The Diamondback baseball game last night (Thursday, June 16) was great. We (me, Janet Amezcua, Cindy Hogentogler, Deb Grund, and Mindy Gilman) were in the all-you-can-eat box, but I only had two hot dogs, some peanuts, and some popcorn.
There are four of us from Pennsylvania (back: me and Cindy; front: Dave West and Bridget Freiler) who are attending the institute.
Today (Friday June 17) was not a great day. First, I got left behind during a tour at the Arizona Republic newspaper. I tried to find my way to the group, but they had moved into a conference room. I was only separated from the group for about 15 minutes, but it was upsetting.
In addition, during our 1:00 session, a guy came in to talk about narrative journalism. He was good, and he had a lot of knowledge. However, the stories he shared with us were extremely emotional. With Joshua going into the army next month, I don't focus on the negative, only the positive. The feature series that the man shared was so emotional that I needed to leave the room. Thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. I have posted two links below for the two series articles that were shared.
The Crevasse: A special report (this is non-fiction, and it is coming out in a book late July)
Final Salute (have a hanky handy)
On a positive note, I learned how to use Adobe InDesign. It was not really that hard because I am already an expert at Microsoft Publisher. I have resisted learning InDesign because I really didn't think it had anything new to offer. However, after my tour at the newspaper today, I learned that students who have any ambition of working for the news media should have a lot of experience in Adobe products. So I am happy that we are being given the opportunity to have tutorials using the products, so I know how to use them. Our newspaper does not have the money for the software; however, I have learned at this conference that there are many grants available (I just need to find them) that will help fund items that we need.
Once 5:00 came around the day really started picking up because we are done for the weekend (not really because we have assignments that need to be completed for Monday, but at least we will have some freedom to tour, shop, eat, and socialize). We tried to go to a pizza place recommended by Oprah, but whoops, you need a reservation. Who would have thunk?
So we ended up eating at Hard Rock Restaurant. The food is always good, and I definitely ate too much.
Afterward, we met at the pool to swap newspapers with each other for an hour.
There are four of us from Pennsylvania (back: me and Cindy; front: Dave West and Bridget Freiler) who are attending the institute.
Today (Friday June 17) was not a great day. First, I got left behind during a tour at the Arizona Republic newspaper. I tried to find my way to the group, but they had moved into a conference room. I was only separated from the group for about 15 minutes, but it was upsetting.
In addition, during our 1:00 session, a guy came in to talk about narrative journalism. He was good, and he had a lot of knowledge. However, the stories he shared with us were extremely emotional. With Joshua going into the army next month, I don't focus on the negative, only the positive. The feature series that the man shared was so emotional that I needed to leave the room. Thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. I have posted two links below for the two series articles that were shared.
The Crevasse: A special report (this is non-fiction, and it is coming out in a book late July)
Final Salute (have a hanky handy)
On a positive note, I learned how to use Adobe InDesign. It was not really that hard because I am already an expert at Microsoft Publisher. I have resisted learning InDesign because I really didn't think it had anything new to offer. However, after my tour at the newspaper today, I learned that students who have any ambition of working for the news media should have a lot of experience in Adobe products. So I am happy that we are being given the opportunity to have tutorials using the products, so I know how to use them. Our newspaper does not have the money for the software; however, I have learned at this conference that there are many grants available (I just need to find them) that will help fund items that we need.
Once 5:00 came around the day really started picking up because we are done for the weekend (not really because we have assignments that need to be completed for Monday, but at least we will have some freedom to tour, shop, eat, and socialize). We tried to go to a pizza place recommended by Oprah, but whoops, you need a reservation. Who would have thunk?
So we ended up eating at Hard Rock Restaurant. The food is always good, and I definitely ate too much.
Afterward, we met at the pool to swap newspapers with each other for an hour.