The day started out with a trip to Point Park’s study abroad sister campus, Regent’s University. Before we could get there though, we had to figure out how to ride the Tube. This was very exciting for me but also a little stressful because I am one of those people who needs to know everything […]
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Day Two: I dodged one too many pigeons today
Hitting the ground running yesterday made not only for a tiring day and night but for a great night of sleep too. After hopping on the Tube, we ended up at Regent’s University. Regent’s University is located inside of Regent’s Park. The park provides an ample amount of greenery for the university. It’s a gorgeous […]
Day 1: Buckingham Palace and a New Baby
As someone who has been on a number of flights, both international and domestic, this flight in particular, was by far the longest. The 7 and a half hour flight seemed to drag on forever. One thing that really surprised me on this British Airways flight was the fact that they began serving us dinner […]
Regents University & the Victoria & Albert Museum
Had a good (filling) breakfast at the hotel and then we were off to our first media visit. A lecture on the landscape of media in the UK presented by Jason MacKenzie. He was really good! He kept the students (and all of us faculty) engaged as we discussed various topics pertaining to UK media. […]
Day 1/2: Jet Lag and Mushrooms
After weeks of stressing about what to pack and checking a thousand times to make sure I brought my passport, I finally arrived at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Going through security without any issues made me feel slightly better but I was still very anxious about the flight. Usually my flight anxiety goes away once […]
Day 2: A Trip to a Local Uni
After our first full day of exploring London and getting some much needed sleep, we used our new knowledge of the Tube to make our way to Regent’s University for a lecture on the media landscape in the UK with Jason MacKenzie. I must say I was a little hesitant going into this meeting considering […]
Day Two: Regent University
Jason MacKenzie treated us to a lecture about the current landscape of media in the UK at Regent University this morning and discussed some really interesting topics. He talked about platforms becoming more like publishers of their own news content and journalists seemingly working to produce content and not so much news stories due to […]
Day 1- Big, Royal Baby
While the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a baby boy I was on the plane acting like a bigger, fatter baby, fussing from a lack of sleep. The flight was long and I spent most of it wishing the plane was brighter so that I could read my book, which I was relying on […]
Day One: So nice to be in London!
It’s such a good feeling to arrive in London after all the planning and organizing for this year’s International Media class. Our smooth and comfortable flight on the new British Airways Pittsburgh to London flight didn’t let us down. Wonderful to not sit in a hub airport in either NYC or Philadelphia for hours before […]
Day 1: Team No Sleep
One of the hardest things to do is sleep on your way to an exciting destination. It’s highly recommended you get some and it turns out to be extremely vital to your survival of activities on that coming day. We landed at Heathrow airport on, Monday, May 6th and hit the ground running. Landing felt […]