After thinking about it for a little bit, I’ve decided that today can be explained by the different feelings I experienced at the different phases of the day. Phase one: wake up at 3:40 AM – This is not worth it at all. Phase two: insane mob at the metro and 10 degree temperature- this [...]
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Inauguration Day
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday wasn’t a bad day at all for me. I didn’t have very much in mind or planned, and wanted to leave it that way considering how Inauguration Day was looking to turn out. I got up early and waited for everyone else to get up and around. I decided to go down to the [...]
Slow Day
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a great day considering how busy the past week has been. For the most part I got up late, quit the opposite of those who left early to make the concert. A few of us went to a restaurant just off of Union Station for lunch. We realized how busy it was in [...]
Saturday at the Newseum and around the city
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first day that we did not have a seminar or meet with the entire student group here. Instead, we went to the Newseum. The museum was composed of major media mile-stones and pieces of media history. There were two specific sections that caught my eye: the 9/11 and FBI sections. The 9/11 [...]
Yesterday’s post
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK so I’m a little late posting about yesterday’s activities. The day began as the last day of actual seminars. I enjoyed them for the most part but it was rather repetitive as we had been doing them since last Sunday, so to be done was a good feeling. After the seminar we went to [...]
Day 4- The Great Insult (But a pretty good day)
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we met with the Algerian Ambassador who was a very interesting person with very good ideas regarding peace in the Middle East- which to him can only happen with a resolution to all conflicts involving Israel. Ted Koppel spoke at the seminar as well as Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune. Koppel was rather [...]
Day 3
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, today was not the best day so far. In the morning seminars C-SPAN was filming live for about three hours. Steve Skulley took questions from the crowd and viewers nation wide, and did two interviews. The questions from the students were pretty good and generated good responses; the questions from callers, not so much. [...]
Day 2
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today was the second day of the seminar and the first day of sight visits. David O’Connor, a special agent in the Secret Service, Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel, columnists for US Today and Marc Pachter, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery all spoke in the morning. O’Connor talked about different aspects of [...]
Day 1
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a brief follow-up on what TJ and I saw yesterday- There was a Pro-Gaza/Pro-Palestinian protest outside of the White House and we spent about an hour observing, photographing and video-recording what we say. Check TJ’s posts for videos and pictures.
Today was the first official day of the inauguration seminar. For the most part it [...]
Finally In Washington
Posted in Matt Ingram on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TJ and I got to Washington about 7 AM this morning. My flight went well and getting to the hotel was easy. Its really nice here and the hotel is pretty classy so it should be a good stay. We have plenty of down time today as we got here early this morning so our [...]
