July 17, 2009
MY FINAL HOUR :(
Listening to Helen Thomas speak is something I’ll never forget. And even if I do, unfortunately, forget it (in case I have a stroke or get Alzheimer’s disease or something), I still have documentation of the event.
The WJMC is officially winding down, and so is this blog. My posts are lame.
Mainly because the only thing I can think so say is, WHY CAN’T THIS CONFERENCE BE A MONTH LONG?
I think I am going to continue blogging, though. Not necessarily on this website, because I think my account is only temporary, but my fellow youth correspondent Kylee suggested I join livejournal.com and start a blog there. Once I make one, I’ll post the link on here.
I used to blog EXCESSIVELY when I was in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. Yeah, that’s right–I was AHEAD of the trend. I was a hardcore blogger, too. I posted things at least once a day, knew how to create different layouts for my site, figured out how to have music play when people looked at my page, and posted pictures, links, and videos. I kind of trailed off when I got to high school because my life suddenly got a lot busier, and my friends that were “blog buddies” with me stopped posting things, so I forgot about it. I’m happy to return to the blog world, where ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!
I’m also happy I attended this conference. It was even more incredible than I expected. I’m going to recommend this conference, as well as George Mason University,to my friends back home who have an interest in writing, journalism, and politics, as well as other people who I think would enjoy the conference and the school.
As I enter into my final hour at the Washington Journalism and Media Conference, I reflect on the wonderful things I’ve seen, heard, and learned, as well as the people I have connected with. I can’t believe how lucky I am. The Washington Journalism and Media Conference seemed to have found its way into my life by sheer chance. When I received the invitation in the mail, I read over it, and minutes later I presented it to my mother with a serious intent to force her to let me go! The invitation could not have come at a better time. I was going through a very hard time in my life, and the invitation to the conference was the PERFECT thing to cheer me up.
Again, I am SO fortunate to have been selected to attend this conference. I am not being facetious when I say that it has changed my life. Before this conference, I was wary about going into the field of journalism, but now, I realize that it is the career path I am called to take. I am so inspired by the staff and guests of the WJMC, and they took a real interest in me when I asked them any questions or talked to them about my plans for the future. I can’t thank those people enough, and I don’t think they will ever realize how much they have affected me. Thank you WJMC, from the bottom of my heart, this conference was COMPLETELY worth it, and if there’s any way I could attend it again, I WOULD!
GOD BLESS AMERICA,
Rachel Bourne, future journalist and white house correspondent.
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