Wednesday, July 13, 2011

5.4.3.2.1 Live

Where do I begin? Today we were on C-SPAN...dang right? For those of us who have not been part of a live studio audience(me being one) it was a really unique experience. It is a different enviroment for sure, knowing that your on live tv creates a good amount of pressure especially for the aspiring journalist. In addition to being in front of a live audience we were part of an annual taping for C-SPAN.


Yesterday was also a very full day. You'll never guess who came to us. HODA...Hoda Kotb co-host of The Today Show. She was a great woman, who was so full on inspiration that I felt that I was at a motivational conference rather than a journalism one. She was very honest and down to earth. For example, she brought her iPod and started singing. She had a great focus on not giving up and being 100% in the moment as well as being confortable on the camera.

You know that singing I was talking about? Well here it is. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150241907997636.324341.598322635#!/video/video.php?v=10150243301317636

Oh and we saw Chuck Todd, CHUCK TODD. It was so great I don't even know how to explain the moment. Seeing him in real life was really, really neat!

On another note, today was full of reflections for me. I have learned so much more than I had expected to learn. I don't just mean in the journalism area, but in the social aspect of DC. After learning to function on very little sleep these past few days has made me realize that this is true journalism, there is no break. I mean what better way to learn 24/7 journalism than by being part of what feels like 24/7 journalism.

Let me begin by apologizing for my slipshod writing, I am working on 4 hours of sleep the past 4 days. Thanks! I will elaborate more later, but good night for tonight. I am exaughsted.

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