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 […]
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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 […]
London Day 2 – Electric Boogaloo
Today we woke up bright and early for a lecture at Regent’s University London, one of the universities Point Park partners with for study abroad programs. After figuring out how to take The Tube, we arrived at Regent’s and met with a man named Jason Mackenzie. During his 90 minute lecture, Jason taught us […]
Day 1: York > Pittsburgh > London: The Adventure Begins
Sunday, May 5, 2019 – Monday, May 6, 2019 A lot of firsts are coming for me on this trip. First time in the UK, first time traveling abroad without my family, and first time flying in an airplane by myself. In order to get back to Pittsburgh from good ‘ol York, so I flew […]
First Day & No Sleep
The last thirty-six hours have been nothing but hectic, but that’s what I get for packing last minute and not sleeping on the flight. I figured I would have some time to rest. I was wrong. The first day has already been overwhelming eventful. I have already done most of the typical London tourist attractions. […]
Day One: We Breathed The Queen’s Air
After a long (and somewhat painful) nearly seven and a half hours later on a flight from a familiar place to somewhere brand new, we arrived at London Heathrow. Let’s talk math for a second – London is approximately 3,000 miles, one ocean and one seven-hour plane right away from Pittsburgh. We hit the […]