The rest of my week seemed to go by in a flash, weekend included. I've had many other firsts since my last post too. I'll try to give everyone the highlights and get on a daily blogging schedule this week.
Tuesday day was supposed to be a quiet day at the office, but then Admiral Allen, National Incident Commander of the BP oil spill announced a press conference the following morning. Since Hearst owns the Houston Chronicle and BP is headquartered in Houston this oil spill definitely matters. I was able to get some good shots of Admiral Allen which will be a part of a project I'll be working on this week: a soundslides presentation of the oil spill from start to finish. On Wednesday, I briefly visited the Czech Republic. Alan and I had a video interview with the Czech Ambassador and when you visit the embassy you are technically in that country. The embassy was in a beautiful area on the outskirts of Washington and had a modern, cool architectural flare on it's interior.
Thursday was by far my busiest day of the week. It began with the Senate Finance Committee meeting that I mentioned in my previous post. I saw my first member of the Cabinet there and look forward to seeing a few more this upcoming week. From the Hill, I went to another video interview with Ambassador Ryan Crocker who served in many Middle Eastern countries. Alan and I interviewed him at The Willard, a beautiful DC hotel. That afternoon I photographed another hearing where 4 women and 1 young girl shared their personal testimonies regarding immigration and why they oppose the Arizona immigration reform law. Below is a photo of the young girl crying as she retold the tale of her parents being arrested by the deputies and how she still fears them today.
Thursday night I attended my first movie premiere, technically documentary premiere titled "Gerrymandering," featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hearst also owns the San Francisco Chronicle so they sent me to get a picture of their governor at the event. After the documentary, the press waited on the sidewalk for Schwarzenegger to come out of the theater to take questions before he left. Many tourists asked who we were waiting for. Some didn't believe us when we told them, but those that waited around got to see the governator himself before he hopped in his black suburban. Here is one of my photos from the event.
On Friday, I was thankful for a quiet day. I just had two video interviews with Steve Hadley, Bush's National Security Advisor and Ambassador Tom Pickering who served in places like India, Israel and the United Nations. To clarify, all of these video interviews will be divided into two episodes. Hadley and Pickering will be in one episode, to be online later this week, discussing New START. The other names I have mentioned will be combined with other interviews to come this summer to create a video on how the world view of the United States has or hasn't changed since Obama took office. I'll provide links here when those videos are completed.
Even in such a short amount of time this internship has been so rewarding and I know that feeling will only continue to grow. As a first time visitor to DC, I have been given the special privilege of getting an inside and up close look on how our government operates. Berry prides itself on allowing students to experience firsthand how their academic studies can carry over into the practical application of a student work position and that is exactly what this internship has done for me. I have had the privilege of shooting alongside Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Scott Applewhite when I covered Geithner and shooting the White House with many other tourists. I am absolutely loving every minute of being in DC and while I may be exhausted when I lay down every night, my energy is renewed when I think about the excitement of the day to come. Every day brings something new and that is what I love the most about what I'm doing.
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