Roy W. Howard 2008

This blog is the record of the Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition media tour through South Korea and Japan. The nine winners of the award, college journalists from across the country, will be updating this blog from the trip with written reports and photographs as they travel through Seoul, Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute news and reporting.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

End of a (2 Week) Era





We're all huddled in a Hampton Inn double right now, relishing our last hours tonight before we all leave for our respective schools in the morning. Tonight during the awards dinner we met Pam Howard, Roy Howard's granddaughter and inspirational figure in her own right, as well as Mike Philipps, the president of Scripps Howard. Some parents and family who could make it out were also in attendance.

After we went around and discussed our favorite moments, I got teary and had to leave the room. This trip has been so major and life-changing but it's actually the little things that are hard to leave behind... It's the people. Those in this room right here and those I left back in Asia.

We're shooting for a reunion in Mexico.
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2 comments:

Matt said...

OK, that photo of me feeding James says so much.

June 27, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Quill said...

Feed me any time, Mattie! What a bitter sweet night--when Brad spoke, I felt some emotion close in on my throat. What a moment, really.

June 27, 2008 at 8:38 PM

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