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Today, we had a press conference. The speaker was the white house deputy press secretary, so he was well informed about the happenings of the Obama administration. I am really interested in current events and what is going on at the White House, so it was really cool to hear his answers to the well thought out questions everybody was asking. It was well organized and the building we were in was gorgeous. Then, we had the pannel that talked to us about their experiences as journalists, or whatever else they did. The pannelists were great. I thought the discussion of paid versus unpaid internships was interesting. The pannelists shared their different viewpoints and explanations for the those views with us. That was great because we had the information in the end to kind of make our own well-informed decision about the topic. The George Mason graduate that worked on the radio was hilarious and a really fun addition to the pannel. It was really cool that almost all the people we have met this week have been willing to give us their contact information and help us anytime we need it once we get home.

We had the priviledge today of meeting Chuck Todd, chief white house correspondent for NBC. It was really cool to meet him and hear about his daily interactions with the president. I also liked the lecture Dean Flagel gave on picking the right college and the application process. It was helpful and entertaining at the same time. Those, in my opinion, were the two best speakers of the week. After that, we went to the capitol. I liked the tour, but the trip was not very organized and we were outside, in our dress clothes, in the heat for way too long. Those conditions combined with my lack of sleep resulted in an irritating afternoon. The panel that night was pretty good, though, so the night ended well.

Toady we went to the Newseum.  It was really cool to see all the history that journalism has documented.   The Newseum made me look at historical events from a different viewpoint, that of a journalist. I went to the table that had different scenerios journalists could be put it where they are forced to decide if it is ethical or not to publish a story. There is a lot of gray area in journalism that I had never really thought of before.

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