{"id":40658,"date":"2025-10-28T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/?p=40658"},"modified":"2025-11-22T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:34:30","slug":"the-reporter-visits-the-nations-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/the-reporter-visits-the-nations-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reporter Visits The Nation\u2019s Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attended MediaFest 25 at the Fall National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. from Oct. 15-18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The traveling crew consisted of forum editor <\/span><b>Ninette Portero, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">media adviser <\/span><b>Manolo Barco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spent the first part of our day settling into our hotel, the Grand Hyatt Washington, which also hosted the convention we were attending. That same day, we began our adventure into Washington, D.C. with a night-time tour of some of the monuments, including the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weather was colder than what we are used to in South Florida, but as the bus zipped around the city and the wind snapped against our faces we enjoyed the sites, sounds and lights of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the next two days, we attended a plethora of insightful workshops and sessions that gave us perspective into photography, editing, social media and building a successful freelancing career. We also attended workshops by the Student Press Law Center, a session by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Rapid Response Investigative Team and a workshop on the future of artificial intelligence in journalism, just to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other highlights at the conference included a keynote that included former <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s Executive Director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/dean-baquet\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dean Baquet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and former Indiana Daily director of student media Jim Rodenbush, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/10\/14\/indiana-university-fires-student-newspaper-adviser-amid-push-to-control-ids-content\/86694502007\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who was fired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amidst a fight between school leadership and editors at the paper over what content is printed in the publication. He received a standing ovation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On our fourth day in D.C., <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/the-reporter-and-miambiance-selected-as-pacemaker-finalists\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attended the Associated Collegiate Press Awards Ceremony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in hopes of winning our sixth Pacemaker Award.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we did not win, but we were recognized as finalists in the two-year newspaper\/news magazines category.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We ended our visit to the nation\u2019s capital the following day by taking a day tour of the district, visiting some areas we missed, including the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MediaFest 25 was a fulfilling experience for us as aspiring journalists. Getting the opportunity to hear from industry professionals with decades of experience as well as peers from around the country was priceless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you D.C., and hopefully we can take home that sixth Pacemaker next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Click<\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i> here<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, The Reporter attended MediaFest 25 at the Fall National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. from Oct. 15-18. The traveling crew consisted of forum editor Ninette Portero, media adviser Manolo Barco\u00a0and myself. 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