La Nueva España

¡Hola todos!

Today as part of Culture week the journalism group took a trip to La Nueva España headquarters here in Oviedo. Our personal tour guide was the director of the overall group that owns both the newspaper and the publisher of books and other various things. After watching a video of the basic 101 of journalism and how they do things we got the opportunity to walk on the news room floor and walk around. Just a few interesting thoughts from the opportunity.

*They have the front covers of important editions hung up on one wall. There was 6 of them up on the wall. I was surprised they were missing the day Spain won the World Cup but what surprised me more was 2 of the 6 covers were American news stories, that were of global importance. They were the cover from Sept. 12th 2001 and the cover from the day Bush entered Afghanistan.

*A journalism student asked the director if journalism and newspapers here in Spain were dying similar to their counterparts in the United States. After much explanation we realized how far behind on the internet age Spain really is. He explained the internet has not negatively effected the business so far as people who want to read the news go to his website instead of buying the paper and their are paid advertisements on the website. Just wait a few more years, let everyone here become just as addicted to the internet as Americans have become, it will hit eventually.

*The papers they produce are made of 90% recycled paper! Yeah for Spain being so environmentally aware!

For photography today I walked through the park and shot some photographs on our nature theme. Tomorrow during class time to go shoot I think I am going to head to the beach. Figures but everyone else is going to the countryside so why not, it will not be the first time I have walked around the beach taking pictures, but it will be a first with my zoom lens!

Friday as a Temple group we are all going to Basque Country for a two day trip!

Adios for now!
-Erika

p.s.- 1 month till my 21st birthday! Not that it matters at all since the drinking age here might as well be 5.