Arsenal, Jaques Lemaire, Manchester United, Minnesota, Minnesota Twins, Rafa Benitez, Red Devils, Wayne Rooney, Wild
In Current Events, Sports on 26 April, 2009 at 10:10 pm
The Red Devils lost out on the quint (who really cares about the FA Cup anyway), but I have faith Arsenal will get plowed on Wednesday so we can begin our march in the Champions League. Quick side note, Rafa Benitez seems like a little bit of a tool to me; I understand the manager rivalry but he just twists me the wrong way. All I know for sure is a team with forwards like Manchester always has a chance. Ronaldo, Rooney and Berbatov. ‘Nuff said.
The Minnesota Wild gutted the front office and the coach. Goodbye Jaques Lemaire! Alright I tried being excited about it. I don’t see another coach doing any better with the collection of talent we put on the ice this year. Hossa time? I say we move and shake for Kovulchuck. I don’t know. I get depressed even thinking about next year.
And the Twins. Gotta love a scrappy team without their franchise player. Watching them play baseball is like watching NASCAR. Yeah. Piece that one together on your own.
AP, Associated Press, Blogging, Minnesota, RNC, SJMC, St. Paul, University of Minnesota
In Beginnings, Convention on 13 August, 2008 at 10:56 pm
As a student at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC), I frequently receive emails that give notice to events and opportunities related to the journalism field. One of these emails paved the way to the opportunity I have now–working for the Associated Press inside the Republican National Convention (RNC) in St. Paul, Minnesota.
I am completely clueless as to what I will be doing. My paperwork is most likely being processed in some manner as I write. Once this process is complete and the NSA or CIA is certain I am no danger to the democratic process, I should receive some sort of assignment. Most likely I will function as a photography runner or office assistant.
At the very least, being inside the Xcel Center during this event will be an experience not soon forgotten. Exposure to mass media at this stage will certainly shape how I view the purpose and function of news agencies–if not how I am cut out to function within the organizations themselves.
So now begins the semi-daily, and eventually daily or even hourly blogging of the duties, tribulations and triumphs of a low-level intern at the Republican National Convention for the Associated Press.
