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Studying Media Studies and Spanish at the University of Virginia

Unsurprisingly Human

The last day of our trip ended with a bang or might I say a roar. Before departing the Big Apple we stopped by Discovery Channel Headquarters in NYC to meet with Brian Eley Director of Communications at Animal Planet. … Continue reading

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Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Oh yeah… Canoe too

After our visit to MTV networks and a quick cup of coffee we headed over to the Chase Financial Building to visit Canoe Ventures a media corporation headed by UVA alum David Verklin. Unfortunately Mr. Verklin had the flu and … Continue reading

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Keeps on going

Though the trip is over, we did so much that I just didn’t have time to blog about everything we did on the trip. So, expect a few more updates the following days. I like to think of it as … Continue reading

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M(edia Studies)TV Network(ing)

Yes I am a fan of cheesy puns if you couldn’t tell and I understand that this is one of my worst ones. But honestly it’s about as accurate as they come because when we went to MTV networks, we … Continue reading

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Reuters aka Reality Check

Though we learned briefly about what Thomson-Reuters does, they’re a news aggregator similar in some ways to Associated Press, Reuters served as a great opportunity to hear about the reality that is life in NYC an the media industry. Preston … Continue reading

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