Alexa, play “Livin’ La Vida Loca” by Ricky Martin. Today was a long day and our first media visit since Hearst UK last Thursday. I was very sad to leave Liverpool – I am making a promise to myself to return to that beautiful city – but at least the drive to Manchester today did […]
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High Tech in MediaCity
Today’s schedule was a blast from the past. While I am a photographer and not a media or film major, going to MediaCity UK brought back many memories to me. In high school, I was part of the theatre crew where I worked with the lighting and sounds boards. The first place we went to […]
Day 4: Media visits At Hearst
Today’s visit was to the Hearst agency and this place was a huge modern office settings and full of publications that are read across the world. It was amazing to see the amount of data that these places use and are exposed to. Much of the analytics the team processes are used and put towards […]
In a committed relationship with jet lag
London. Day 2. Exhaustion has fully set in. Jet lag is real… and it HURTS. Caffeine has become my new best friend (as if it wasn’t already). On to bigger and brighter things though, we had our first media visit today. Flashback to two years ago, I remember when I was first applying to study […]
BBC and Media City: Day 8
Welcome to Media City The next morning, we departed for Manchester, a.k.a. Media City. Manchester is the current home of the BBC which is located right next to Salford University. The university is located in Media City, which is one of the biggest media hubs in Europe. The University is full of different TV and […]
Day 8: MediaCityUK!
Monday, May 13, 2019 Today we got in the bus and headed to Manchester to visit MediaCity. MediaCity is an international hub for technology and creativity. It is the home of companies like BBC, ITV, Ericsson, dock10 and Kellogg’s as well as the MediaCityUK campus of University of Salford. We started our day off with […]
Manchester: Golden Receiver
Today we took a trip to Media City, in Manchester. Media City is where the BBC is currently located, so we got to tour the BBC which was really exciting, along with a trip to tour the University of Salford. The University of Salford is another school that Point Park has partnered with, allowing students […]
Day 7: Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
Today was a nice, beautiful, easy day in Liverpool. We had the morning free so a few of us went to this restaurant called The Hub for breakfast. When we sat down we, I couldn’t wait to order a cappuccino. Naomi, Diego, and I were waiting to place our order for food because we were […]
Day 7: Liverpool is in My Ears and in my Eyes
Sunday, May 12, 2019. Today was a dream come true, really. My family is really into music and I have been listening to The Beatles for longer than I can remember. Now, I am in Liverpool where music history was made! The morning was free, so I took that time to sleep and visit a […]
Day Seven: I drank four cups of English Breakfast tea today…
Our free morning could not have come at a better time than it did in Liverpool. Nothing felt better than waking up without an alarm and having time to do things at our own pace. Around 11:15, we ventured out to find a breakfast place because we just weren’t feeling the hotel breakfast. In our […]