Rome, Day 3 **DISCLAIMER** We did not meet or see the Pope. Sorry to get your hopes up. It is getting increasingly harder to get out of bed in the morning due to the intense and incessant pain that my… Read More
Day Two: Being A Tourist
I was a tourist today, mom! We started our day at the American University of Rome to talk about Italian Media. Let me tell you, its pretty awful. Between sexualizing women (constantly) and politicians being in complete control of whats… Read More
Giorno Tre (Day 3) – Vatican City
This morning we took a trip to Vatican City. We started with Vatican News where we had a lesson of the different branches of Vatican News with some of its employees. Nataša Govekar, Roberto Romolo, Alessandro Gisotti, Greg Burke talked… Read More
The One Where We Visit The Pope (5-8-18)
Ok so we didn’t REALLY see the Pope himself, but we were pretty close to his house! But let’s start at the beginning. After having another lovely breakfast here at Hostel Trustever, we headed to our Vatican media visit. The… Read More
Day 3 Pain Report: Spot the Americans
They say beauty is pain right? With all this rain, I certainly did not feel it. This morning was similar to the last, the breakfast set up was the same. The only difference was that we were leaving at 9:30a.m.… Read More
Day 3 – The Vatican
Bongiorno everyone! Today was extremely fascinating in that I have always wondered about the inner workings of the Vatican media. We started with a presentation from Radio Vaticana, as well as some other reps from the Vatican News. The Coordinator… Read More
Day Tre
Another amazing day in Roma. Today was our Vatican visit. We spent the day in Vatican City where we started with a media visit where we talked to representatives from Vatican News. This was a really neat visit because we… Read More
May 8: Pizza, pain, and the Pope
Today was a challenge. Good, but a challenge. Our group started the day with a visit to the center of the Vatican media operations. We spoke with Alessandro Gisotti (social media), Charlotte Smeds (Instagram,) and Roberto Romolo (international relations and broadcast.)… Read More
Day Three: A Trip to the Vatican
In my previous blog post, I discussed how I took quite a few art history classes at Slippery Rock University. Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Vatican to view more pieces that I learned about. It is one… Read More
Italy, Day 3: Rome
Today we visited the Vatican to learn more about how their media operates. We visited the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, and listened to members of the Vatican media system talk about their experiences. The speakers largely focused on how they… Read More