle Chower

Avocado Soup

Those are dishes I will take back with me. I will also take back with me the value of NOT SPECULATING. Why must the arrogant speakers this morning act like they know the future of their field. One member of that panel was ecstatic that he had 13,000+ followers on Twitter. Okay, Oprah has 1,000,000+.

Tell Politico.com that in order to spread their word and make people want to read them, they need to ADVERTISE to the public. Get kids hooked. It worked for McDonalds and Walt Disney. All the speakers tell similar stories of speculation. It’s not healthy.

Nothing innovative here. I don’t feel like I can fully express my views without being watched by Big Brother.

I need to write my biography, but time constraints are horrible.

Newseum

This shouldn’t take long, because I fear I may not have the opportunity to get on later tonight. I received the right to this blog late Sunday night. Last night I was unable to get on (server issues).

The above picture was taken by myself at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Under time constraints, I tried to fit the history of news in a couple of hours. It didn’t work. I felt like I wasted my time on a few exhibits that I could have accessed freely at home on Google.com with sleep breaks in between.

I remember one specific event the occurred here. It has nothing to do with the history of media, but the history a speaker here lacked: The American Civil War.  No, The American Civil War wasn’t essentially about slavery. I’m from the South and I know that this is false. The American Civil War was to try and get the Confederate States of American to rejoin the Union. She lost credibility, so I ignored her and the plain PowerPoint she had troubled presenting.