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College students storm capital EIGHT JOURNALISM STUDENTS GET THEIR FIRST TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D C. ihoto bv Kristen Wohlers BY ALEXIS WAGAR Eight members o f The Clackamas Print traveled across the country to attend the Associated Collegiate Press College Media Convention in W ashington, D .C. in late October. This is the largest media convention for college students in the fall, having more than 200 sessions with experts and advisers. Founded in 1921, A CP’ s mission is to “ serve m edia and advisers, introduce new ideas and reinforce best practices, reward excellence, em brace diversity and provide am ple netw orking and partnership opportunities.” A lo n g w ith awards and ex h ib its, the convention also featured keynote speakers includin g D onna Brazile of the D em ocratic N ational Com m ittee, Bob Woodward of the W ashington Post, Jose A ntonio Vargas o f #Em ergingUS and Edward Snowden for the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Span ning the course o f three days, students; had th e o p p o rtu n ity to participate in events such as the photo shootout, two separate movie screenings, and a plethora of media tours including National Public Radio and CBS. As a part o f attending the convention, students also had lim ited opportunities to sign up for a tour of the White House. W ith eight o f our staff being on the trip, we were able to split up and conquer the convention. In our five days in D .C. we covered a lot of ground including visiting the Newseum, touring the W hite House and even catching an NBA game. Like us, som e journalism stud ents traveled far for the convention. On our flight hom e, one o f our staff members sat next to a student from Emerald Media, the University of Oregon’s student news operation. Throughout our days in D .C . we riiet people from all over the country, including students from Colorado and students who lived so close they cbuld take the local Metro to the convention each day. -«-[1’ m] very im pressed w ith m y first ACP conference,” said Lauren Berlingeri, a public relations student who traveled The opening of “The Art of the Qur’an,” at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery was held Oct. 22. Students from Clackamas were able to attend the event. For the full story on the opening, visit www.theclackamasprint.com. to the conference from Oklahoma City, O klahom a. “ Spectacular keynotes and great location.” “ M y favorite part o f the conference were the keynote speakers! They weren’t nobodies, but big nam es w ho’ve done big th in g s ,” said B erlingeri. “ It was like w atching history in front o f you and reaffirming those events did occur, because they were a part of it, My favorite keynote was Edward Snow den and many people were jealous that I got the opportunity to listen to him speak.” , Listening to Snowden was definitely a highlight of the conference. The former CIA em ployee, who copied and leaked National Security Agency inform ation, is con sidered a hero am o n g m an y journalists. There was a record-breaking audience o f hundreds w h o had the opportunity to listen and ask questions via satellite with Snowden, who is still' in Russia. “ If you’re not w illing to do the right th in g, particularly on this scale, to do so m ething fo r your country because you’re afraid of being called a couple bad names, you don’t care about your country that m uch,” Snowden said when he was asked about how he responds to both personal attacks and allegations that the leaks compromised national security. “ The reality is, this is more important than words. This is more important than my reputation.” Snowden also stated that if he could turn back time to do it again, he would have done everything sooner. “ I t was like watching history in front o f you anil reaffirming those events d id occur, because [th e speakers] were a p a rt o f it .” - Lauren Berlingeri Clackamas Print NOVEMBER 2,2016 theclackamasprint.com 3
