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To read part 7 click here. Today included a rather underwhelming tour of Voice of America in which we got to meet none of the journalists working there, were not allowed into any of the actual news rooms, and had to look at unoccupied 'display' studios which we were not allowed to take any photos of... About the only interesting thing about the visit was finding out that, if the […]
To read part 6 click here. Some random observations of the United States... so far: - There are 'smoke shops' all over, though I haven't gone into one (honest!). - The people around here clearly like their iced tea. - Everything is sweet. - or only available in large packs (at least at the Safeway - which still sounds to me like it should be a pharmacy rather than a […]
To read part 5 click here. Today I discovered that there is something worse than the person who says: "I don't have a question per se, more of a comment" - the fact that there are apparently people who ask questions that take longer to get to the point than the presentation they're asking a question about!! So, due to that, and the fact that I'm sure no-one reading this […]
To read part 4 click here. Today the formal part of the visit began, with a visit to the offices of project partner FHI 360 and an introduction to the programme by them, and representatives from the US State Department. We were also spoiled with a visit to the famous Bobby Van's Steakhouse, where, while conscious of the need to be able to stay awake for a presentation in the […]
To read part 3 click here. Day 3: Today started with a session where we all got to introduce ourselves and find out more about each other, one that once again left me with a profound sense of imposter syndrome but also joy at being able to be sharing this trip with journalists of this caliber and experience - from the 37 year-old Algerian Bouzid Ichalalene who, when the newspaper […]
If you missed part 2 click here. Day 2 continued: Post 4: Inspired by Jeanne I decided to go find the Ford Theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot, and, by default, the house across the street where he succumbed, the following day, to the bullet that had penetrated both hemispheres of his brain. In the museum in the building next door you can see the weapons Lincoln's bodyguard offered him […]
