Politico and WJLA Visit: By: Claire Dunlay

Today we got to visit the Politico headquarters and see the WJLA news station. Both were very fascinating and probably the most exciting field trip yet. When we got to Politico, we were able to talk to a lot of different people that worked on different parts of the paper. We talked to John Harris, the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Politico. We also got to talk to Anne Schroeder who is the gossip columnist for Politico. She was really exciting to listen to and she had a lot to say. After we finished at the Politico, we headed to the WJLA news station where we got to watch the 12 o'clock news live. We got to sit in the control room and see what goes on behind the scenes and then we got to stand on the set while the show was going on. Seeing the newsroom was definitely an exciting experience for me because a lot goes on during the news casts that I never knew. This field trip was a really exciting end to the Journalism Workshop.