A Slower Day in Washington

I'm winding down a very quiet Monday at the office. It's amazing how much calmer Washington is when there are no press conferences and hearings as most of Congress gets back into town tonight. I started the day by picking up my photo pass from the Senate Press Photographers' Gallery. Previously, Hearst had given me paperwork for a daily print pass, but that doesn't put me in the area with the other photographers during hearings and committee meetings on the Hill. It was an easy mistake to make for a bureau that doesn't usually have a photographer around, but I'm glad I was able to get it all cleared up. The bureau had our weekly staff meeting at 11:30 where the interns out numbered the full time staff (nine of us here this summer). The buzz words around the table were energy, oil, and financial reform. Since financial reform isn't very visual in nature, I'll be working on a soundslides presentation of the BP Oil Spill from start to finish. It will cover the highlights of what has been going on there, including some AP photos from the gulf, audio from initial reports of the TV broadcasts and some photos of my own when 5 CEOs of major oil companies testify before the House Energy Committee tomorrow. I'll post the link here when it's finished.

My afternoon will consist of video editing from a couple interviews last week to produce a 3 minute video of clips on the New START treaty. Hopefully a low key night will follow before I dive into several projects this week. So far, there's no photo of the day since I've just been in my cubicle, but if I go out to do something touristy later I'll be sure to put something up.