Stress, confusion, crowds, tardiness, separation, disorganization- all words that come to mind when you think of a trip to New York. However, 25 Magazine was able to dodge most of these on their second (my first) journalism trip.
With a relatively small group of aspiring print journalists (plus a stray events planner and photographer here and there), 25 Magazine was able to pay visits to the American Society of Magazine Editors, DigiWaxx, WWD, NYLON, VIBE, Billboard, and GIANT magazines in two days. These two days, for some, could have been the two most inspiring days of this month. No, seriously.
VIBE and NYLON took the cake. Not only did both welcome us with open arms to their offices, but provided 25Mag with so much advise to both better the website and our own individual careers. The speakers at these two magazines had such enthusiasm in their voice, instantly letting us know that they love their jobs. Both provided a speaker from each department of the publications, right down to someone from Human Resources.
Unfortunately, VIBE loved us so much that they ran us over on our time, causing us to be about an hour late for our visit with Billboard. Luckily for us, when we called to beg for forgiveness for nearly missing the appointment, they told us to come anyway.
A small part of the group ventured off ahead of the group and ended up missing Billboard, meeting us up later at GIANT. This is where the first part comes in: stress, confusion, crowds, tardiness, separation, and disorganization, with the addition of conflict. Let's hit the fast forward button, though. We didn't need the drama then and we don't need it now.
Our trip to the 'Big Apple' finished out with a bang right in the lobby of our budget hotel. Apparently, it was the birthday of a very pleasantly plump and pleasantly drunk man, and he approached us, asking for us to join in his festivities. After a rather swift decline from our EIC, the man grabbed and hugged her, not taking no for an answer. He wasn't getting any hugs back, so he went for the smallest in our group, and lifted her up, sling her over his shoulder. He began to spin her around, sending just about everyone into a panic. Birthday Boy still was not satisfied with our lack of birthday love for him, so he saught out his own with the lone boy of our group. Though his own hands were the barrier, Birthday Boy leaned his face all the way down to the face of unlucky boy from our group. He was quick to resist, angrily pushing Birthday Boy off. Though we could tell he was not happy about the situation, 25Mag laughed about the incident the entire walk to the train station.
Overall, 25Mag's visit to New York turned out to be not only a great learning experience, but a true success.
With a relatively small group of aspiring print journalists (plus a stray events planner and photographer here and there), 25 Magazine was able to pay visits to the American Society of Magazine Editors, DigiWaxx, WWD, NYLON, VIBE, Billboard, and GIANT magazines in two days. These two days, for some, could have been the two most inspiring days of this month. No, seriously.
VIBE and NYLON took the cake. Not only did both welcome us with open arms to their offices, but provided 25Mag with so much advise to both better the website and our own individual careers. The speakers at these two magazines had such enthusiasm in their voice, instantly letting us know that they love their jobs. Both provided a speaker from each department of the publications, right down to someone from Human Resources.
Unfortunately, VIBE loved us so much that they ran us over on our time, causing us to be about an hour late for our visit with Billboard. Luckily for us, when we called to beg for forgiveness for nearly missing the appointment, they told us to come anyway.
A small part of the group ventured off ahead of the group and ended up missing Billboard, meeting us up later at GIANT. This is where the first part comes in: stress, confusion, crowds, tardiness, separation, and disorganization, with the addition of conflict. Let's hit the fast forward button, though. We didn't need the drama then and we don't need it now.
Our trip to the 'Big Apple' finished out with a bang right in the lobby of our budget hotel. Apparently, it was the birthday of a very pleasantly plump and pleasantly drunk man, and he approached us, asking for us to join in his festivities. After a rather swift decline from our EIC, the man grabbed and hugged her, not taking no for an answer. He wasn't getting any hugs back, so he went for the smallest in our group, and lifted her up, sling her over his shoulder. He began to spin her around, sending just about everyone into a panic. Birthday Boy still was not satisfied with our lack of birthday love for him, so he saught out his own with the lone boy of our group. Though his own hands were the barrier, Birthday Boy leaned his face all the way down to the face of unlucky boy from our group. He was quick to resist, angrily pushing Birthday Boy off. Though we could tell he was not happy about the situation, 25Mag laughed about the incident the entire walk to the train station.
Overall, 25Mag's visit to New York turned out to be not only a great learning experience, but a true success.
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