Getting Published

So today was going to be a relatively quiet day at the office with just a few video interviews this afternoon, but after getting to the office I saw there was a hearing with the CEOs of Continental and United testifying about their merger. Since Continental is headquartered in Houston I ran over to the Hill to snap some photos real quick. I found out later tonight that my photo will appear in tomorrow's business section of the Houston Chronicle, possibly on the front page of the section. I've had photos online so far during my internship, but this will be my first photo in print. Houston is also a top ten paper in terms of circulation so that's pretty exciting as well. Here is my photo of United CEO Glenn Tilton and Continental CEO Jeff Smisek as they testify before the House Transportation Committee.

Later this afternoon Alan and I did another video interview with a NATO leader, a prime minister too...of Latvia. Don't worry, I had to look up where Latvia is on Google too. We're working on a video series of world views of the United States since Obama has become president. Believe it or not, Latvia was the country that was hit worst by the economic recession so it was very interesting to hear his opinion. I'm still working through some issues with trying to get video off the video camera since no computers will recognize the device, but we'll see how it goes.

Tomorrow includes two hearings simultaneously that I need to be at. First, Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Gates, and Secretary of Energy Chu are testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. It's not every day you see three members of the cabinet together. Also, the chairman of BP is testifying before the House Energy Committee in another building so it'll be interesting to juggle both.

Starting to wind down week two and still loving every minute of my job. Each day brings new experiences and new challenges. New people to talk to and new places to try and get published. Looking forward to developing relationships with photo editors at the Hearst papers and being better able to serve their photo needs in Washington.