Ohh, Mondays!

AP=Mother Country of Journalists!

I had a great first week working at Book Hill, but then Monday came around. Dum-Dum-Dum… I knew Mondays were going to be long days, but I had no idea. I went to work, and then Molly, Sara and I had our first Lecture Series event. Pretty much we go and hear someone lecture about what they do in their field. Molly and I went together to the Double Tree Hotel. We were scheduled to hear Rosemary Reed, President, Double R Productions and Marc Adelman speak. Rosemary and Marc were great and they gave awesome advice for “baby” journalists. They told us to stick with journalism and not give up just because the industry is crashing. That lecture lasted until 4:30 pm. I couldn’t go home, because it was my first day of class. So, I found a book store, sat down and read my book for two hours. I lost track of time, and I had to rush to find the AP News Bureau. It turns out that I had the wrong time, and I was half an hour early.

Inside the AP News Bureau

I was super excited to see the AP building. It’s like the mother country of journalists. We met our professor, Professor Feldman, in the lobby. When the rest of the class got there, she started to pass out our AP TAGS!!! Yes, I have an official press tag!! HAHA! She gave us a tour of the building! Way Awesome! By the way, my class is called Media, Ethics and the Movies. You know, like “All the President’s Men,” which is one of the movies we will be watching. (I have seen it three times…no worries) The first movie we watched was “The Front Page.” It’s a 1974 film about cop beat reporters in the 30s. It is so funny! The film depicts the exact opposite of a good reporter. Anything and everything that is wrong about reporters is shown in the film. The reporters lie, exaggerate and manipulate the truth. I did enjoy the movie. What I didn’t enjoy was getting out of class almost one hour late. The class is from 6:30pm-9:30pm, but we got out around 10:20pm. The Metro ride to Franconia-Springfield is about one hour. I got home at 11 pm, and I was beyond pooped! But the worst part- getting up the next morning at 6 am. Not fun! Well, that was my Monday. Don’t worry; I do have a recommendation for you guys.

Leli’s recommendation: Potbelly’s sandwich shop! Ohhh Yummmy! FYI, I got the Pizza sandwich. PS: ALWAYS PACKED!

Until next time, Ciao!

I had to take a picture of them! Yah!!