The Ups and Downs in Politics

DC has been… exciting, to say the least. Last Sunday, May 1st, I was at the Verizon Center covering the Capitals losing at home - again – and after the post-game conferences were over I joined most of the media hovering around a tv tuned to CNN. My boyfriend, who is also a photojournalist, picked me up and we immediately started following twitter where we first heard about the death of Osama bin Laden. As soon as we got home we turned on CNN and the first thing we heard was “and there’s a large crowd gathering at the White House” so we grabbed the gear, went back to the car, and got to the crowds in about ten minutes. I think we were only home 30 seconds. It was absolutely amazing to be able to cover this historic event. This was why I wanted to become a journalist in the first place.

I have never seen anything like that, not even after the 08 election. It was amazing to see so many people from so many different backgrounds singing and celebrating together.

A month earlier this city seemed divided. Bets were on the government shutting down since little compromise was happening towards a budget. A last-minute rally was organized by mostly State Department workers so I ran down to cover it.

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